Keeping cool and having fun at the Immaculate Conception festival Many area residents kept cool and had a lot of fun at the Immaculate Conception festival in Kenton on Sunday. Read More
Goat visit Ellie (left), 2, and Brynn Christopher, 5, visit the petting zoo at the Ada Farmers Merchants Picnic on Saturday. The petting zoo is sponsored by the Ada Barnyard Farmers 4-H club and was one of several activities at the event. Read More
Ganging up A quintet of Kenton defensive players make a tackle on a Bellefontaine running back during the Wildcats scrimmage against Bellefontaine on Saturday morning at Robinson Field. Read More
KHS class of 1948 reunites The Kenton High School class of 1948 met for a luncheon on Saturday, Aug. 4 at Henry’s Restaurant. Attending were 14 classmates and 11 guests. Classmates from out of state were Richard Baier of St. Albans, W.Va., Dennis Haudenschield from Walton, Ky., and Richard Madory from Santa Anna, Calif. Read More
HN class of ‘63 Fifteen members of the Hardin Northern class of 1963 attended their 55-year reunion on Aug. 4 at the Kenton Elks. They are (from left, front) Pat (Cook) Bash, Minnie Moore, Cora (Inmon) Gunther, Dianne (Nowland) Price, Kathelene (Lytle) Lowery, Kathryn (Lytle) Warren; Read More
A passion for singing As Dennis Jesse was finishing his high school years at Riverdale in the 1980s, he expected to have a future in technology. The idea that he would become an opera singer and perform internationally would have been a joke to Jesse at that age, but it is his reality today and the Forest native wouldn't change it for the world. Read More
Getting started Students and staff at the Kenton Head Start check out the playground at the preschool's building. The program opened for classes in April, but this fall will mark its first year in the new facility just north of Kenton on U.S. 68. Read More
Area grads heading to OSU with help of local scholarships Ten Hardin County students will be starting their college careers on Aug. 21 at The Ohio State University with the assistance of scholarships through the Hardin County OSU Alumni Association. Alexis Elliott, a graduate of Ridgemont High School, is the daughter of Scott and Erin Elliott. She plans to study agricultural communications and received the Kahler-Hoge scholarship. Read More
Ridgeway youth exhibits top Dorset Market Lamb at Ohio State Fair COLUMBUS — McKala Grauel of Ridgeway exhibited the Champion Dorset Market Lamb at the 2018 Ohio State Fair. McKala competed against 273 exhibitors with 745 market lambs to win this honor. Gene Winn of Estancia, N.M. judged the July 25 competition. Read More
Love of soccer, KHS brings Snowden back to Kenton Playing for coach Jamie Bartlett at Kenton High School in the early 2000s, Rob Snowden developed an intense passion and love for the game of soccer that he carries with him to this day. That, plus his love for his alma mater, brings Snowden back to Kenton for a week each August. Read More