“It’s been three great days so far,” Kenton City Schools Superintendent Jennifer Penczarski said of the opening of the 2017-2018 school year. She recapped activities that took place prior to the first day of school during the board of education meeting Monday night.

DOLA — The Hardin Northern volleyball team couldn’t finish off Arcadia in its season-opener on Monday night. The Polar Bears cruised through the first two sets and appeared to have set three well in hand before the visiting Redskins rallied from an eight-point deficit to win the third set and grab the momentum on the way to a 14-25, 17-25, 27-25, 25-20, 15-12 non-league win.

McGUFFEY — Juli Dearing’s goal at Upper Scioto Valley School is to try to get her students to be “a little better at something every day.” Dearing, who was born and raised in Kenton, holds three roles at USV, serving as a high school and elementary physical education teacher, head volleyball coach and athletic director.

Supporters of the Michael’s Mission get support from passing motorists Saturday as they marched around the square in Kenton.

A pilot from MedFlight reviews safety and answers questions from the Southeast Hardin-Northwest Union Joint Fire District.

The Kenton boys soccer team finished second its first two times playing in Ben Logan’s season-opening Quest Cup. The third time proved to be the charm for the Wildcats as for the second game in two nights, Drew Hoppe and Hayden Hicks both had hat tricks and Landon Bartlett chipped in with three assists as Kenton cruised past the hosts 8-2 Saturday night in the championship game of the tournament.

McGUFFEY — It didn’t take the Kenton volleyball team long to match its win total from last year. In fact it took the Lady Wildcats about an hour on Saturday as they took control of their season-opening match against Upper Scioto Valley from the first serve, scoring nine of the first 10 points and never looking back in cruising to a 25-11, 25-15, 25-14 over the host Rams.

ADA — Monday is looking to be a busy day for Jason Pinkney. Sunny skies are predicted and the Ohio Northern University professor is not sure what sort of crowd to expect for the solar eclipse which is coming Monday afternoon.

Sophomore Rebecca Beres helps unload cars outside of residence halls at Ohio Northern University, with junior Cort Everhart ready to lend a hand.

POET Biorefining - Marion broke ground Tuesday to expand its production capacity from 70 million gallons per year to 150 million gallons per year. The project will also increase production of dried distillers grains from the current 178,000 tons annually to 360,000 tons.