The Kenton Times will not publish a newspaper on Monday, New Year’s Day, so our employees may celebrate the holiday with their families. Regular publication of the Times will resume Tuesday.

Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton has made a $15,000 donation to the Southeast Hardin Northwest Union Joint Firefighters made possible by the OhioHealth Foundation Wellness Programs and Services Fund.

ADA — The State Auditor’s Office scolded officials in Liberty Township for not being more aware of the funding they spent on questionable credit card charges. Trustees Gary Hall, Jeffrey Acheson and Bradley Hays, along with fiscal officer Angela Hall, have repaid $1,092 after there were findings for recovery found against them by an audit, said Auditor Dave Yost.

Antwilla Davis has been a licensed realtor since 2009 and considered “fairly young” in the game of real estate. That’s why when she found out she was nominated for and subsequently awarded the Realtor of the Year honor through the West Central Association of Realtors, she was taken by surprise.

In late November each year, Neil Hipsher puts on his bright red suit, pulls on his boots and becomes Santa Claus. The transformation from a retired Rockwell employee to the spirit of Christmas is instant.

News that a popular former priest at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Kenton had taken his own life after being accused of “questionable” communications with a minor and misuse of church funds has been a shock to the people who knew him locally.

Five people will be interviewed next month for two openings on Kenton City Council, it was announced Thursday night at council’s final regular meeting for 2017. Teresa Styer is leaving her 1st Ward seat after representing the city’s southeast quadrant for the past six years.

A Ridgeway woman’s crusade to improve the intersection of two state highways continues. Brenda Zachary took her cause to the Hardin County commissioners on Thursday. Zachary is determined to have flashing lights on the stop signs at the crossing of Ohio 292 and 273 just north of Ridgeway, the site of a fatal accident in October which took the life of EMT Krista McDonald whose ambulance was broad-sided by a motorist who didn’t stop at the intersection.

Kenton City Council voted to participate with the Ohio Department of Transportation on three separate projects in the city during its meeting Thursday night. Kenton agreed to cooperate with ODOT on the first phase of the Safe Routes to School program, designed to improve safety for children heading to the Kenton schools.

A special Christmas greetings section featuring Santa’s response to children’s wish lists will be published as part of Saturday’s Kenton Times. The section also includes holiday greetings from area businesses.