The Kenton Board of Education approved 21 volunteers during a short special meeting Monday evening. In addition, the board approved Darlene Heckathorn for tutoring at the high school. Also approved was Claire Long as a substitute teacher.

Nick Searson, 10788 CR 106, was traveling westbound in the 300 block of W. Franklin Street, while Gary M. Dunahue, 9081 TR 50, Dola, was traveling east in the same block. Dunahue intended to park in a spot in front of Golden Graphics, 314 W. Franklin St.

After four years of helping people over the phone in their time of need as a dispatcher, Emily Hart now deals with the public in a different manner as the records and communication coordinator with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office.

A Kenton crew works to repair a water main break on Perry Street, just off South Detroit Street near the city’s water treatment plant on Saturday afternoon. A city-wide water shutoff led to a boil advisory for part of Saturday and all of Sunday before being lifted at approximately 9 a.m. today.

BELLEFONTAINE — State Sen. Matt Huffman will join a panel to discuss opioid and heroin addiction at the a meeting of the Top of Ohio Patriots on Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the Ohio H-Point Career Center, 2280 Ohio 540, Bellefontaine.

MONDAY, MARCH 6 Kenton Board of Education – 5:30 p.m., board office; special meeting to approve volunteers and substitutes

Friday An officer was called to a report of an injury crash in the 600 block of N. High Street.

There have never been more treatment options available locally for those facing opiate addictions, yet the issue persists and, according to at least one local minister, continues to grow. The Rev. Mark Bishop is one of a group of Hardin County church leaders who is turning to a higher power for assistance in facing the drug problems in the county and seeking guidance on coming together as a community to find answers.

Eight Kenton High School seniors have earned certification in two years in a program designed to last twice that long. Since the Nursing Assistant program was introduced when Ohio Hi-Point Career established it two years ago at the former Northwood building in Kenton, the students who began as juniors had to learn on an accelerated pace to earn the certification, said teacher Deb Purcell.

MARSEILLES — Sunday is the 50th anniversary of the only recorded commercial airplane crash in Wyandot County history. Lake Central Flight 527 crashed in a field along CH 94, south of Ohio 67 West, southwest of Marseilles on March 5, 1967. “Plane crash in county takes 38 lives,” was the headline in The Daily Chief-Union the following day. It’s unclear exactly how local authorities were notified about the plane crash.