There was little extra room for family and friends in the Hardin County Common Pleas Courtroom on Monday when eight members of the Recovery Court successfully completed the program and started their lives with new hope and support.

United Way of Hardin County Campaign Chairman Deb Rall stands with S&S Drive Thru owners Steve Burggraf and Skinny Russell as they announce their participation in the organization’s “All-Out for United Way” fundraiser.

Playing without one of its top players, the Kenton boys soccer team faced its biggest test of the season Monday night against unbeaten St. Marys. And while there were some tense moments, the Wildcats passed with flying colors as they held off St. Marys 4-2 in a soggy Western Buckeye League contest.

Nearly perfect weather brought out a giant crowd of late summer shoppers and visitors for the 2017 Harvest and Herb Festival in Ada on Saturday.

Volunteers from Honda gave a helping hand to the fall clean-up efforts of the Kenton Little League on Saturday morning by painting one of the dugouts at Home Run Memorial Park.

ADA — The Ohio Northern defense had trouble containing the big play against Heidelberg on Saturday, giving up two scores of 30-plus yards on its way to a 40-21 Ohio Athletic Conference loss. “Give them credit for capitalizing on big plays,” Ohio Northern coach Dean Paul said. “I think we just missed too many opportunities to beat a good football team.”

From the time Frank Marsico first saw the Hardin County YMCA Corner Kick Soccer Complex, the Y’s program director hoped to find new ways to use the 11 acres of land. The fields were alive with life in the spring and fall when youngsters and parents filled them during soccer games.

WAPAKONETA — Kenton threw everything it had at Wapakoneta during the first half Friday night. And while it resulted in a three-touchdown lead by the mid-point of the second quarter, it was not enough as the host Redskins were able to right their ship and overpower the youthful Wildcats in the second half for a 49-35 Western Buckeye League victory.

DOLA — State Sen. Cliff Hite, R-Findlay, stood in the rain in the middle of a corn field Thursday morning to announce proposed changes to the wind turbine setback law which he believes is a compromise between wind farm developers and their opponents.

ADA — Two Hardin County natives are coming home this fall in a two-woman art show at the Ohio Northern University’s Elzay Gallery of Art. Marilyn (Turner) McPheron and Judith Steele are calling their exhibition “Home Is Where The Art Is” and it opens Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.