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.

Inspired by her former youth pastor, Jackie Stalder now finds herself leading the same youth and family program she was once a part of as a youth at the First United Methodist Church in Kenton.

School districts from across the state had been told long before the 2015-16 grade cards were released by the Ohio Department of Education late Thursday morning that their results would be lower than previous years. But even with those warnings, the superintendents and boards of education must have taken a collective “gulp” at the final report.