April 2020

Four members of the Ohio Northern football team were named to the prestigious National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society team for the 2019 season.

• Seniors Ethan Hale (Galena/Big Walnut), 
• Anthony McFadden (Chillicthe/Paint Valley), 
• Brenden Medina (Oberlin) and
• Grant Nieszala (Lambertville, Mich./Bedford) all received the honor.

NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers.

An impressive 1,471 players from 370 schools qualified for membership in the Society's 14th year.

The Ohio Northern Esports will battle Cincinnati for the Ohio Championship of the National Esports Conference Tournament .

The Polar Bears reached the finals with a 3-1-1 victory over Ohio State in the semifinals on April 23 and a 3-0 sweep of Kent State in the quarterfinals on April 16.

The NEC is offering state tournaments for a handful of states and is currently one of the highest levels of collegiate Esports around the country.

All players on all teams are playing remotely to conform with the state social distancing guidelines.

Melba Puckett, 89, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at 1:10 p.m. at Vancrest of Ada. 

She was born on Feb. 21, 1931, in Floyd County, Kentucky to the late Lonzo and Josie (Prater) Ousley.  On Sept. 11, 1948, Melba married Carl Puckett and he survives in Ada.

Melba was a homemaker.  She attended the Lonesome Valley United Baptist Church.

Ada High School graduate Sydney Hartford is among several Ohio State-Lima student scholars recognized this week for scholarly work, overall achievement and service to the campus.

She received the university’s theatre department award. Her citation follows: 

Sydney tackled her work on stage, in the classroom, and behind the scenes with equal amounts of talent, hard work, humility, intelligence and dedication.