The Kenton Tree Commission conducted an Arbor Day observance on Thursday with the distribution of 110 trees to city residents. The red oak and river birch trees were purchased through the annual tree sale at the Hardin Soil and Water Conservation District.

Town and Country Creators 4-H Club met on March 25. The 4-H Advisors were introduced and told members which projects they help with. We started the meeting with a get to know each other activity. Roll call was answered with what school we went to.

Kenton plated six runs in the first inning and then matched Marion Pleasant the rest of the way in a 16-12 win over the Spartans in a non-league baseball contest on Thursday afternoon. Shawn Conover had a big day at the plate for the Wildcats with four hits, including a double, and four RBIs as Kenton jumped out to a 6-1 lead after one inning.

ADA — A group of students at Ohio Northern University is not just learning about the state’s prison system, but connecting with inmates in a course they are likely to remember for the rest of their lives. Dr. Tristin Kilgallon is a criminal justice professor at ONU and three years ago established the Inside-Out Prison Exchange at the university.

Members of the cast of Ada High School’s “And Then There Were None” presented a portion of the production to students at the school on Wednesday. The play is based on an Agatha Christie mystery.

Kenton High School students were told that it takes much more than having outstanding athletic ability to get the chance to compete at the collegiate level. During the college coaches forum for KHS student athletes and parents on Wednesday night, the five coaches that participated all said that while they look at athletic talent, they also look at the individual.

ADA — For decades, Ohio Northern University had acknowledged Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1968 visit to the campus with a plaque on a rock. “You had to go a little bit out of your way if you wanted to know the story of Dr. King’s visit. All of that is about to change today,” said ONU President Daniel DiBiasio on Tuesday morning at the dedication service of the new bronze statue which commemorates the event.

ADA — Among the large crowd of visitors to Ohio Northern University’s campus Tuesday to take part in the unveiling of the Martin Luther King statue was a woman whose life was touched by the civil rights leader. Bernice Horrison grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when the civil rights movement was starting.

Ben Logan wrestler Cole Houser (third from left) recently signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his education and wrestling career at Urbana University.

The residents and staff at the Hardin Hills Health Center in Kenton were officially introduced to the woman who will be their new director on Monday morning. Elaine Roynon is replacing the retiring Mark Rogers, who has been the county home’s administrator since September, 2010.