With daffodils blooming, a snow attempted to cover them again Monday. The cold winds and snow flurries have kept the county within winter’s grasp well into April, but the forecast gives hope of warmer days ahead.

Tim Leffler used to read the local news or watch the news on TV and complain about the way things were. That was the easy thing to do.

Hardin County goat royalty was crowned during its banquet Saturday night in Kenton. Melia Santillanez (left, seated) is the 2018 goat princess while Tucker Hazelton (right) is the 2018 goat prince.

RIDGEWAY — Host Ridgemont ran away with the girls team title in the five-team Antique Alley Invitational track and field meet on Saturday. The Gophers won four events and were second in nine events on the way to tallying 155 points.

BELLEFONTAINE — When Ohio Hi-Point Career Center’s campus was constructed in Bellefontaine 43 years ago, vocational education was a new educational concept in Ohio. Since it opened its schools to students, the need for trained engineering, graphic artist and cosmetology students has persisted, but today there are demands for jobs which didn’t exist in 1974, Superintendent Rick Smith said.

ADA — The second amendment to the U.S. Constitution is as old as the nation itself, but the idea the document guarantees all citizens the right to own any type of firearm they wish is a new concept in the country, according to a nationally recognized legal historian.

Hardin County YMCA staff member Jennifer Moore (left) and volunteer Julie Crowe are surrounded by donated items which will be put up for bid Saturday during the annual YMCA Radio Day Auction. The event, which will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will be held at the Kenton City Schools Administration Building.

BELLEFONTAINE – The Ohio Hi-Point Career Center unveiled the new Dr. Sloan Smart Technology Center to community members, business, industry, and educational partners as well as local and state politicians Wednesday evening.

It had been 10 days since the Kenton softball team played a game, but Jenna Clum and her Kenton teammates showed no rust at the plate as the Wildcats scored 10 runs in the first two innings on the way to a 14-4 victory over Upper Scioto Valley on Thursday.

The Kenton Elks Lodge honored Teenagers of the Month for March from throughout Hardin County during a luncheon Wednesday at the lodge. There were no teens nominated from Hardin Northern.