A public meeting regarding the proposed new Kenton-Hardin Health Department fees for 2016 is set for 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the health department.

Monthly recycling services hosted by Blanchard Township/Dunkirk and Mount Victory/Hale Township are slated on Tuesday. The Blanchard Township/Dunkirk recycling will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Dunkirk in the parking lot of the former Price Funeral Home.

Lloyd Salyer of Alger raised this 6-pound, purple top turnip this fall in his garden on County Road 92.

Wendy L. McCarty, Findlay – speeding 47 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25. Paul Frank Sciuga Jr., Arlington – speeding 54 mph in a 35 mph zone, two prior offenses, fined $150.

BELLEFONTAINE — Mary Rutan Hospital is easing the transition from hospital to home with their new bedside prescription delivery service. Patients can now have their prescriptions filled and delivered directly to their hospital room prior to being discharged, eliminating the often inconvenient extra stop between hospital and home.

Joseph J. Murray, 31 Champion Court, turned right onto the roadway in front of Murphy’s U.S.A. gas station. He told officers he tried to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle and lost control, hit the roadway curb and then collided with a small tree and the light pole on the Arby’s property.

Kenton will have a police chief within the next two weeks, according to Mayor Randy Manns. He said interviews with seven candidates currently on the police force were completed over the past two days – three on Wednesday and four on Thursday.

Two Upper Scioto Valley Middle School students recently participated in the Bowling Green State University Middle School Honor Band. Jared Hunt and Rylee Shepherd rehearsed and performed in an ensemble of more than 125 members...