DOLA — As the school improvement director at Hardin Northern, Greg Oliver is responsible for providing another set of eyes for the school’s administration. While school has only been in session for a few weeks, Greg has been on the job since July.

ADA — A study conducted in Hardin County is getting attention far beyond the state of Ohio and it is the hope of the men who conducted the report that the information collected will have an impact on the opioid crisis globally. Ohio Northern University professors Keith Durkin and Tristin Kilgallon, who are members of the criminal justice faculty, joined with Wade Melton, Director of Programs at the Hardin County Juvenile Court, to study the extensive data available through the court records.

BELLEFONTAINE — As its ‘hype’ coach, Keith Warrick has been one of the Ben Logan football team’s biggest supporters over the past few years, encouraging the Raiders and doing anything else he can on the sidelines to help them win games. On Sept. 11, the Raiders will be the ones cheering for Warrick when they gather around their computer screens to watch him compete against climbers from around the world as a member of Team USA in IFSC World Paraclimbing competition in Austria.

Walking through the playground at Kenton Elementary School with School Resource Officer Dan Foulk is similar to being seen in public with a rock star. The children are drawn to him like a magnet, asking Officer Dan to tie their shoe or hear stories about their families.

When moving into a new home a big decision is how to organize everything. Now think of that task when you have more than five times your previous space. Welcome to the new bus garage for Kenton City Schools, the home for the district’s bus fleet, transportation maintenance facility and additional warehousing.

An Ada man who fled from law enforcement and attacked a deputy’s vehicle in an incident last August was found not guilty by reason of insanity recently in the Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey's office, John Wayne Denton, 417 Highland Ave., Ada, was charged with one charge each of vandalism, felonious assault, disrupting public services and possession of criminal tools.

Bonnie McBride was legendary when it came to making butterscotch pies. But even she would have been floored when a pie baked and dedicated in her memory brought $1,200 in a pie auction this morning for the United Way of Hardin County.

The condemning of a home is normally a lengthy process, but the conditions of a house in Dunkirk required instant action by the Kenton-Hardin Board of Health on Tuesday evening. The complaint originated when Dunkirk village officials expressed concerns that four children were living in deplorable conditions at 130 Pioneer Street in the village, said Director of Environmental Services Shane Lotts.

Four children who were abducted from Lima in the early hours of Tuesday morning were located in Kenton Tuesday afternoon, following an intensive search by Hardin County Sheriff's deputies, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The concerns expressed by the Kenton-Hardin Health Board regarding the wells and septic systems of new Amish homes appear to have been resolved. The Perry Glick case went to the Hardin County Common Pleas Court where the family agreed to apply for well and sewer permits, eliminating the need for any further legal action.