Since middle school, Madison Blevins has been thinking about a career in dentistry. The Kenton High School junior didn’t know if she wanted to be a dental hygienist or a dentist. But through the Wildcat Community Connectors (WCC) program, she completed an internship at Kenton Dental Care and that experience helped her make her career choice.

Members of the Upper Scioto Valley fourth grade enjoy a game of Red Rover at the Beech Grove Schoolhouse in Kenton on Thursday.

Chase Fleece allows a duckling to walk up his arm during the Kenton FFA’s Ag Day Thursday at the Hardin County Fairgrounds.

Kenton’s Kyle Goodin and Kenji Kobayashi knew their opening Division II sectional tennis doubles match against Van Wert’s Michael Etter and Gabe Rollins would be a difficult matchup. That matchup against the pairing of the Cougars’ top two singles players proved to be as difficult as the Wildcats top pair expected.

MOUNT VICTORY — A class project which combined two groups of Ridgemont students this year will have an impact on the young people who walk through the hallways of the school for generations to come. “They have started a legacy,” said science teacher Adam Baumgartner of the work by the students in his Environmental Science class and the Ag Science students.

ONTARIO — After losing to Ontario in the sectional finals last spring, the Kenton baseball team wanted to get off to a quick start in its rematch with the Warriors on Wednesday. The Wildcats did just that, plating two runs in the first inning and another in the second inning before holding off the hosts for a 5-2 win in Division II sectional baseball action.

“Fraud Costs All of Us” is the message the staff of Hardin County Jobs and Family Services is hoping to bring to the public as it promotes Public Assistance Fraud Awareness Month. The vision most people have of fraud abuse cases involves people on assistance “playing the system” and getting caught. Jessica Osborn is the investigator for the Hardin County …

DOLA — The theatrical performances of Hardin County area students were recognized Tuesday night at the Take-A-Bow Awards Ceremony at Hardin Northern High School. The eighth annual event was sponsored by the community theater group, the Hardin County Players. Committee members from the Players attended all the high school productions during the 2016-2017 school year.

The 2017 version of the Kenton Wildcat baseball team made history on Tuesday night. When the Wildcats defeated Celina 10-0 in five innings, they not only clinched second place in Western Buckeye League play for the first time in nearly 40 years, but they finished with seven wins in league play for the first time in school history.

Charlie Jacobsma, of the Columbus Zoo, holds a penguin as Audrey Carlson, 4, gets a closer look during Monday evening’s Fun Activity Motivates Everyone (FAME) event at Kenton Elementary School.