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Bulldog girls basketball opens season with loss at McComb

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls basketball team tipped off its season with a 54-30 loss at non-league foe McComb Friday night, November 24.

Panther freshman guard Morgan Kern fired in five three-point field goals to tally a game-high 21 points in her varsity debut. No one else on either team canned a single trey.

McComb jumped to an 18-9 lead after the first period as the 5-9 Kern hit two triples. She added another trey in the second stanza as the Panthers stretched the lead to 27-16 at the half.

The Panthers outscored Ada 27-14 after intermission to pull away and capture the win. Kern nailed two more trifectas and scored eight points to lead McComb to an 11-7 third quarter edge.

The Bulldog girls start off 0-1 after the road defeat. McComb is 1-0.

Carolyn A. Craig worked for Kroger

Carolyn A. Craig, age 80, of Kenton, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2023, at 5:30 a.m. at the Shawnee Manor, Lima. 

She was born on March 15, 1943 in Hardin County, Ohio to the late Leonard and Esther (Hurt) Hinton.  On October 4, 1963 Carolyn married Edgar C. Craig and he preceded her in death on September 21, 2015.  

Multiple injury crash on SR 309

On November 22, 2023 at 11:35 a.m., the Hardin County Central Dispatch Center received multiple 911 calls in regards to an injury crash at the intersection of Co. Rd. 15 and St Rt 309. Upon arrival deputies found 2 vehicles off the west side of Co. Rd. 15 in a private yard.

Bulldog girls basketball builds around Burkhart, four seniors

Photos and rosters below

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls basketball team returns six letter winners and four senior starters for second-year varsity head coach Zack Ricker in 2023-24.

The Bulldogs almost authored their first winning season since 2015-16 last year behind graduated all-time scoring leader Courtney Sumner. 

From New Leaf to Liberty Oaks, local family brings business to Ada

By Paula Scott

Driving by on State Route 235, the new Liberty Oaks venue for weddings and other events somewhat resembles the business formerly at this location, New Leaf Garden Center. Upon closer inspection, you can see that only the greenhouse is still there. The rest of the facility has been built from scratch as a much larger space for hosting events with catering and bar service, as well as outdoor weddings.

Healthwise: Turkey Lurkey Time

By Brendan Sheridan, Student Pharmacist
and Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team

Turkey Lurkey Time was a song and dance routine from the Broadway musical Promises, Promises: The Musical Comedy. The 1968 production was based on a book by Neil Simon with the music by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Turkey Lurkey Time was featured on the 1969 Tony Awards and season four of the Fox TV hit Glee. 

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