There was little extra room for family and friends in the Hardin County Common Pleas Courtroom on Monday when eight members of the Recovery Court successfully completed the program and started their lives with new hope and support.

The administration of the Kenton City Schools believes it has the ingredients to produce well-educated, socially rounded graduates. The district has an outstanding staff, administrators told the board of education at its monthly meeting Monday night.

The Finance Committee of Kenton City Council begin its work on crafting a 2018 budget during a meeting Monday evening. Anticipating a tight budget with income tax revenue running more than $230,000 behind last year’s figure, the committee learned about potential upcoming expenses from four department leaders who presented five-year spending plans.

DUNKIRK — The Hardin County Genealogy Society is ready to preserve century-old records and memorabilia that were found in chests in the Dunkirk village building. Earlier this year, the chests were discovered in the building containing individuals’ letters and various memorabilia from the 1900’s, coming from such organizations as the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Woman’s Relief Corps and the Oddfellows.

The Kenton City Schools Board of Education took action on a number of contracts and agreements at its meeting Monday night.

From the time Frank Marsico first saw the Hardin County YMCA Corner Kick Soccer Complex, the Y’s program director hoped to find new ways to use the 11 acres of land. The fields were alive with life in the spring and fall when youngsters and parents filled them during soccer games.

If a high school student came home with the scores on his grade card like those earned by the local schools, chances are he would be grounded. The Ohio Department of Education released the grade cards for 2016-2017 for the state’s public schools earlier this week and the scores of Hardin County area schools were nothing to brag about.

The business and school leaders of the community were introduced to their newest participant at a breakfast Friday morning at Henry’s Restaurant in Kenton. Amy Kurt, project manager for EDP Renewable’s Hog Creek Wind Project, told the members of the Economic and Community Development Committee of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance there are seven turbines in place in the Dunkirk-Dola area.

DOLA — State Sen. Cliff Hite, R-Findlay, stood in the rain in the middle of a corn field Thursday morning to announce proposed changes to the wind turbine setback law which he believes is a compromise between wind farm developers and their opponents.

More details have emerged in the case against a Roundhead Township man charged with trying to have his wife’s house burned down by his sons while she and his step-son were inside. One of the sons of Gerrick Anthony Sheldon, 3010 CR 130, apparently had a change of heart, notifying his step-mother of the plot.