LaVerne Clayton Hughes, age 92, of Kenton, died on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at Kenton Nursing and Rehab under hospice care.
He was born on August 4, 1933, to the late Herbert and Vivian (Wineman) Hughes. On May 22, 1958, LaVerne married Charlotte Smith, who survives in Kenton.
LaVerne was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother Lucille (Pratt) Hughes, his sister Shirley (Hughes) Hudson, his son Kevin C. Hughes, and his brother-in-law Cecil A. DeLong.
Merger will create community banking franchise with over $7 billion total assets
OCT 22 MEDIA RELEASE__Farmers National Banc Corp. (“Farmers”) (NASDAQ: FMNB), the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (“Farmers National Bank”), and Middlefield Banc Corp. (“Middlefield”) (NASDAQ: MBCN), the holding company for The Middlefield Banking Company (“Middlefield Bank”), jointly announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which Middlefield will merge with and into Farmers in an all-stock transaction. The Agreement was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
MEDIA RELEASE__The Ada community is invited to participate in a special digital fundraiser hosted by McDonald’s on Thursday, October 23, in support of Ada High School Athletics.
As part of the event, 10% of all digital sales placed through the McDonald’s mobile app will be donated to Ada High School. The fundraiser applies to orders placed and picked up at the Ada McDonald’s location, 132 South Main Street.
Communities throughout the region are gearing up for Halloween fun, with trick-or-treat and trunk-or-treat events. Here's when and where local families can enjoy Halloween festivities for 2025:
Saturday, October 25
Kenton - 3:00–5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 28
ONU ResLife Trunk or Treat - 5:00–7:00 p.m., Freed Center Parking Lot
Ada Rotary and local businesses to raise funds with sweets
OCT 22 MEDIA RELEASE__The Ada Rotary Club will join Rotary clubs around the world in observing World Polio Day this Friday, October 24, by providing Purple Pinkie Donuts at several local businesses.
These donuts, topped with purple icing, symbolize the purple ink used to mark the pinkie fingers of children who have received the polio vaccine in third world countries.
Purple Pinkie Donuts will be available at the following Ada locations on Friday:
