ADA – When his community needed him most, Ian Fogle stepped up to the challenge. This month, Fogle begins his term as the youngest councilman in the history of the Logan County village of West Mansfield, which has a population of about 700 residents.

A Kenton man has been identified as a Tier I sexual offender after he admitted to having sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Robert R. Jones, 15676 CR 115, Kenton, pleaded guilty to one charge of importuning and Judge Scott Barrett sentenced him to 30 days of local incarceration.

ADA — The Ada Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a subject who robbed the 302 Carryout in Ada on Wednesday night. At approximately 11:30 p.m., police said an unknown white male wearing a dark blue hoodie and dark colored sweat pants robbed the store at 302 S. Main St., Ada, of an undisclosed amount of money.

No injuries were reported in a fire early this morning that destroyed a house at 246 W. Letson St., Kenton. The Kenton Fire Department was dispatched to the blaze at 1:12 a.m.

CONCORD, Mass. — A renowned archeologist who started out life in Hardin County and had been compared to the fictional character Indiana Jones died last week at his home in Concord, Mass. Dr. Lawrence “Larry” Stager, 74, died on Dec. 29 after he sustained injuries in a fall, his daughter, Jennifer Stager, told the Times.

A significant amount of crack cocaine, marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash were seized early today at a rural Kenton residence by the Hardin County Task Force. Hardin County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dennis Burns said the Task Force served the search warrant at 12714 CR 195, Kenton.

ADA — Street and utility projects are planned in Ada this year, according to Village Administrator Jamie Hall. At the first council meeting of the year on Tuesday night, Hall informed members of the year’s two planned projects, Willeke Avenue Phase I and West Side Storm Sewer Phase II.

ADA — Councilman Don Fleming was chosen to lead the Ada Village Council as its president for 2018 during its reorganizational meeting on Tuesday night. All committee chairs and members will remain the same as 2017.

ADA — For Nancy Wood Allison, she didn’t find teaching, rather teaching found her. Nancy is starting her fifth month of serving on the Ada Board of Education, and she has made a career in education, a field in which she originally had no plans of pursuing.

An accident that killed an EMT who was driving an ambulance was the top local story of 2017. Each year the Kenton Times conducts a poll among its staff to determine which story had the biggest impact on the community. This year’s results included the accident, economic growth and court cases.