LIMA, Ohio (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday brought his re-election campaign to Ohio — a state essential to his 2020 strategy — touring a military tank plant and telling many of its cheering workers: “You better love me. I kept this place open.” Trump also used the visit to criticize John McCain, saying the late senator “didn’t get …

The Kenton High School Top 20 show choir has had a very successful competition season, said Director Todd Daquino, and will perform in its final competition on Saturday in Wapakoneta. The Top 20 will present its “Change Is Gonna Come” program for judges. The performance will be at 11:45 a.m. at Wapakoneta High School.

Receiving special awards at the Ridgemont winter sports program on Wednesday night were (front, from left) Cassidy Knapp, Faith Jenkins, Mackenzie Rader, Shelby McGrath, Rachel Stacklin;

Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met at Wyandot Memorial Hospital on March 9 at 10 a.m. Ann Kemerley greeted the members and led them to the Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Department of the hospital where she introduced Fortune Bormuth, their resident exercise physiologist.

Priorities for Kenton’s parks were discussed during a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner hosted by city leaders on Tuesday evening at Mid-Ohio Energy. Jesse Purcell, a member of the Parks and Recreation Board, saluted all the volunteers, whether they have worked on the parks or in other areas of the city.

ADA — It is expected that seeking a degree at Ohio Northern University will result in an extended learning experience after high school. But that experience for 40 ONU students goes beyond books and charts, it reaches out in learning to help others.

Wade Rhoades of Ohio Northern University talks with a group of students during the Student Job and Career Fair at Kenton High School on Tuesday. There were 29 businesses whose representatives talked to junior and senior students about their futures during the event, which is sponsored by the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance.

Thirty-one Kenton High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society during a ceremony Tuesday night at the school. They are (from left, first row) Madison Adams, Mariah Blevins, Bailie Clark, Kassaundra Collins, Gabriel Coomes, Kaitlyn Dodge, Luke Fackler, Abigail Gerding;

Winners of the February Crockpot Social, a fundraising event by the Friends of the Alger Public Library, were Abigail Osborne, Paul Osborne, Ruth Anne Osborne, Lydia Osborne, J.P. Hunt, Lori Hunt and Jared Hunt.

ADA — Ada High School’s Varsity Singers will conclude their show choir season with a community performance Wednesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. This year’s show “Little Red” retells the story of Little Red Riding Hood; featuring CoCo McLaughlin as Red and Nora Dellifield as the Wolf.