Mark Tice of Tice Construction levels out the wet concrete in the barn of the Hardin County Farm Museum. A group of volunteers, headed up by Sheena Striker, raised $15,700 to have the floor finished with Tice Construction also making a donation to the project.

Remembering exchange students who have studied at Kenton High School through the years just got easier thanks to a pair of exchange students from the 2014-15 school year. Flags representing most of the exchange students’ countries who have attended KHS are now featured in a display in the main hall.

Throughout her professional life, Jayme Minix has taken leaps of faith. Her latest jump has landed her as the interim director of Hardin County Hospice.

Kenton Kids Day was a big success with Mayor Randy Manns estimating at least 1,500 people took advantage of the free activities at Wharton Park on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Maj. Gen. James Rainey assumed command of the U.S. National Support Element - Afghanistan and duties as the U.S. Forces Afghanistan, Deputy Commanding General - Support from Maj. Gen. Mike Murray during a change of command ceremony Saturday.

Often people have to make sacrifices, or tough choices, to go after their goals. That’s exactly what 2013 Kenton High graduate Terrill Webb has had to do.

A Kenton man spent two weeks on his hands and knees in an Israeli cave this summer searching for human remains and tools at an archaeological site estimated to be at least 50,000 years old. John Dulin was part of a group of students and professors from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland to travel to the Manot Cave in western Galilee.

The crew at Helping Hands Outreach feels as if they have “too many irons in the fire” at this time of the year. The volunteers are preparing for Saturday’s Kids Day at Kenton’s Wharton Park, they are also taking applications for school supply assistance, planning a community spaghetti dinner, a Thanksgiving meal and the annual Christmas support program.

The construction crew and architects for the new Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative facility are joined by the company’s CEO John Metcalf (second from right) in breaking ground this morning for the building, located on Ohio 309 at Kenton’s west edge.