Weather permitting, Bluffton Paving will finish paving Grape Street (between Franklin and Columbus) and North Wayne Street (between Carrol and North) in Kenton on Thursday, July 11. All vehicles must be moved by 7:30 a.m. that day or they will be towed at the owner’s expense, said Burl Helton, Kenton’s public works superintendent.

A Cridersville man was acquitted of most of the charges against him related to a hunting incident by a jury in a recent Hardin County Common Pleas Court case. According to court documents from Prosecutor Brad Bailey's office, David M Deitering was hunting on Nov. 5, 2018 in a wooded area owned by the Shaw family. David Hunsicker owns land abutting the property where Deitering was hunting.

Funding for two administration-supported projects were removed from spending legislation at Monday’s Kenton City Council session. The appropriations ordinance dominated discussion at the meeting, with it being amended twice by members.

Kenton City Council has been asked to review an ordinance from Lima which could help reduce the number of nuisance vehicles in the city. Police Chief Dennis Musser presented the legislation to members at their meeting Monday night.

McGUFFEY — When the Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT) legislation was renewed, solar energy was omitted from the formula. That omission would be a financial hit to the Upper Scioto Valley School district as some of the most valuable farmland in the district would avoid local taxes and Hardin County would receive the fiscal benefit.

The Hardin County Engineers Office announced it has reopened County Road 15 between County Road 20 and Liberty Township Road 30 after it was closed for a bridge replacement.

FOREST — The grand marshal of this year's Tree Town Festival in Forest is a familiar face to most of the town's residents. Not only has Sharon Haymond worked at the Community First Bank in Forest for the past 45 years, she has served as the Tree Town Festival's treasurer for 25 years. Haymond retired from her festival duties four years ago and will be retiring from her job at the bank later this year.

U.S. 68 South (Fontaine Street) between Espy Street and Letson Avenue in Kenton, will close Monday, July 8, for approximately five days for storm sewer repairs, according to the weekly construction update from the Ohio Department of Transportation.

An Arcadia man was apprehended by Kenton police officers following a car and foot chase on Thursday evening. The arrest of Zachary Spires wrapped up a case that started Wednesday evening with an alert from the Hancock County Sheriff's Office regarding a wanted subject and stolen firearms at a residence in Kenton, according to a release from Chief Dennis Musser.

ADA – The Patriotic Pops Concert, featuring the Lima Symphony Concert, at Ohio Northern University at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 6 will be moved indoors, to the ONU King-Horn Field House, due to the threat of thunderstorms. The concert is free and open to the public.