Educator lands ‘dream job’ as principal at Ridgemont MOUNT VICTORY — Erica O’Keeffe believes she has landed in her dream job with Ridgemont Local Schools. Erica is in her first school year as Ridgemont’s Principal of Curriculum and Instruction, a position she feels is ideally suited for her. Read More
Suicide awareness walk Nearly 200 people took part in the third annual Hardin County Suicide Awareness and Prevention Walk on Sunday in Kenton. Read More
Generous donation Teresa Herzog presents a check for $5,000 to Michael Schoenhofer, Executive Director of the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin Counties. Read More
Kenton spikers sweep Hardin Northern Trailing Hardin Northern 24-20 in game one, the Kenton volleyball team could have conceded the Polar Bears the final point and gone into game two down a set. Instead the Lady Wildcats scrapped back to score six straight points to claim the first game and then carried the momentum through the next two games to sweep the visiting Polar Bears 26-24, 25-13, 25-21 in the battle of Hardin County rivals. Read More
Area runners fare well at Ohio Caverns Invite WEST LIBERTY — The Ben Logan boys were fourth of 13 teams and Kenton was 10th at the Ohio Caverns Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Leading the way for the Raiders was Bryson Tipton, who was third of 144 runners in a time of 17:05.7. Read More
Pinwheels for Peace Ridgemont student Ruth Eckstein lines up some of the 400 pinwheels which spin in the morning breeze to welcome students to school Friday. Students throughout the school decorated and created the pinwheels as part of the Pinwheels for Peace program. Read More
Riverdale royalty Alex Rothlisberger (left) and Alec Loveridge were crowned the 2018 Riverdale homecoming queen and king prior to the Falcons’ football game against Vanlue Friday night. Read More
Fall awareness walk About a dozen walkers circled the Hardin County Courthouse square Friday morning to call attention to the dangers of falling among senior citizens. Read More
St. Marys roughs up Wildcats ST. MARYS — The Kenton football team has won a lot of games over the years by stretching the field with its spread offense. On Friday night, it was St. Marys that spread the field with success on Kenton’s defense. Read More
Wharton Dragons spit out Vanlue MOUNT BLANCHARD — After outscoring Vanlue 35-0 in the first half, the Riverdale Falcons, playing a heritage game as the Wharton Dragons on homecoming night, cruised to a 49-7 victory Friday night. The Falcons climb to 3-2 overall, 2-2 in the Blanchard Valley Conference. Vanlue drops to 0-5, 0-3. Read More
Educator lands ‘dream job’ as principal at Ridgemont MOUNT VICTORY — Erica O’Keeffe believes she has landed in her dream job with Ridgemont Local Schools. Erica is in her first school year as Ridgemont’s Principal of Curriculum and Instruction, a position she feels is ideally suited for her.
Schools and council to work on developing student ‘soft skills’ Like most communities, Hardin County is hoping to develop programs to strengthen its work force. But while professional skills are valuable tools for those seeking employment, soft skills need to be emphasized regardless whether a student's future is in working for area businesses or seeking additional education in a college.
ODOT reports road construction in county LIMA — The following is highway construction scheduled to occur within Hardin County next week according to the Ohio Department of Transportation’s District I office in Lima. Ohio 67 between the city of Kenton and the Wyandot County line, will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for finish work associated with a pavement repair and resurfacing project. Work is being performed by Shelly Company, Findlay.
