Terri Hites-Suter is normally doing for others. In her job at the Hardin County Job and Family Services office, Hites-Suter is known to go the extra mile and beyond for clients.

WILLIAMSTOWN — Five people were injured, two seriously, in a two-car crash Friday evening on U.S. 30 about two miles east of Williamstown. According to the Findlay Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred in the westbound lanes of U.S. 30 at Hancock County Road 183 at 6:02 p.m.

A state program recently made available to smaller counties in Ohio meant to address blighted properties may not be a good fit locally. Last month, representatives from the Land Bank Western Reserve Land Conservancy explained the benefits of Hardin County establishing a land bank.

If Hardin County is to see a significant economic shift, there needs to be a culture change, said the head of the Chamber and Business Alliance. People living with trash in their yards and sofas on their front porches should find another county to live in, Jon Cross, Alliance president and CEO, told the commissioners Thursday.

Meningitis and shingles are serious health concerns, but can be controlled through immunization, said nurse Mindy Hensel of the Kenton-Hardin Health Department. The vaccines are now offered at the health department.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale Board of Education approved a series of teacher contracts at its regular meeting Monday evening. Approved for one-year contracts for the 2016-17 school year were Madeline Bell, Corinne Boes, Jenaya Claybaugh, Adrian Cooper, Brett Farmer, Mark Frey, Kara Mowery, Emily Reynolds, Brooke Rosendale, Lindsey Shumaker, Brett Smalley, Cassandra Suever, Clay Thomson, Jessica Woodruff and Kalynn Yeater.

To young readers, pictures in a book are almost as important as the words. Kenton Elementary School students on Tuesday learned how those pictures get on the pages during a presentation by cartoonist/illustrator Wes Molebash.

Simon Kenton and Harco Industries Superintendent Mark Kieffer announced his retirement to his board earlier this week. Kieffer joined Harco in 1983 as its workshop director and was in that position for 11 years before becoming superintendent of the two facilities.

Improving the school climate is the goal of the Kenton Middle School Upstanders Club, which made a presentation to the school board Monday night. Teacher Traci Jones said the program developed after hearing an anti-bullying speaker last year encourage students not to be a bystander, but to be an upstander.

A group of parents and students asked the Kenton Board of Education on Monday night to do a thorough investigation before deciding whether to retain boys basketball coach Matt McCullough. Speaking for the group was Rodney Hensel, whose son Britton, a senior, was a member of this year’s team.