McGUFFEY — As Upper Scioto Valley’s Kolton Keith stays after school to practice with his team this coming week, he knows next Friday night will be his last game as a Ram. The end of an athlete’s high school career is normally difficult on the student and his parents, but it will be an especially bittersweet experience for Jerry and Jade Keith.

First responders from throughout Hardin County prepare to travel in a convoy to Bellefontaine Friday morning to participate in the funeral services for volunteer Southeast Hardin EMT Krista McDonald.

Rachel H. Forman, Sandusky – speeding 44 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $15. Curtis L. Baum, 105 1/2 Broadway St., Kenton – speeding 62 mph in a 45 mph zone, fined $25.

It is safe to say that we live in an age of medical advancement. Every day we are making strides to understand things such as genetics, disease development, and patient care.

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 is in search of seasonal employees for the upcoming winter season and will hold a winter seasonal career fair Friday, Oct. 27. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at ODOT’s Hardin County maintenance facility, 13052 U.S. 68, Kenton.

MONDAY, OCT. 23 Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers

The Hardin County OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers (MGV) brought back two state awards from the Ohio MGV Conference held Sept. 29-30 at The Ohio State University in Columbus. ‘Invasive Species Media Series’ was recognized as state winner for the Invasive Species Outstanding MGV Project award category for medium sized groups at this annual conference.

Ohio 117 just south of Roundhead will close beginning Wednesday, Oct. 25 for approximately three weeks for a culvert replacement, according to the weekly report from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s District I office in Lima.

The Kenton City Schools Board of Education will be having a special board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the board office, located at 222 W. Carrol St. in Kenton. The meeting is being held for the purpose of hiring personnel.

At the end of the fascinating story of Joseph in the book of Genesis, Joseph tells his worried brothers, “Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good.” (verse 50:20). Joseph’s brothers first tried to kill him, then later sold him into slavery in ancient Egypt.