Nearing her seventh year as a deputy clerk at the Hardin County Municipal Court, Heather Sheldon regularly works with individuals of the community who are not always happy to be in the situation in which they find themselves.

Ray Davis of Kenton was inducted into the Ohio Fair Managers Hall of Fame on Sunday in Columbus. Davis has been a member of the Hardin County Agricultural Society for 37 years, where he has served as president and been active in several committees.

ADA — After struggling to click on the offensive end of the floor in losses to Bluffton and Defiance in two games since a two-week Christmas break, the Kenton girls basketball team came into Saturday’s contest against Ada with thoughts of getting things back on track.

Delphos Jefferson used its pressure to cut a 10-point Kenton advantage to two points with 1:30 left in Saturday’s boys basketball contest between the two opposing Wildcats. Kenton was finally able to beat the press and in the process get a couple baskets on layups and also get to the foul line as the host Wildcats pulled away for a 61-53 win in the non-league tilt.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — While his family and friends are shoveling snow back home in sub-zero weather, Tod Cornell is working his dream job in paradise. Gene Cornell of Kenton refers to his son as “the lighthouse keeper” of Anclote Key on the western coast of Florida.

DEFIANCE — The Kenton Lady Wildcats have been able to overcome some struggles at the free throw line throughout the early part of the 2017-18 basketball season. On Friday night at Defiance, those struggles at the charity stripe finally proved to be costly for the Lady Wildcats.

Amish farmers brace themselves against the freezing wind with an umbrella as they transport ice on a wagon on a Buck Township road. The bitter cold temperatures are expected to give way to milder readings next week. Times photo/Dan Robinson

New 1st District State Sen. Rob McColley has learned he has a lot of territory to cover. The Republican from Napoleon started out Thursday from his home, traveled to Defiance, then to Bryan in Williams County and Ottawa in Putnam County.

ADA — The Ada Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a subject who robbed the 302 Carryout in Ada on Wednesday night. At approximately 11:30 p.m., police said an unknown white male wearing a dark blue hoodie and dark colored sweat pants robbed the store at 302 S. Main St., Ada, of an undisclosed amount of money.

District Director of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Terry Nicholson (second from left), presents Richard Kritzler with a certificate of appreciation for his nine years of service on the FSA Hardin County Committee (COC).