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Ada Bulldog volleyball defeats Hornets

By Cort Reynolds

RAWSON __ The Ada High School volleyball team defeated Cory-Rawson in four sets at a non-conference road match on Saturday, September 7.

The Bulldogs improved to 4-4 overall this season after the 25-21, 25-14, 18-25, 25-15 win. Ada used a deep and versatile hitting attack to bury the Hornets as four Bulldog hitters recorded at least seven kills.

Winless C-R fell to 0-6 with the defeat.

Junior Anna Conley topped the Ada offense with a dozen kills.

Sophomore setter Jaylin St. Laurent passed out a career-high 33 assists, mustered 18 digs and served a whopping nine aces in her best match so far. 

Weekend Doctor: Understanding sepsis

By Gina Bailey, BSN, RN
Infection Preventionist, Quality/Infection Control, Blanchard Valley Health System

Sepsis is a public health crisis unfamiliar to many people, even though 1.7 million are diagnosed every year, and sepsis is the number one cause of death in U.S. hospitals. Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming response to infection. It leads to over 350,000 adult deaths and almost 7,000 pediatric deaths annually. Sepsis is the number one cost of hospitalization and skilled nursing care at an estimated $62 billion annually. 

Lee named new CFO at First National Bank

PANDORA — First National Bank has announced that Derrick Lee is its new Chief Financial Officer. Lee will oversee all financial operations, including financial planning and analysis, risk management and strategic financial initiatives. He will work closely with the executive team to develop and implement strategies that support the bank’s long-term objectives and enhance its financial performance.

Ada Bulldog football nipped by Arlington on last play 

ABOVE ) Military Appreciation Night at War Memorial Stadium

By Cort Reynolds,

ADA __ The September 6 wild and unseasonably cool Ada/Arlington seesaw shootout had a feel that whichever team had the ball last was going to win the game.

Seven farmers participate in Shallow Run watershed phosphorus monitoring

By Doug Deardorff
Pilot Watershed Project Coordinator, Hardin Soil & Water Conservation District

On August 22, scientists from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and four regional universities gathered with Hardin County area farmers to explain the water and soil quality monitoring efforts being done in the Shallow Run watershed near Dunkirk.  

WSJ ranks ONU as Ohio’s “Best Value” university

Ohio Northern University has been ranked #1 in Ohio in the Best Value category in the Wall Street Journal's 2025 Best Colleges in the United States, according to the University's media relations department.

ONU is also #1 in Ohio for the publication's Best Salaries ranking, which rates schools “in order of their impact on graduate’s salaries and how this relates to the cost of attending college.” WSJ/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. rates the top 500 universities in the country, emphasizing how much a college improves its students’ chances of graduating on time, and how much it boosts the salaries they earn after graduation.

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