MEDIA RELEASE__The 2026 annual Hardin County Pork Banquet will be held on Saturday, March 21 at the Upper Scioto Valley School District’s auditorium. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the banquet beginning at 6:00 p.m. Banquet tickets this year are $8 for adults and non-exhibitors, $4 for fair building workers, and exhibitors for free.
Reservations are not needed this year, and all tickets are paid for at the door at the banquet. Exhibitors will also receive a free sweatshirt if they sign up for one by March 2 at go.osu.edu/26porkbanquetshirts.
AKRON __The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team opened the 2026 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships meet with a third-place finish in the 800 free relay on Wednesday evening.
The Basics
Record: Ohio Northern (8-0 overall, 4-0 OAC).
Ohio Northern is third of five teams with 32 points.
Mount Union leads the team standings with 40 points, Wilmington is second with 34 points, Baldwin Wallace is fourth with 30 points and Heidelberg is fifth with 28 points.
The Park District Liberty Twp Hardin Co Ohio met on the above date in the park office.
The meeting was held via phone conversation with Bob Szuch and Paul Fletcher. Both board members were out of town on the February 16, 2026. Present at the park office were Jamie Hall, Ken Wolke, park manager and Mary Jane Lee, Clerk.
Beatitudes Community Center will collaborate with ONU Student Senate and Greek Life to host Where Fashion Blooms Again, a spring fashion show benefiting the center's community outreach. The event will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23 in the ONU McIntosh Ballroom.
Dinner and musical entertainment will also be provided. Tickets are $25 and are currently available at Beatitudes, 210 N. Main St.
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By Cort Reynolds
ADA__Accurate long-range shooting helped the Ada High School boys basketball team throttle visiting Perry 74-25 in a non-conference mismatch on Tuesday, February 17.
The Bulldogs pumped in a season-best 13 three-point goals in the home finale to blow out the Commodores. Four purple and gold players tallied double figures to pace the blowout.
MEDIA RELEASE__On April 17, 2025, deputies from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the area of 12757 State Route 309 on the report of a serious injury crash involving two vehicles.
Upon arrival, deputies located three victims. Dennis Covault, 73, of Harrod, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His spouse, Louise Covault, 71, also of Harrod, sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a Columbus-area hospital for treatment.
The driver of the second vehicle, Hailey Breeden, a 28-year-old female of Kenton, also sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to a Lima hospital for further medical care.
FROM FACEBOOK__Brightspeed communications responded to Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and community member inquiries on Facebook regarding the service outage created by the February 2 fire on S. Main St. in Ada.
Brightspeed fiber and copper networks were damaged by the fire.
Comments by Brightspeed provided the update that the copper network "service was restored yesterday, February 16. Please reach out to us if you are still experiencing issues with your service. https://m.me/gobrightspeed Thank you."
