A total of $3,740 in cash is displayed after its seizure Wednesday at a Forest residence by the Hardin County Crime Task Force as part of an investigation into the illegal sale of prescription medication.

MOUNT VICTORY — Ridgemont’s first-half effort powered the Gophers to a 10-point lead over Northmor at halftime in Wednesday’s girls basketball contest. The Gophers extended their lead to 16 after three and held off a fourth quarter push from Northmor to take the 55-43 non-conference win.

BELLEFONTAINE — Nikki Current netted 26 points to lead Ben Logan to a 58-33 victory over Springfield Northwestern in a Central Buckeye Conference girls basketball contest Wednesday night.

DUNKIRK — While Dunkirk resident Tony Crowe is sad to see the former Dunkirk United Methodist Church go, he’s glad it will be put to good use again. The old church building, located on Main Street on the village’s south side, is in the process of being deconstructed piece by piece by Barnwood Market of Williamstown, a business that salvages building materials to be repurposed.

Silas Sons, 3, shares his Christmas list with Santa Claus during the community dinner at Table One in Kenton on Tuesday night. Silas is the son of Elizabeth Blum.

The United Way of Hardin County campaign has climbed to 75 percent of its $220,000 goal as of Tuesday, reported UW Director Darlene Foreman. Pledges and donations total $163,617.33.

It took a few minutes to get the high-paced, up-tempo flow to the game the Kenton Lady Wildcats wanted to play against Upper Scioto Valley on Tuesday night. But once they got the game to the pace they wanted, things seemed to come easy for the Lady Wildcats as they took control of the game with a 19-3 run to end the first quarter on the way to a 72-36 victory over the Rams.

Kenton’s Olivia Hattery competes in the 200 freestyle during the Wildcats swim meet against St. Marys on Tuesday night.

Upper Scioto Valley fourth-grader Olivia Faszler is excited to hold Twix, the Guinea pig owned by junior Maddisyn Dunifon, during Monday’s Career Day at the school.

K-9 officer Riley models his new bullet-proof vest at the Jacob Parrott Safety Center as (from left) Hardin County Sheriff Keith Everhart, handler Deputy Joe Carl, Kenton Elks representative Julie Crowe and Chief Deputy Dennis Burns look on.