The Kenton-Hardin Health Department has been seeking more office space for months. It apparently will be getting its wish. Hardin County Commissioner Roger Crowe reported at Tuesday night’s health board meeting that the county is completing the acquisition of the former Head Start building at 950 Kohler Street in Kenton.

The siblings of a 16-year-old boy who turned his father into law enforcement for allegedly conspiring to burn down his estranged wife’s home last August, corroborated the boy’s story on Tuesday in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

Hardin County registered a 28.7 percent increase in communicable disease cases from 2016 to 2017, according to the annual disease report presented to the Kenton-Hardin Board of Health on Tuesday night. The report was prepared by Mary Merriman, the county’s epidemiologist, who also works with the Union County Health Department.

McGUFFEY — The Village of McGuffey is under a water boil alert until further notice.

A Hardin County teenager told a jury on Monday how his father plotted and attempted to carry out plans to burn down his stepmother’s rural Dunkirk home last August. During the opening day of a trial for Gerrick “Tony” Sheldon, Hardin County prosecutor Brad Bailey said if it would not have been for the quick thinking of his 16-year-old son Garrett, Tony Sheldon may have carried out a plan to burn down the County Road 60 residence of his estranged wife, Danielle, possibly killing her and another occupant inside the home.

McGUFFEY — A wealth of ideas to improve student safety at Upper Scioto Valley were shared during a special meeting of the school board on Monday evening. With residents, parents and teachers present, an open discussion was held to discuss the issue of school safety and what more can be done at U.S. to prevent a shooting.

Plans to finalize Kenton’s share of funding for a school resource office for Kenton City Schools are on hold for another two weeks. At Monday’s City Council session, Councilman David Beazley, who chairs the finance committee, said the panel will meet Monday, April 2 to establish the funding plan.

LIMA — Ohio 53, just south of Patterson, will close April 2 for approximately 90 days for a bridge deck replacement, announced District I of the Ohio Department of Transportation. Traffic will be detoured onto Ohio 31, U.S. 68 and Ohio 81 back onto Ohio 53.

Hardin County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection to a motor vehicle theft and pursuit early Sunday. The arrest was made at approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a release issued by the sheriff’s office.

For many individuals growing up or living in the Hardin County area, the familiar voice of “Amy in the Morning” on 95.3 WKTN has been a comforting reminder of home. But after 46 1/2 years behind the mic, Amy will be signing off and hanging up her headphones one last time on Friday.