January 2018

The pastor of Payne Chapel AME Church, its members, and community activists, and clergy from the Kenton area are putting the final touches on this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in Kenton.

The day will begin with a community program at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at St. John’s Church, 211 E. Carrol St. in Kenton.

Representatives from political, religious, and ethnic organizations will discuss Dr. King’s motivation to empower the people to make their voices heard.

The program will conclude with a unity march that will begin and end at St. John’s Church. The march will be followed by a free meal which will allow participants to reflect on the day.

For the 16th consecutive season, the Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished in the top half of the Ohio Athletic Conference standings, under the guidance of ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.

The Polar Bears (94-37 overall) finished fourth at the OAC Championships and saw two athletes garner First Team All-OAC honors, as senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) and junior Ashlie Baumann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson) each earned the honor.

Richards was tabbed a First Team All-Conference awardee after she finished second overall in the meet in 22:04.4, while Baumann finished sixth overall in 22:42.9 to earn First Team All-OAC honors.

The State of Ohio now has an invasive plant list that has banned 38 species, some of which you may have growing in your yard.  Have a callery pear, Russian olive, tree-of-heaven, common barberry, multiflora rose? These are on the list.

The state won’t make you dig up and destroy what you have, but these species can no longer be sold in Ohio. Sorry, the state can tell you want you can’t grow. Most likely, you won’t be arrested and thrown into a jail of brambles, if you do buy one from an out-of-state, clandestine operation.