Homecoming will be celebrated this weekend at Upper Scioto Valley High School. Junior court attendants are (front, standing) Bentley Davis and Adilynn Thompson.

Ada High School is celebrating its homecoming this week with a bonfire in the north parking lot today at 8 p.m. and a parade on Friday starting at 5:45 p.m. The crowning of the 2017 king and queen will be held prior to the football game with Columbus Grove.

The Kenton soccer team held a one-goal lead over Shawnee twice on Tuesday night. Both times the Indians had a response as the teams played to 2-2 tie in Western Buckeye League action.

MOUNT VICTORY — The village of Mount Victory will celebrate the fall season with its first Pumpkin Fest next month. The event is being sponsored by the MV Shopkeepers Group and is slated for Oct. 7 at the Henry Martin Park at the corner of Main and Taylor streets in the village.

The Ada volleyball team faced a Kenton team on Monday night that Bulldog coach Melissa Gossard noted is “much better than the typical” Wildcat team of past years. But while the scores may have been a little tighter, the Bulldogs still were able to come out on top in three games as they brushed aside the Wildcats 25-20, 25-13, 25-21 in the battle of Hardin County rivals.

Five years ago, Bob Emlinger began taking his little Dachshund, Cricket, on walks all around town. Since that time, he’s found $860 and countless items of clothing that people have left behind.

Jon Cross of Kenton received endorsements from several area officials Saturday morning to kick off his fall campaign to become the 83rd District state representative. Before embarking on a bus tour of several communities in the district, the first-time political office seeker received the verbal backing of Hardin County Commissioners Brice Beaman and Roger Crowe, mayors Tom Seem of Forest and Mike Trout of Mount Victory, and Hardin County Sheriff Keith Everhart and Logan County Sheriff Randy Dodds.

Hardin Northern will celebrate its homecoming this week with the crowning of the 2017 king and queen slated for Friday’s game against Lehman Catholic.

DOLA — After cruising to a win in its the first game, Hardin Northern looked like it would have an easy time in its volleyball match against Kenton on Saturday. And while the Polar Bears were able to pull the match out in three games, it didn’t prove to be a cakewalk.

LeDonna Roys (left) and her daughter, Jessica Sigurdson, show some of their creations as part of LDesigns, 313 Superior St., Kenton. LeDonna focuses on repurposing and reupholstering items for interior and exterior spaces, such as this table and chairs.