The Hardin County Cattle Producers recognized (from left) Mekenzie Jolliff, Brian Searson and Madisen Jolliff as its Beef Ambassadors during its annual banquet on Saturday night in Kenton.

Dan Oakes (center) was named recipient of the Hardin County Cattle Producers’ Service Award at its annual banquet on Saturday night in Kenton. He was recognized for presenting special belt buckles to winners of beef contests at the Hardin County Fair.

Upper Scioto Valley junior Lydon Aldridge did not accept a national food drive challenge to say, "Look at Me" even though that is the title of one of his favorite songs.

Andrew Crates and Amanda Crates-Bayliff stand outside the Schindewolf-Stout-Crates Funeral Home in Kenton with the new hearse purchased by the Crates family funeral homes.

In the 19 years since their father’s passing, sisters Marilyn Holland and Deb Hamilton had just assorted pictures to remember him. That all changed when an anonymous individual in Kenton found an old suitcase in her attic that contained the service uniform of their father, Lawrence Eugene “Gene” Burton of Kenton, as well as a plaque with his service medals from the Korean War.

Municipalities from across Hardin County are dealing with new state requirements to take inventory of their water systems and report those findings to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The cities and villages have until October to report when each hydrant, valve and other parts of their water treatment system were purchased and assure the OEPA there would be money available to replace the part if it should fail 10 years into the future.

Will Parker (played by Ethan Rader), tells the farmhands and Aunt Eller (Megan Hayes) about his recent trip to Kansas City in song during the Riverdale production of “Oklahoma.”

FINDLAY — Daniel Hsu, the bronze medalist of the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform at Marathon Center for the Performing Arts in Findlay on Sunday, April 15 at 3 p.m. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, he began piano studies at age 6.

While his parents are talking in the living room of the family’s house on the west side of Kenton, 4-year-old Max McFarland is playing with his plastic building blocks in the center of the floor and singing one song after another. He knows all the words to “No More Monkeys Jumping On the Bed,” “The Alphabet Song” and several others and is not one bit shy in sharing them.

As a new member of the Hardin County Dog Shelter staff, Kyle Camper has begun the learning process of what it takes to be the assistant dog warden. Kyle was sworn into his new position on March 12, and with just one week under his belt, he said, “It’s been interesting.”