ADA — Kenton had a pair of seven-run innings on the way to a 16-5 victory over Ada in a baseball matchup of the Hardin County rivals on Wednesday afternoon. The Wildcats had 15 hits with 8 different players getting base hits.

Four locations throughout the county will be offered on Saturday for residents to dispose of unwanted medication. Medication Disposal Day, also known as Drug Take Back Day, will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

RIDGEWAY — The Ridgemont girls track team was third and the Gopher boys were fourth in a quad meet that included North Union, Vanlue and Cardington-Lincoln. North Union won the boys meet with 116 points, followed by Cardington -Lincoln with 46.5, Vanlue with 40 and Ridgemont with 26.5.

Hardin County Municipal Court is benefiting from its new online bill paying program in two ways. The court took in $170,000 through the program, noted Judge Greg Grimslid and Clerk Jenifer Alger in their annual report to Kenton City Council on Monday night.

DOLA — The Ada boys won five events on the way to a third place finish in the eight-team Hardin Northern Invitational on Monday night. Ada, which finished with 84 points, received individual first place efforts from Michael Crouse, Alex Morgan, Miguel Jordan and Phillip Gautier.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Eight errors proved costly for Riverdale as the Lady Falcons fell to Van Buren 13-1 in a Blanchard Valley Conference softball game on Monday afternoon. Van Buren scored four runs in the first inning and added seven in the second on the way to the five-inning win.

McGUFFEY — Craig Hurley, K-12 principal and interim superintendent of Upper Scioto Valley Schools, doesn’t view his service to the district as being the same as those who serve the public for little or no money. But all the same, Craig, who has spent all 25 years of his career in the district, is proud to be able to lead his alma mater.

Members of the Public Children's Service Agency at Hardin County Job and Family Services placed pinwheels on the courthouse lawn in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

The calm, spring pre-dawn morning of April 21, 2018 was broken in Kenton by the wails of sirens as more than 10 area departments responded to four separate fires in the southwest section of the city. A vacant house on Walnut Street was heavily damaged by fire, as was an occupied mobile home on Leonard Street. Less damage was reported at a house on S. Leighton Street.

For many years, the First United Methodist Church’s Christian Preschool has sponsored a Trike-A-Thon to raise money for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year’s young riders raised money for the charity with a Super Hero theme.