The Hardin County Family YMCA has completed another successful Annual Support Campaign. Although donations are still coming in, Sean Galvin, executive director, said nearly $30,000 has been contributed to this year’s program.

As the government shutdown continues, many employees are going on several weeks now without a paycheck. With the historic length of this shutdown, another major challenge for many families is that SNAP benefits through February are being released now and must last households through the end of February, with no current assurance on what will happen in March.

Hardin County Commissioner Tim Striker (left) administers the oath of office to incoming Hardin Soil and Water Conservation District supervisors Ranae Sherman and Michael D. Miller on Thursday at the first board meeting of 2019.

MONDAY, JAN. 21 AA Fellowship – 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 234 N. Main St., Kenton.

A total of 59 students from the Upper Scioto Valley Elementary K-3 earned a Gold Star Award - Hillcrest Lanes Bowling trip in Kenton on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The USV Schools chose Hillcrest Lanes to support local businesses in Hardin County.

The Hardin County community’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration has been rescheduled for Sunday, Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. at St. John's Evangelical Church in Kenton. It was postponed because of the weekend snowstorm.

ALGER — “Smallfoot” will be shown during a free family movie night on Friday, Jan. 25 at the Alger Public Library. The movie begins at 6:30 p.m.

Seven-week-old Braylynn Joyce Thompson, held by great-great-grandmother Phyllis (Guthrie) Sanders of Alger, completes five generations in her family. Joining them are (from left) great-grandmother Gina Plaugher of Lima, grandmother Felicia Thompson and father Ross Thompson of Alger. Submitted photo      

BELLEFONTAINE – Ohio Hi-Point Career Center has announced its academic honors for the second nine weeks of the 2018-2019 school year.

A new project at Benjamin Logan Schools has the potential to improve the lives of students related to horticulture therapy. That’s according to Adam Sorensen, Director of Treatment and Recovery Services, from the Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services Board of Logan and Champaign Counties.