JULY 22 MEDIA RELEASE__During the 2024-25 white-tailed deer archery hunting season, State Wildlife Officer Ryan Burke, assigned to Hancock County, received a report of a buck found dead in a field with an arrow in it. The caller stated that the individual claiming to have shot the deer had already harvested a buck. Officer Burke determined that the suspect had harvested two bucks, exceeding the statewide bag limit of one antlered deer. The individual pleaded guilty to taking more than one antlered deer in Hardin County Municipal Court, paid $500 in restitution and $150 in fines, and forfeited hunting privileges for one year.
Ada Community Improvement Corporation members have elected Amanda Sears, Ada Village Administrator, to the position of President of the board. Amanda will also be the Chair for Industrial and Executive Board Committees.
Registration is officially open for the Made in Ada Hot Wing Challenge!
Think you can handle the heat? Only 15 brave souls will earn a spot to battle it out for wing glory, T-shirts, and prizes – not to mention bragging rights for an entire year!
$25 entry fee
T-shirt for all participants
Awards for the winner
Saturday, August 23 at the Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival Spots are limited and will go FAST — sign up HERE before they’re gone!
FROM GRIFFIN CHIROPRACTIC FACEBOOK__Griffin Chiropractic is opening at their new location on Tuesday, July 22 located directly beside Dollar General, at 4171 South Main St. (SR 235).
Dr. Beau J. Griffin is preceded by Dr. B.G Hawley (grandfather) and Dr. William B. Hawley (uncle) in 75 years of local chiropractic service.
We are very excited to provide care for current and new patients at our facility. We want to thank the community of Ada and many of the surrounding communities for supporting the family for the past eighteen years of Dr. Griffin and seventy-five years for the three generations of chiropractic care of having the privilege to provide.
JULY 22 MEDIA RELEASE__Rainfall totals across Hardin County in June 2025 varied. The current concern is the high humidity which is favorable for disease development. In agronomic crops, growers should be scouting for tar spot and gray leaf spot in corn and frogeye leaf spot in soybeans. Vegetable growers should be scouting for powdery mildew.
JULY 21 MEDIA RELEASE__Governor DeWine has announced the full membership of his newly-formed Property Tax Reform Working Group. The working group, informally announced during the Governor’s signing of House Bill 96 and associated line-item vetoes, is tasked with thoroughly examining issues related to how to provide meaningful property tax relief to homeowners and businesses while ensuring that funding for local schools, fire, police, EMS, libraries, and developmental disabilities is adequate.
The membership of the Property Tax Reform Working Group includes:
