LIMA — Kenton could not have asked for a better start on Friday night, as the Wildcats jumped ahead of Shawnee 13-3 six minutes into the game. Unfortunately for the Wildcats the host Indians were able to take control on the boards and of the game, ending the half with a 25-8 run to take a five point lead into the lockerroom before pulling away in the second half for a 67-51 Western Buckeye League victory.

Nine Hardin County men lost their lives 75 years ago in WWII battle The men of Company E knew each other well. They had joined the Ohio National Guard together in Kenton, had trained together prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and had fought together during World War II in a jungle far removed from the crop fields of their Hardin County homes.

After watching a double-digit first half lead evaporate to seven points in the third quarter, the Kenton girls basketball team did something that coach Ryan Miller wanted to see on Thursday night. The Lady Wildcats showed their killer instinct, outscoring the visiting Indians 15-5 over the last six minutes of the third quarter in pulling away for a 59-38 Western Buckeye League victory.

ADA — An Ada man escaped serious injuries after he drove his car on top of a guard rail and then flipped the vehicle top down into the water of a creek south of Ada on Wednesday afternoon. According to Hardin County Sheriff’s Deputy Isaac Woltz, officers were dispatched to an accident on Ohio 235 between Ohio 309 and the village of Ada.

No injuries were reported at a structure fire on South Leighton Street in Kenton on Wednesday night. Firefighters from the Kenton Fire Department were dispatched at 7:17 p.m. to the house fire at the residence of Adam Bowermaster, 118 S. Leighton St.

The Ridgemont FFA and FCCLA is sponsoring the school’s annual Sweetheart Dance on Saturday. Alexis Elliott (second from left) is the 2018 queen and the king is Dillon Beiler (back, center).

As Kenton attorney Keith Lange closed out the estate of Eleanor Ballinger, he came across a beautiful, deep picture frame stored behind a door in her home. As he examined the artwork, said Lange, he asked an antique collector who was working with him on the estate to look at the various shades of flowers displayed under the glass.

Jayden Cornell had an off-night shooting for the Kenton boys basketball team on Tuesday night, going scoreless for the first three quarters of the Wildcats game against Wapakoneta. The freshman came alive for six points in the fourth quarter and none of those points were bigger than the final two.

The Ada and Kenton swim teams split a dual match at the Hardin County YMCA on Tuesday night. Led by Klava Katayama’s two first place efforts, the Ada girls won seven events on the way to a 97-64 victory, while the Wildcat boys, led by Landon Bartlett and Garrett Thomas’ two firsts, won six events on the way to a 92-53 win.

Jason Wright uses a leaf blower to clear the powdery snow from the sidewalks at Community First Bank in Kenton. Wright said he blew the snow off the walkway with the blower because he attempts to “work smarter, not harder.”