McGUFFEY — Work began this week on the substation to be used by Invenergy to tie the electric power generated by the planned the Hardin Wind Project and the company’s proposed 1,115-acre solar field to the electric grid.

A Kenton man was sent to prison for nine years after he pleaded guilty in Hardin County Common Pleas Court to being part of a group of men who invaded a Kenton home and beat the inhabitants. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Ashton Dale Mundy, 139 E. Railroad Street, pleaded guilty to one count each of aggravated burglary and felonious assault with a firearm specification in the Sept. 28, 2017 invasion of Darrian Lease’s home on North Main Street.

A mistake at the printing facility put a Daily Chief-Union page 3 and 6 in the Kenton Times and a Kenton Times page 3 and 6 in the Daily Chief-Union in Friday’s editions. The papers were out the door before the mistake was discovered.

Municipalities from across Hardin County are dealing with new state requirements to take inventory of their water systems and report those findings to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The cities and villages have until October to report when each hydrant, valve and other parts of their water treatment system were purchased and assure the OEPA there would be money available to replace the part if it should fail 10 years into the future.

Plans for the long-awaited Kenton downtown reconstruction project are coming together.

While his parents are talking in the living room of the family’s house on the west side of Kenton, 4-year-old Max McFarland is playing with his plastic building blocks in the center of the floor and singing one song after another. He knows all the words to “No More Monkeys Jumping On the Bed,” “The Alphabet Song” and several others and is not one bit shy in sharing them.

DOLA — In light of the recent school shootings and other violent events in the national news, Hardin Northern Schools is looking into the possibility of bringing a security officer to its school on a daily basis. Superintendent Jeff Price told the board the county superintendents had met with Sheriff Keith Everhart recently to review the options available through his office.

DOLA — Starting the school year earlier than normal this year appears to have been an advantage to the Hardin Northern students, and that starting time will be repeated for the 2018-19 school year. The calendar passed by the board at Wednesday night’s meeting brings the students back to the classrooms on Aug. 15.

FOREST — Matt Missey is an artist, but he doesn’t work with water colors or clay. His creations are tree sculptures. Over his career, Missey said, he has formed trees into images of wildlife, historical figures and lighthouses, but the piece he was putting the finishing touches on this week is unique.

ADA — The Ada Village Council on Tuesday night voted to contract with Technicon Design Group (TDG) for redesign of the existing police department space at the municipal building. The redesign will cost $5,000 and requires TDG to utilize existing main or upper floor space to benefit the department, and install an elevator with access to the police level, main floor level and also council room upper floor level.