The Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame has announced six honorees to be inducted at the 16th annual Agriculture Hall of Fame recognition banquet. The 2018 inductees are Jan Layman, Sanford and Paul McCurdy, Gary and Carol Oates, and Gary Shick.

MOUNT VICTORY — Ridgemont Schools continues to predict strong finances over the next several years. The five-year forecast approved by the school board at its meeting Thursday projects the district’s cash balance will exceed $5 million for the next three fiscal years.

ADA — The students of Ada High School have been showing off their intellect as of late, winning both the Northwest Conference Quiz Bowl Tournament and the Maker Fest STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) challenge.

DOLA — As the school year began, the Hardin Northern Board of Education established the position of Director of School Improvement and hired Greg Oliver in that role. Oliver submitted his resignation to the board Wednesday to accept a job in the Columbus area.

The paving work on North Detroit Street scheduled for today has been postponed until further notice, according to Kenton Public Works Superintendent Burl Helton.

Cindy Martino (left) and Charlotte Hamm at the Christmas window display which will be part of the annual Window Wonderland display in Kenton's Historic Courthouse District starting Nov. 20.

Kenton has agreed to continue to be a part of a proposed high-speed passenger rail project from Chicago to Columbus. City Council, at its meeting Tuesday night, voted 6-0 to pay $4,000 toward a rail corridor study.

RIDGEWAY — The free ride some residents in Ridgeway have enjoyed over the last 10 years for not paying their sewer bill seems to be coming to a jolting halt. In a report to council Tuesday night, Clerk Kelly Kelly presented a list of 49 property owners and renters out of the 150 accounts in the village who are delinquent on their sewer bills. The village has no centralized water system.

Helms & Sons will be blacktopping two, one-block sections of North Detroit Street in Kenton on Thursday, weather permitting. The sections are between Franklin and Columbus streets, and Carrol and North streets. Traffic will be maintained with flaggers, announced Burl Helton, public works superintendent.

ADA — Each year, the staff, students and guests at Ohio Northern University gather at the statue of its founder, Henry Solomon Lehr, to commemorate Veterans Day. This years service had an historic significance since it is the 100th anniversary of the armistice which ended WWI.