MOUNT VICTORY — The Ridgemont Board of Education will begin the search for their new principal soon, according to Superintendent Ann Harvey. The position became open over the summer after Superintendent Emmy Beeson announced she was accepting another job outside the district.

Kathy Cain, the fiscal officer for the village of Patterson, was surprised Tuesday when a representative of the Auditor of State came to her office in Forest and presented her with a framed certificate officially proclaiming Patterson to be out of fiscal emergency.

DOLA — The members of the Hardin Northern Board of Education want time to study the proposed bleachers for their new softball and baseball fields. The board approved the purchase of a public address system for each of the ball fields at its meeting Wednesday night.

FOREST — The Forest CIC paid tribute to the oldest continually operating business in its community at its meeting on Wednesday. For 70 years, the McBride Furniture Village has been an anchor to the Forest community, said CIC president Jeff Knedler.

Carrying one of four wooden soldiers through the streets of downtown Kenton are (from left) Dan Evans, Jacqualine Fitzgerald and Frank Dudek as they decorate the square for the holiday season. A lighted soldier was placed at all four corners of courthouse square as a part of the annual Christmas holiday display.

In early 1993, a group of people gathered to discuss how to cultivate new leadership in Hardin County. They came up with a format for a nine-month leadership training program they named Hardin Leadership, but were unsure how long it would last.

A rural Ada man is facing the likelihood of spending the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty in Hardin County Common Pleas Court earlier this week to five sex charges involving his own children. Albert Mast, 51, was charged in late July with a total of 123 counts, including 20 charges of rape and 53 counts of gross sexual imposition.

On Feb. 12 of this year, Dennis Dellifield sent two messages to a 16-year-old boy requesting the youth send photographs of his genitals to the adult. Dellifield’s attorney’s have accepted the fact the messages were sent and that they may be considered “upsetting.”

RIDGEWAY — The community of Ridgeway suffered an emotional blow last month when a car accident took the life of a first responder working out of the local ambulance service. On Tuesday night, village officials memorialized Krista McDonald and heard an update on the medical condition of EMT Peggy Eastman at their monthly meeting.

Kenton could one day be home to a medical marijuana dispensary. Brian Wingfield told City Council on Monday night that he is part of a group of investors who want to locate the business in the city. They have an option to purchase a vacant building at 718 W. Lima Street and convert it into a dispensary.