Friday was a celebratory night at the Kenton High School gymnasium as the 50th anniversary of the 1967 WBL championship team was commemorated at halftime of the Wildcats game against Bath. And the current Kenton Wildcats wanted to do their part to keep things festive.

When he was 17 years old, Kevin Ochs began taking heroin. For the next 15 years, he sought help with his addiction in treatments throughout the nation.

Ben Logan third-grader Winnie Bodin prepares to test her “ship” for Judge Ian Pasco. Bodin’s hydrodynamics project involved cutting pieces of wood in various forms and propelling them through the water with a string and weights to determine which had the least amount of resistance.

Third grade students in Mrs. Mast and Mrs. Settlage’s classes at Hardin Northern are getting active to save lives. They are displaying the free UNICEF Kid Power Bands they received.

SYCAMORE — Upper Scioto Valley pulled out a thriller on the mitts of Alyssa Miller. With 2.3 seconds remaining in a tie game and Mohawk inbounding with the full court to go, Miller stretched out her palms, knocked Grace Morehart’s quarterback-style pass down, quickly corralled the ball and layed in as time expired to lift the Rams over the Warriors, 38-36, in a grind-it-out, non-league regular season finale.

ARLINGTON — Arlington’s seniors haven’t lost a game on their home court in more than two years and the Lady Red Devils wanted to make sure it didn’t happen against Riverdale in their final game in the AHS gymnasium on Thursday.

LIMA — The Kenton girls stayed with Bath for eight minutes on Thursday night, leading 14-13 after one quarter of play. The host Wildkittens owned the last three quarters however, as they pulled away for a 58-32 Western Buckeye League victory on Thursday night.

The Easter House Bed and Breakfast in Ada was recognized as the Business of the Year on Wednesday night at the annual dinner of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Riverdale art students took home top prizes in the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership’s Rain Barrel Decorating Contest.

Bob Beitler received the Lifetime Service Award from the Forest Community Improvement Corporation at its meeting Wednesday for his volunteer work in the community and his dedication to Forest.