Kenton police Lloyd P. Stanley, Wapakoneta, reported that he came to Kenton today and made several stops during the time that he was in town.

The Hardin County Board of Elections will not meet on Thursday, Feb. 9. There will be no meeting in February, said Director Sandy Bookmyer.

The Benjamin Logan robotics team, BLHS Reach, placed 13th out of 32 teams in the Van Wert state qualifying tournament on Saturday, Jan. 29. Team members included (from left, front) Thomas Seeley, Tim Seeley, Sarah Seeley;

Severe weather spotter training is set for Tuesday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jacob Parrott Safety Center, 1025 S. Main St., Kenton. The training will be conducted by a representative of the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) in Wilmington, Ohio, and hosted by the Hardin County Emergency Management Agency (EMA).

SATURDAY, FEB. 4 Hardin County Agricultural Society (fair board) – 7:30 p.m., fair office, fairgrounds

Joseph E. Capehart II, 710 S. Main St. Apt. 3, Ada, was eastbound on Silver Street, approaching the intersection of Morningside Drive, and failed to stop, sliding through the intersection and colliding with the curb on Morningside Drive. He was cited for failure to control and failure to reinstate.

ADA — Before becoming Wilson Sporting Goods, the Ada-based factory on North Liberty Street was home to Ohio-Kentucky Manufacturing and produced everything from basketballs, baseball gloves, boxing gloves, punching bags and footballs, just to name a few. Flash forward to 1955 when Wilson purchased the building, the site became the world’s only football-specific factory and the location of every football produced for the National Football League, including those for the biggest sporting event in the country, the Super Bowl.

Ridgemont’s FFA and FCCLA chapters will sponsor the annual Sweetheart Dance Saturday evening at the school in Mount Victory.

DOLA — The Hardin Northern Board of Education will meet in special session at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the tech lab at the school to consider seeking applications for the development of the 18 acres neighboring the school that it recently purchased.

McGUFFEY — Mike Kis is not one to shy away from a challenge. So naturally, he’s facing his first role as superintendent head-on with enthusiasm.