Kenton City Council approved the first reading of legislation Monday night that it hopes will position the city for job growth. It would establish a Job Creation Incentive Program available to existing businesses that expand their number of employees, as well as new businesses bringing new jobs to Kenton.

A Marion woman was killed in a single-car accident Monday evening on Ohio 309 in Goshen Township, east of Kenton. According to a press release from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, a vehicle traveling eastbound on Ohio 309 went off the left side of the roadway at about 10:39 p.m. and rolled over multiple times before coming to rest in the ditch on the westbound side of the roadway.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — When the yearly income tax figures came in for Riverdale Local Schools, Treasurer Jodie Ribley was pleasantly surprised. Ribley reported at Monday evening’s regular monthly board meeting that the income tax total had come in higher than anticipated.

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint from 8 p.m. Friday until 1 a.m. Saturday on Ohio 117 north of Roundhead. The checkpoint coincides with the 2015 “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” high visibility traffic enforcement initiative underway through Sept. 7.

TUESDAY, AUG. 25 McDonald Township trustees – 3:30 p.m. in the office of John Schwemer, 109 E. Franklin St., Kenton, for closing procedures on the property at 5302 Ohio 67, Kenton

A vehicle owned by Brittany D. Crowe, 333 N. Detroit St., was legally parked facing south on the west side of North Detroit Street in the 300 block. An unknown driver of a vehicle traveling south and struck the left rear portion of Crowe’s vehicle.

A 14-year-old Kenton boy was treated and released from hospital care after being struck by a vehicle on East Columbus Street in Kenton Sunday night. According to a report from the Kenton Police Department, the report was received at 10:42 p.m. of a car versus pedestrian injury accident in the 200 block of East Columbus Street.

For Larry Gossard, his 8-year-old son Bryce is his life. Bryce, who is in second grade this year, was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, or NF1, a rare genetic disorder.

FOREST — Cut the Craft Thursday at the Forest-Jackson Public Library will be held on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. Citrus fizzy bath bombs and natural deodorant will be made.

MONDAY, AUG. 24 Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers