Save these 2026 dates for Ada events
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FEBRUARY
7-8 Spring into Dance, Freed Center, Biggs Theatre
26 Ada Distinguished Awards Night, Liberty Oaks, 6:00 p.m.
26-27-28-Mar 1 The Glass Menagerie, Freed Center
MARCH
10-11 Conservation Tillage & Technology Conference
22 ONU Symphonic Band Spring Concert, Freed Center
APRIL
16-17-18 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Freed Center
24 ONU Orchestra Overtures & Arias, Freed Center
MAY
2 Relay for Life, King-Horn Fieldhouse, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
3 ONU Spring Band Festival, Freed Center
16 ONU Law Commencement, 10 a.m.
17 ONU Pharmacy Commencement, 9 a.m.
17 ONU Undergraduate/MSA Commencement, 2 p.m.
25 AHS Commencement, 2:00 p.m.
AUGUST
22 Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival
SEPTEMBER
5 Tenth Annual Cursive Ohio Charity Ride
19 Annual Harvest & Herb Festival
25-26-27 ONU Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
DECEMBER
12 Merry on Main
Stories Posted This Week
Sunday, September 20, 2026
- Charmaine M. Spradlin, 74, worked for Associated Plastics
- Bulldog boys soccer win vs. Old Fort
- How Dillinger robbed a Bluffton bank
- Ada School Board recap: School fees waiver estimate is $57K, intervention and after-school program report
- Ada Barnyard Farmers results from 2026 Hardin County Junior Fair
- Rodeheffer awarded Choice One Engineering scholarship
Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Bulldog golf 3rd at final BVC tourney, 2nd overall
- Bulldog football win vs. Perry
- N. Main St. arrest and drug seizure on August 18
- Christian Nationalism poses problems for American democracy
- Weekend Doctor: When should you see an endocrinologist?
- Letter: Background regarding public meeting on data center moratorium
Friday, September 18, 2026
Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Bluffton Icon headlines, September 17
- Bulldog girls soccer 0-0 tie vs. Riverdale
- Bulldog boys soccer loss vs. Riverdale
- Roundhead poet publishes third book
- Bulldog volleyball wins in four vs. Riverdale
- Sept. 15 Ada Council: Impact of big ticket pool repair, public urination ban goes into effect
- Hall named 2026 OMLA Regional Administrative Assistant of the Year
- Play Bingo with Officer Penny at the Ada Public Library
- Adult Book Group books available at APL
- Ada Schools exceed state standards on 2025-2026 Ohio Report Card
- Oct. 6 ONU Trike-A-Thon will raise funds for St. Jude's
- Antibiotic resistance: More to learn