After just over 30 years at Kenton’s Grove Cemetery, assistant superintendent Jim Kougher has decided to hang up the weedeater, his last day being this past Friday.

It has been a long road, but Christina Webb Crum is fulfilling her professional goal by opening a doctor’s practice in her home county. After living in Akron for seven years where she completed her residency, the rural Alger native said it is the little things that convince her she made the right decision to return to Hardin County.

Ridgemont, Ada and Riverdale celebrated homecoming on Friday night.

Toledo Zoo employee Karen Farrell (left) holds out a chinchilla named Alfalfa for Zander Lehman of Marysville (center) so he can feel its fur during a program on mammals at the Forest-Jackson Public Library on Thursday night.

Six years ago young Blaze Keim’s future seemed dark. He was battling leukemia and his mother, Lisa Newman, was facing the struggles of paying for the added costs of his treatments. Just when she needed help the most, a group of bikers rolled to her rescue.

The Ada Bulldogs will celebrate their homecoming on Friday night with a game against Crestview.