ADA — For as long as she can remember, Claudia Titus has loved animals. Growing up on a farm, she was always around dogs and cats, cattle and chickens, parakeets and pigs. It was her desire to care for the pets

Existing building to close Feb. 17 for demolition The days are numbered for the building which houses Kenton’s Taco Bell.

John B. Neville, Director of Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Holly Frey, Hardin County Program Director, stand with a new sign at the organization’s county offices in the basement of the Kenton Moose Lodge.

Heather Phillips uses a scoop shovel and windshield scraper in preparation for her Monday morning battle with the six inches of snow which covered the county overnight.

FOREST — The home of a Forest family was damaged by a fire Thursday afternoon. According to Acting Forest Fire Chief Dean Hankins, a call was received at 1:26 p.m. of a fire at the home of Andrew Walters, 207 S. Patterson St.

Mike Payne, of Thomas and Marker Construction, works on the windows of the Ada First United Methodist Church.

Citizen participation is a key element in Kenton’s effort to garner a $300,000 Neighborhood Revitalization Grant. Whitaker Wright of CDC of Ohio, along with Mark Doll, director of Hardin County Regional Planning, outlined the steps necessary for the city to seek the grant