Volunteers and sponsors will help provide a free evening with activities, food and prizes

FROM FACEBOOK__The Ada Police Department is seeking community partners, businesses, organizations and individuals willing to support the 2026 National Night Out event at Ada War Memorial Park on Wednesday, August 5.

Organizers are seeking donations of girls bike with training wheels, boys youth bike, girls youth bike, bike helmets and gift baskets.

Ada man injured in two-vehicle incident

MEDIA RELEASE__The Findlay Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on June 16, 2026, at approximately 5:58 A.M. on Lincoln Highway and County Road 15 in Orange Township. 

FROM FACEBOOK__ The Ada Police Department has received several complaints this year regarding the use of electric scooters, officially referred to by the State of Ohio as Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices.

We would like to remind our community of the laws outlined in Ohio Revised Code 4511.512:

• "Electric scooters" may be operated on sidewalks, bike paths, and roadways where the posted speed limit is under 55 mph

• Operators must follow all standard traffic laws and rules of the road

• Individuals under 18 years of age must wear a helmet

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FROM FACEBOOK__The Hardin County Dog Warden is hosting a Dog Days of Summer Community Dog Walk & Adoption Meet and Greet at 4:00 p.m. on June 19 at Courthouse Square in Kenton.

The event is a fun-filled afternoon of walking, wagging tails and finding forever homes.

MEDIA RELEASE_Ohio State University Extension of Hardin County has collected unofficial township rainfall data for April. Fifteen volunteer rainfall reporters in respective townships have been collecting rainfall amounts for the past 34 consecutive years. Rainfall amounts are recorded from only one section per township.

FROM FACEBOOK_The Ada Public Library is hosting a dinosaur-themed tea party this Saturday. Here are the details as per its Facebook page:

Access to GROB and adjacent businesses changes on June 22

MEDIA RELEASE__The Village of Bluffton would like to inform residents, visitors and motorists of an upcoming traffic pattern change affecting access along State Route 103 near I-75.

FROM FACEBOOK__Welcome to the dig site! Join local artist and history enthusiast Andy Steingass for an archaeological adventure. We'll be excavating fossils and other artifacts, as well as making press-mold dinosaur footprints to take home.