Hardin County Commissioner Roger Crowe stands with some of the new veterans banners which were put on display throughout Kenton on Monday morning. City workers Cody Barker and Joe Sherman began work at 3:30 a.m. to install the 126 tributes to area veterans who are serving or have served in the military.

Theater students from six Hardin County area schools were recognized Monday evening for their efforts at the Hardin County Players’ 9th Annual Take-A-Bow Awards, held at Kenton Middle School.

Benjamin Logan’s Daniel McPherson signs his letter of intent with Capital University to compete in both cross country and track and field.

DOLA — Using her background as an educator, Darlene Wilson brings her teaching experiences into Hardin Northern’s high school library. Darlene spent the first two years of her career teaching English at Hardin Northern, her alma mater, and came back to the school as part-time librarian in 2005.

Rick Orahood stands with the announcement box he created and installed at the Ridgemont Public Library’s Ridgeway location. Complete with a transparent door and suggestion box, the wooden box is available to announce activities and provide information to the residents of Ridgeway.

WAYNESFIELD — Upper Scioto Valley’s Megan Carey and Brady Hipsher each pulled off multiple first-place finishes at Saturday’s Northwest Central Conference meet at Waynesfield-Goshen High School. The USV boys took second at the meet, finishing behind the host Tigers.

In honor of Mother’s Day, the Times talked to some area residents about the impact their moms had on their lives. Their responses are presented as a holiday feature.

Country artist Dylan Scott will be the headline act at a Hardin County Fair concert on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. His single “My Girl” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart.

OTTAWA – Led by second place finishes by Hannah Holland and Paige Osborn, the Kenton girls track team finished sixth at the Western Buckeye League meet on Friday night, Holland was second in the 400 dash in a time of 59.10 seconds, while Osborn finished as runner-up in the 300 hurdles in 49.76 seconds.

Kenton High School soccer standout Enrique Mendez (front) signed a letter of intent on Friday to continue his education and play soccer at Bluffton University.