At approximately 8 p.m. the Hardin County Sheriff's Office issued the above statement (screen shot from its website) concerning the missing 13-year-old youth.
At 6 p.m. on Friday, a helicopter hovers overhead. Many rescue and law enforcement are on hand looking for the child.
There are boats and scuba gear in case he is found in or near one of the many farm ponds that dot the territory.
Neighbors join in the search. ATVs prowl the countryside. Residents, even two miles away, have been notified to be on the watch.
Hardin County Sheriff's is currently searching the area of 0726 TR 55 near Ada for a 13-year-old autistic male missing from the residence since approximately 3:30 pm.
The Lady Bears punched their ticket to the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament championship game for the second consecutive season on Thursday evening with a hard-fought 80-72 victory over Otterbein. Northern will host No. 2-seeded Marietta at King-Horn in the tournament championship contest at 3 p.m. on Saturday with a trip to the 2018 NCAA III tourney on the line.
Members of the Toledo Ohio Ghost Hunting Society will give a chilling ghost talk at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main.
Society members will describe their experiences with spirits from beyond.
Also, they will tell about some of their most haunted locations in the area, and end the program with a question and answer session.
Harold St. John will be among Society members attending. He is an instructor at Owens Community College where he teaches Ghost Hunting 101 and 102. He is also host of a live ghost talk show and Web stream show.
Three Ada residents accepted awards from the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance during the group’s annual meeting attended by 215 people in McIntosh Center ballroom on Thursday evening.
The ONU Symphony will perform at 7 p.m. on Sunday at the Freed Center. Tickets will be available at the door.
In support of Black History Month, the Symphony will present William Grant Still's Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American Symphony). This piece is monumental, as Still was the first African-American to compose a symphony and an opera, as well as to conduct a leading American orchestra. Still incorporates blues and African-American styles, while melding jazz and traditional orchestral techniques.
