Kelli Haudenschield was the high school high point rider for the day at the Youth Equestrian Development Association (YEDA) November show in Swanton. She received $200.

Terry Keiser never thought he’d want to teach. It was something that just hadn’t crossed his mind.

Most of Hardin County was frozen over the weekend as was this pine tree near Mount Victory. The rain on top of ice and the temperatures struggling to stay above 0 made for slippery conditions and closed schools this morning.

The Hardin County Shrine Club announced its $1,000 scholarship winners for 2016. They are Jenna Moore, a medical student at Ohio University and Taylor Holmes, a culinary student at Hocking College.

Ron Zimmerly (left), President and CEO of Liberty National Bank, presents a check to Darlene Foreman, Executive Director of the United Way of Hardin County, in the amount of $6,541.25 for 2017 pledges. The employees’ pledges have increased overall by 10 percent from the previous year.

Walking through the Harco Industries Workshop with Mark Kieffer must be similar to the experience of accompanying a rock star through a room of teenage girls. Everyone wants to greet him and give him a hug and Kieffer doesn’t disappoint anyone.

Holiday “travelers” swiftly moved through the “Kenton International Airport” with their “passports” and “baggage” Friday as they jetted from one destination to another within the warm walls of Kenton Elementary School.

The Not By Choice Outreach announced the winners of the homemade afghans they raffled off to raise money for the needs of local cancer patients. The survivor afghans were made by Dot Britton, whose sister, Therassa Compton, was one of the winners.

DOLA — When Hardin Northern’s Holly Wilson swished a three-pointer that trimmed what was at one time a nine-point Ridgemont fourth-quarter lead to three points with just under three minutes to play, it appeared the game may have been slipping out of the Lady Gophers’ grasp on Thursday night.