BELLEFONTAINE — Upper Scioto Valley is part of a three-school consortium through the Midwest Regional Educational Service Center planning to create a Career Network for students. The program is expected to be funded by a Straight A Fund grant through the Ohio Department of Education.

Doug Roberts was elected board president of the Hardin County Community School during the board’s reorganizational meeting on Jan. 26. Eric Hoffman will serve as vice president. The board set its monthly meetings for the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 a.m. in the school’s board room at 400 Decatur St., Kenton.

SATURDAY, FEB. 6 Hardin County Agricultural Society (fair board) – 7:30 p.m., fair office, fairgrounds

A report was received of a vehicle blocking an alley off of Ohio St. A theft was reported at Rent-A-Center.

The heat is on. The exhilarating heat of competition, the verbal heat of talking trash and the spicy heat of homemade chili. All the bragging and name calling will come to a good-natured end on Saturday at the conclusion of the first chili cookoff between members of the area law enforcement agencies and the local firefighters.

ADA — Long-needed masonry repairs to the Ada Municipal Building have finally been approved by council. Assistant Administrator Jamie Hall spoke with council at its regular meeting on Tuesday about the condition of the building.

ADA — The Ada Public Library has been awarded a Books for Children Grant from the Libri Foundation, a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new children's books to small, rural public libraries in the United States).

A suspicious vehicle was reported on Lima Street. An accident was reported in front of the post office on W. Franklin St.

A Kenton woman was placed on community control after she pleaded guilty to charges in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Haley McKenzie Hayter, 431 E. Carrol St., Kenton, pleaded guilty to one count each of possession of heroin and tampering with evidence.

Volunteers with the American Red Cross of Hardin County responded to a home Sunday on Levings Street in Kenton. Red Cross volunteers Daryl Flowers and Amy Huber responded to the call for help at the home and provided the family of three, one adult and two children, with temporary shelter and assistance for immediate needs such as food and clothing.