Editor’s Note: This article has been updated after getting in contact with Kellin Sturts. ONTARIO — Four names are on the Nov. 4 ballot to fill three seats on the Ontario Board of Education. The Ontario school board pays members $125 for each meeting, and members serve four-year terms. The positions are non-partisan. Heidi A. […]
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Ontario High School announces 2025 Homecoming Court
ONTARIO — Ontario High School has announced its 2025 Homecoming Court. The Homecoming game will take place on Sept. 19 vs. Galion. The dance is slated for Sept 20 from 8 to 10:30 p.m. The Ontario High School Homecoming Court and Attendants were selected by their classmates on the basis of their kindness, leadership, school […]
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2024 Ontario graduate trains to join U.S. Navy submarine force
EDITOR’S NOTE: Story by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Green, Navy Office of Community Outreach. GROTON, Conn. — Fireman Recruit Conner Dailey, a 2024 Ontario High School graduate, is training to be part of the U.S. Navy’s 125-year tradition of service under the sea. The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy […]
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Ontario High School Class of 2025 graduates 155 students
The 155-member Ontario High School Class of 2025 graduated Friday evening during commencement exercises inside the O-Rena.
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Ontario teen Daisy Loper to be city’s mayor for a day
ONTARIO — Daisy Loper will soon become the youngest mayor in Ontario history. A junior at Ontario High School, Loper will be sworn in as the city’s first Mayor for a Day on May 12. Ontario lawmakers approved a resolution last year authorizing the Mayor for a Day program in partnership with Ontario Local Schools. […]
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Ontario Local Schools revives theater program
ONTARIO — Emma Henderson never needed help coming out of her shell. In fact, the junior at Ontario High School joked she was never in one. Getting involved in her school’s fledgling theater program helped her embrace that outlook. “I felt more like I could be who I was and have people enjoy that personality,” Henderson […]
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Ontario student proposes fitness station in Marshall Park as Eagle Scout project
ONTARIO — Thatcher Samuels, 17, presented a proposal Wednesday for a set of parallel bars and pull-up bars in Marshall Park to the Ontario parks committee.
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Ontario High School to offer on-campus business degree program
ONTARIO — Local high schools routinely lose a handful of academically ambitious juniors and seniors who chose to complete most or all of their coursework on a college campus. Ontario High School Principal Chris Smith wants to offer those students the best of both worlds. Starting next fall, Ontario High School students will be able to […]
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Hagerman Christmas lights on display at Marshall Park
The annual Christmas tree lighting in Marshall Park also featured a golf cart parade, Miss Ontario court, Santa, and the first year of the Hagerman light display in its new location.
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Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller 3rd in Ohio’s Mr. Football voting
COLUMBUS – Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller junior quarterback Matt Ponatoski has been named Ohio Mr. Football by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association. He is the 38th winner of the prestigious award and the second in a row for Archbishop Moeller. Running back Jordan Marshall won the award last year. Bellefontaine senior quarterback Tavien St. Clair was […]