McGUFFEY — Upper Scioto Valley’s Austin Sloan found every seam there was to find in Friday night’s Northwest Central Conference contest against Waynesfield-Goshen, racking up 285 yards on 14 carries with five touchdowns.

Suicide is a subject seldom discussed openly, but a group of professionals and volunteers is hoping to change that. Hardin County’s first Suicide Awareness and Prevention Walk is planned from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The agriculture education department at Riverdale High School felt its pockets get a bit deeper Friday night after receiving a check in the amount of $10,000 from Monsanto. Riverdale was one of seven Ohio schools to be awarded the grant.

Daisey White (right) was named the homecoming queen prior to Friday night’s football game between the Wildcats and Van Wert. Crowning White was 2015 Homecoming Queen Kelsey Baughman.

Terry Buroker and her family are staples in the Kenton community. She and her husband, Bob, are active in community activities and have four children, 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

DOLA — The Hardin Northern Board of Education purchased land Wednesday evening which it plans to develop into an expansion of the district’s sports facilities.

A group of motorcycle enthusiasts are coming together to make a Kenton girl’s dream come true. Lela Gordon is a seventh-grader at Kenton Middle School and suffers from the rare genetic disorder called DiGeorge Syndrome, which she has had since birth.

A crew from the Shelly Company prepares to cut into the concrete at the entrance to Jump ‘N Jim’s at the intersection of Ohio 31 and Letson Avenue in south Kenton this morning as they address drainage and traffic changes.

When motorists drove into downtown Kenton this morning, they were greeted by bright white and blue lines marking the crosswalks around the town square.