A group of local veterans climbed on a pair of commercial buses last weekend to participate in a trip they will not soon forget. The bus trip was the second for the Logan County Vets to DC organization.

McGUFFEY — Area veterans have three special places to park for the football games at Upper Scioto Valley. The brightly painted spots are red, white and blue with stars and a big USA featured on the spaces.

St. Marys did what it does best and controlled the football with its running game against Kenton on Friday night. The Wildcats were unable to find any consistency in what they do best - their passing game as - after scoring a touchdown on their first possession of the game, they weren’t able to find the end zone again until the fourth quarter in a 30-13 setback to the visiting Roughriders.

From the time Barbara Maxson arrived as the fiscal officer of the Hardin County Job and Family Services in 2011, she found a friend. Just down the hallway was Terri Hites-Suter, supervisor of the department’s income maintenance program.

Cole Wyen (center) shares his discovery in the pumpkin patch at the Althauser Honey Farms with his classmates Javion Smith (left) and Mason Hugley when the Kenton first-graders visited the farm this morning.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Trailing 2-0. Riverdale had several chances to inch closer to Bluffton in the second half of its boys soccer matchup with the Pirates on Thursday night.

DOLA — Members of the Hardin Northern Board of Education are not satisfied with the work being done at this point on the baseball field of the new sports complex north of the school. The $1 million project will make improvements to the existing baseball field.

Ada keeper Anney Archer picks up the ball before a Van Buren player put a foot on it during the North Central Ohio Soccer Association match on Wednesday.

A quick burst of rain Tuesday morning overwhelmed the catch basins in Kenton and turned streets into rippling streams. A spot at the bottom of the hill on East Columbus Street collected the water and forced motorists to reduce their speed or spray the oncoming traffic.

After going through a rough patch, the Kenton volleyball team snapped a five-match skid with a three-set win over Bellefontaine on Monday night. The Lady Wildcats picked up where they left off Tuesday as they dismantled Lima Senior in straight sets 25-15, 25-18, 25-17 behind the play at the net of Lauren Johnson and Alexis Brooks.