Hardin County, OH

Two people were sentenced recently in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to documents from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s Office:. .Stephen R. Manns was sentenced to a total of two and a half years in prison on one count of operating a vehicle while under the influence with a repeat offender specification.

Hardin County Sheriff Keith Everhart urged those operating lawn mowers to pay attention. He noted that, “A lot of people when they mow their yards, and I do the same thing, turn around out in the road. People mowing their yards…pay attention. A lot of them put their headphones on, and they get in their little groove of mowing and they don’t pay the proper amount of attention.”

A training exercise and drill will be conducted by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office tomorrow, May 21st; approx. 7:30am – 1:30pm at the Ridgemont School. The drill will be based upon an emergency scenario and will include emergency service personnel and civilian actors. Nearby residents and/or those passing...

HARDIN COUNTY – Beef cattle producers who need to certify or recertify to sell cattle at auctions and other markets are invited to the Ohio State University Extension office located at 1021 W. Lima Street in Kenton on Tuesday, May 31 from 7:00-8:30 pm. Many of the major beef...

Applications are being taken for the 2022 Hardin County Fair King and Queen. Anyone who will be a senior in high school for the 2022-2023 school year and will be exhibiting a junior fair project at the 2022 fair, is eligible to compete. Applications can be found on the fair...

Quest Federal Credit Union hosted the annual Hardin County Teacher of the Year banquet Wednesday at the Kenton Elks Lodge. Quest accepts nominations for all Hardin County schools from students, teachers, administrators, parents and former students who would like to nominate a teacher of distinction. The teacher of the year...

The 5th grade class at Hardin Northern hosted a “Water Walk” this week. It was held to symbolize the amount of walking that Southern Sudan people walk each day to and from clean water. Part of our elementary walked 3 miles, which is about half the distance of...

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office was one of 41 law enforcement agencies in Ohio to receive funding to help enforce the state’s drug laws and combat illegal drug activity. Governor Mike DeWine on Tuesday announced over $3.6 million was awarded. Of that amount, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office...

Hardin Northern first grade students, The Village of Dunkirk and Hardin County Pheasants Forever teamed up to plant a pollinator plot at the Dunkirk Park. The village prepared the area and Pheasants Forever provided flower seeds to plant. The first grade studied bees earlier in the year as part of...

Hardin County lost a great sports editor. Theo and Cam lost a great father. Kendrick Jesionowsk, who covered sports for the Kenton Times for more than two decades, died in an accident May 7 and it is a life taken too soon from a man who had so much to offer.

The Hardin County Business and Professional Women’s Club will once again award a scholarship to a student from Hardin County who has completed at least two of four years of college at an accredited school, or one year of a two-year business or technical school program. Applications are available...

The Hardin County Engineer’s Office announced a road closing late last week. County Road 205, between the village of Patterson and Jackson Township Road 50, is closed. It is expected to be closed for 6 to 8 weeks. That is for a bridge repair project.

An attempt at breaking multiple world cycling records in Kenton on Monday, all to raise funds for veterans with traumatic brain injury and PTSD. Bellefontaine ultra-cyclist Doug Chivington already holds multiple world cycling records in his age group. Monday he began taking laps around the Hardin County Fairgrounds at 8 o'clock in the morning and continued on - without a break - until 8 p.m. He was attempting to set four age-group world records.

LIMA — The Mental Health and Recovery Services of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin Counties will hold a regular board meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. The meeting will be held at the board office, 1541 Allentown Road, Lima.

The average price for a gallon of gas in our region continues to climb. According to AAA, the average in Hardin County today is $4.24 a gallon. That’s an increase of 18 cents from last week. Hardin County ties Hancock County for the lowest average in our region. The...

The Mary Lou Johnson Hardin County District Library has scheduled an Adult Summer Reading Kickoff event. It will be held from 5 to 7pm on Friday June 3 at the library in Kenton. The family friendly is an opportunity to learn about the summer reading events at the library. It...

The Hardin County Board of Elections will meet next week for the Official Canvass of the May 3 Primary Election. The meeting will start at 9am on Tuesday, May 24 in the Board of Elections office. It is located in the basement of the Hardin County Courthouse in Kenton. In...