TUESDAY, MAY 17 Ada council – 6:30 p.m., council chambers

To the editor: With the closing of Hardin County Hospice announced this week, I felt compelled to write a few lines to this newspaper.

Former Ohio State drum major and Kenton High School graduate Christopher Stewart Kitchen has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual battery from a 2015 incident at his Columbus home. In a plea agreement announced Monday morning in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, WCMH reports, four of the charges were dropped against Kitchen, 29, in exchange for his guilty plea. …

Officers responded to 751 W. Franklin St. for a report of a burglary in progress. Upon investigation, it was determined to be a trespass involving a named suspect.

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is an organization which traces its roots to the Civil War nationally with hands in establishing the ROTC program and Memorial Day celebrations.

For Siobhonne Ward, serving as a Hardin County assistant prosecutor is her way of giving back to the community that helped her. Ward is a “hometown girl,” still living in Kenton where she grew up and went to school.

DOLA — Hardin Northern High School will hold its 2016 commencement on Sunday, May 29 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium. Seven of the 33 graduating seniors have been selected as Honor Court graduates.

Kenton sixth-grade aide Tia Reffner (front,center) is surrounded by a sea of pink as students from her class wear pink shirts to show support of the breast cancer survivor.