The Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame has announced the recipients for 2023 Scholarships. Courtney Sumner of Ada High School and Zeb Wilson of Hardin Northern High School will each receive a one-time $500.00 scholarship towards their academic endeavors.
Scholarship presentation will be made at a banquet on Saturday night, June 17, at St. John's Church in Kenton.
Sumner's future plans are to attend Ohio Northern University and major in Early Childhood Education. She explains, "While being at ONU I will also be playing basketball! After I graduate, I am hoping to become an elementary teacher and possibly even a basketball coach!"
The Juneteenth Lima Committee and the Council for the Arts of Greater Lima will join the Sigma Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the City of Lima Parks and Recreation Department to present Juneteenth Lima 2023. The day-long event is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, a celebration of the joys of liberty, and an opportunity to educate the community about Black heritage, and promote positive cultural interaction.
This year’s celebration will take place Saturday, June 17, in the Downtown Lima Square, all under the theme “Celebrate Us”.
More than 40 years after his death, one of the greatest and most successful athletes from Northwest Ohio was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Now, 17 years after his enshrinement in Cooperstown, Ohio Northern University faculty and students are working with his hometown of Alger to honor him.
A historical marker and mural both are in the works to honor baseball great Ray Brown.
Visit nature's showroom--the Ada War Memorial Park, that is--for a beautiful display of vehicles at the Park-in-the-Park car, truck and bike show hosted by VFW Post 9381. Registration 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; awards given at 5 p.m. at the band shell.
LIMA, Ohio (Thursday, June 8, 2023) The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Hancock County next week. All outlined work is weather permitting.
INTERSTATE 75 PROJECTS
Interstate 75 rest areas, both directions, between State Route 235 and U.S. 68/SR 15 will close on Thursday, June 15, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. for utility work.
U.S. 30 between State Route 235 and the Wyandot County line will be restricted to one lane for resurfacing.
U.S. 68 between County Road 26 and Township Road 25 will have intermittent lane restrictions for culvert work.
