Kenton City Council’s Special Projects Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 1 in the conference room at the Kenton Municipal Building to discuss grass ordinances.
Committee to discuss grass

Kenton City Council’s Special Projects Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 1 in the conference room at the Kenton Municipal Building to discuss grass ordinances.
The Kenton Police Department is searching for a missing 16-year-old boy and asking anyone who has seen Trevor Lease to contact the department at 419-673-0771. Chief Dennis Musser said today Lease left his home at Forest Court Apartments last night. Officers have been searching today for the boy, who may be riding a bicycle.
The Hardin County Engineer’s Department announced County Road 175 between Ohio 309 and Bales Road has reopened.
The Hardin County Engineer’s Office has announced the opening of two roads in Dudley Township. Township Road 146 between County Roads 227 and 219 has reopened, as has Township road 146 between County Road 165 and Township Road 199.
A burglary was reported at 724 Park Ave. A report was received of a vehicle with expired tags left in front of a property in the 100 block of Brumm Street.
ADA — Ada High School will honor its graduates of the Class of 2017 on Sunday, May 28 at 2 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. At the Senior Honor Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 17, it was announced that Rielyn Castle, Taryn Fullom, Meredith Marshall and Elizabeth Milks have earned the honor of valedictorians, while Ashley Breidenbach was named salutatorian.
Military veterans and active service members soon will have a place in Kenton to share stories and bond. Kenton City Council gave the go-ahead Monday night for the creation of a camp fire ring in a section of the city’s Saulisberry Park.
The last structure in Kenton’s Wharton Park is being purchased for demolition by the city. City Council, at its meeting Monday night, suspended the three-reading rule and approved purchase of the house at 380 S. Leighton St.
A crane crew from Jeffers Crane Service of Lima places the rooftop air handling unit on top of the Kenton Municipal Building this morning.
Kenton Elementary School fifth- and sixth-graders attempt to shelter “Jack” from the menacing giant during a production of “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the school on Monday.