RIDGEWAY — Strong winds raged across parts of Hardin and Logan counties Tuesday evening. Larry Mouser was preparing for bed when he heard the wind pick up in intensity at his home south of Ridgeway about 9:20 p.m.

Members of the Upper Scioto Valley Robotics Club (from left) Breanna Seimet, Abraham Decker and Lola Gonzalez put a robot through its paces on an obstacle course track during the USV Board of Education meeting on Monday.

Dave Beazley was raised with the mindset that it was his duty to give back to those from which he took. That is what has led him to serve on the Kenton City Council, work for Rogers Nationwide Insurance and participate in Society Singers.

Kenton High School students who were enrolled in the Wildcat Community Connectors (WCC) program during the fall semester will host an exposition and give a presentation about their experiences during their fall semester internships at local businesses throughout Hardin County on Tuesday at the Mid-Ohio Energy Community Room.

In a time of continued racial unrest, the members of the Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kenton are asking the public this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 16, to reflect on his dream.

ADA — An Ada man is in the hospital and without a home following a Thursday morning fire. According to Ada Fire Chief Jay Epley, Dennis “Doc” Garbrecht and his wife, Peg, were at home when they were alerted by a smoke detector there was a fire at their home at 301 E. North St.

For many years, when a Hardin County Sheriff’s deputy was confronted with a questionable situation and needed to know what the department’s policy was for addressing it, he had to go to the office and search through a large manual for directions.

Kmart, a retail leader of the Kenton community for nearly 40 years, will be closing its doors in March. Sears Holdings announced Wednesday its Kenton store is one of 78 Kmarts to be closed in the spring. In addition, the company plans to shutter another 26 Sears stores.

Winning a chair at the Hardin County commissioner’s table cost non-party candidate Roger Crowe’s campaign more than $10,000. He won the election by two votes.