Forest weighs swimming pool options, including idea to create a pond FOREST — For more than a year, village officials in Forest have known they needed to make a decision on their community pool. The pump house and pool itself are in need of repair to the point that the Kenton-Hardin Health Department revoked the pool’s operating license until a study could be completed to determine if the concrete pool was safe. Read More
No horses in barn at farm museum There will be no live horses housed in the barn at the Hardin County Farm Museum during the county fair. During a recent commissioners meeting, the suggestion was made the draft horses could use the barn during the fair. Read More
Kentonite gets 8 years in hostage case A man accused of holding his girlfriend hostage in the upstairs of his home was sent to prison for a total of eight years earlier this week in the Hardin County Common Pleas Court. Anthony Worthington, 701 N. Oak St., Kenton, was found guilty by a jury on April 9 of one count each of kidnapping and felonious assault on a police officer. Read More
Forest to add third full-time police officer FOREST — The Forest Police Department will be adding a third full-time officer to its roster. Council agreed Thursday evening to create the new position. There has been a turnaround of part-time officers in the village, council noted. “We need someone for the summer,” said Councilman Dean Hankins. Council will evaluate the position yearly to determine if the third officers … Read More
Drier end to April allowed farmers to get into fields For the time period of April 15-30, Extension rainfall reporters recorded an average of 1.06 inches of rain in Hardin County. Last year, the average rainfall for the same time period was 2.21 inches. Read More
Writing lesson Ada third-grader Luke Limer uses a quill pen to write his name in a handmade copy book during a penmanship lesson Wednesday at the Beech Grove Schoolhouse at the Hardin County Farm Museum in Kenton. Read More
Loading ties Bob Reed grabs railroad ties from the beds of semi-trucks and transfers them onto a truck equipped to drive on the railroad tracks as he delivers new ties along the Genesee and Wyoming Railroad in Forest on Wednesday. Reed works for the engineering services of GW, which is headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. He said the railroad replaces the boards periodically … Read More
Students create fast and tasty pickle The Ridgemont fourth-grade team of (from left) Jenna Jordan, Trevor Robinson and Kevin Eckstein had the fastest entry in the elementary school’s Edible Car Contest Wednesday. Read More
Police Reports: May 14, 2015 An unknown driver was eastbound on West Franklin Street, while a vehicle belonging to Malia A. Pyles, 339 Kuert Ave., was legally parked on the south side of West Franklin Street in the 700 block facing east. Read More
Accident victim ‘stable’ Rebecca Muller of Kenton, who was taken to St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima following an accident on Ohio 67 Tuesday evening, is in stable condition, according to a hospital spokesperson. Read More
