Riverdale student Grant Loveridge attempts to demonstrate to a state trooper he is not intoxicated during Thursday’s mock crash at the school to highlight the dangers of drinking and driving in advance of this weekend’s prom.

There has been a battle raging in the hallways of Hardin Northern Elementary School in recent days, but the winners of the Coin Wars were announced at an assembly of the students on Thursday afternoon.

There will be a new event this summer in the Historic Courthouse District of Kenton and a new logo to welcome it. The Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance announced “Eats on the Street,” a night of food, music and fun around the square.

Several years ago, Sara Oates’ mother-in-law was impressed with her Apple Blossom geraniums to the point that she asked her family to keep it alive after she was gone. “Never let it die,” Sara recalls Ella Oates telling her and other members of the Oates family.

ADA — In the “Wizard of OZ,” the Tin Man laments his lack of a heart and dreams of what life could be like if he had one beating in his chest. While the fictional character faced a legion of problems on his quest for a heart, it was child’s play compared to a modern Tin Man.

Two area women are teaching families to get back to the basics in the kitchen through classes that reduce the influence of science in the food we eat and turn their back on fad diets.