MOUNT VICTORY — Ridgemont dominated Mount Gilead in nonconference girls basketball Tuesday night, winning 60-27 in the Gophers’ home finale.

BELLEFONTAINE — Stebbins dominated the third quarter Tuesday night to turn a halftime deficit into a lead on its way to defeating Ben Logan 63-48 in boys basketball action.

WAYNESFIELD — Ada pulled away from Waynesfield-Goshen in the fourth quarter Tuesday night for a 64-45 boys basketball victory.

A report was received of a vehicle blocking an alley off of Ohio St. A theft was reported at Rent-A-Center.

A celebration of life for Edward O. Elliott II will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Ridgemont School commons in Mount Victory. A memorial service led by Pastor Steve Hess will begin at 5 p.m. in the Ridgemont School gymnasium. He died at 9:13 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at The Ohio State University James Cancer Center in Columbus.

Services for Mary Jane Koehler will begin at noon Thursday at the Clark Shields Funeral Home in Forest by the Rev. Cynthia Morrison. Interment will follow in Hueston Cemetery, Forest. Friends may call 10 a.m. to noon Thursday.

A memorial service for Mary Jo (Smith) Stewart will be held Friday, Feb. 5 at Green Acres Cemetery in Scottsdale, Ariz. She died unexpectedly Sunday morning, Jan. 24, 2016 at the Medical Center in Show Low, Ariz.

Services for Gene Elvin Willeke, Ph.D., will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Faith Lutheran Church, 420 S. Campus Ave., Oxford. Friends may call 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the Ogle-Paul R. Young Funeral Home in Oxford.

The heat is on. The exhilarating heat of competition, the verbal heat of talking trash and the spicy heat of homemade chili. All the bragging and name calling will come to a good-natured end on Saturday at the conclusion of the first chili cookoff between members of the area law enforcement agencies and the local firefighters.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy SEAL who helped rescue an American hostage in Afghanistan will be the nation’s next Medal of Honor recipient, the White House announced on Tuesday. Edward Byers, a senior chief in the Navy, will be the 11th living service member to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan. The ceremony will take place …