An innovative family farmer, agricultural broadcaster and farm financier were inducted into the Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame at a banquet on Tuesday evening. Merritt Corbin, Joe Cornely and Jim Lyle were recognized for their contributions to agriculture during the annual induction ceremony at St. John’s Evangelical Church in Kenton.

Local agencies, including Helping Hands Outreach and Big Brothers Big Sisters, credit the assistance of the United Way of Hardin County for their continued success. The United Way is conducting its annual campaign with a goal of $220,000 to continue supporting some 20 programs in the county.

Workers from V and R Construction put the finishing touches on the exterior of Kenton’s new Dollar Tree store, located at 1000 E. Columbus Street on the site of the former Hardin Central Elementary.

BELLEFONTAINE — The defensive pressure by the Kenton girls overwhelmed Bellefontaine Monday night, forcing turnover after turnover in the non-conference basketball contest. The Lady Wildcats converted the fast break points, as well as knocking home eight three-pointers, to get the 71-31 victory.

Santa Claus visited the third annual Charlie Brown Christmas Festival in Forest on Sunday afternoon as part of the golf cart parade.

BELLEFONTAINE — About the best thing Kenton coach Ryan Miller could say immediately after his Lady Wildcats’ 59-52 win over Ben Logan on Saturday was that it was a victory. That’s because after jumping ahead of the host Raiders by 10 points five minutes into the game, the Wildcats were never quite able to put the game out of reach as the Raiders stayed within striking distance until the final buzzer.

Josh and Lesley Yeater cut the ribbon to open their new store on the north side of the square in Kenton on Friday morning. Custom Torso Silk Screen Apparel, 120 W. Columbus St., offers customers custom silk screened T-shirts and custom apparel.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — For the past month, Riverdale engineering and physics students have been working on a Christmas light and music display for downtown Forest. The public will get to see the fruits of the students’ labors when the display is unveiled Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in the lot at the intersection of Lima and Gormley streets as part of the village’s Charlie Brown Christmas, which will run from 3 to 6 p.m.

Students at Kenton Elementary are learning to become leaders this year and the leaders of those leaders were rewarded Friday. The school has established The Leader In Me program for students in preschool through sixth grade.

Starting two freshmen, two sophomores and a junior and having only three players on his roster with any significant varsity experience, Kenton boys basketball coach Matt McCullough was uncertain about what to expect from his young team heading into Friday’s season-opener against Indian Lake.