Members of Kenton High School’s Top Twenty sing and dance Thursday night during a dress rehearsal for  Cabaret 2017, which will begin tonight in the KHS gym. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. In addition to performing songs from their competition show, “Glass House,” the 32 members will present a variety of …

Forest Mayor Tom Seem reads a book to students of the village’s Head Start program during a community reading Thursday morning.

Ridgemont third-grader Devin Cottrell takes his turn to read for teacher Lisa Oberlitner as some of his classmates look on at the Beech Grove schoolhouse Thursday.

BOWLING GREEN — Ada High School junior Zach Beaschler is one win away from returning to the Division II state tennis tournament. The Bulldog cruised through his first two matches on Thursday by scores of 6-0, 6-0 to earn a spot in the district semifinals during the first day of the Division II district tennis meet at Bowling Green State University.

A total of $130,250 in scholarships was awarded to Kenton High School students at the Senior Awards Day on Tuesday. According to Amy Kohl, KHS counselor, 23 students applied for Dollars for Scholarships, 42 for local scholarships and 44 for the R.E. and Joan Allen Scholarships, Some 77 percent of college-bound seniors applied for at least one scholarship.

FOREST — Voters rejected a swimming pond and splash park in November to replace the swimming pool in Forest, but while the pond appears to be a dead issue for now, the splash park plans are still very much alive. In fact, officials said, construction could begin as soon as this fall and children could be enjoying the splash park a year from now.

DEFIANCE — After fouling on the first two of her three preliminary throws, Kenton discus specialist Lauren Johnson was hoping to land a a good throw to earn a spot in the finals on her last attempt of the prelims during Division II district competition at Defiance High School on Wednesday afternoon.

For the past four years, Ashley Morris was a leader for the Kenton girls basketball team both as a point guard and as the team’s top scorer. The Wildcat senior hopes to have a similar role during the next four years as a member of the Wilmington College basketball team.

Be they burglars or child molesters, most people who conduct acts outside the law use cell phones. When their phone habits become part of a criminal investigation, Terry Sneary is able to assist the Hardin County Prosecutor’s Office and investigators determine if the case is moving in the right direction.