A Kenton man is in jail after pulling a knife on a clerk at the Kenton Marathon station on Tuesday afternoon. Gage A. Sheldon, 27, is facing charges of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.

ADA — The administration of Ada Exempted Schools has said rumors of a security threat to its students are “totally false.” The district posted on its website Tuesday there had been a note found at the school which got the attention of the administration.

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office named its state-of-the-art training and meeting room after a man who was the driving force in developing the former Army Reserve Post into the Jacob Parrott Safety Center. Russell Ludwig was one of the three county commissioners, along with Gerald Potter and the late Jerry Cross, who were seated when the U.S. Army announced the reserve center on South Main Street in Kenton was to be closed.

Kenton is close to having its share of funding for a school resource officer for Kenton City Schools. During a city finance committee meeting Monday evening, the panel identified about $14,500 in possible budget cuts to support the city’s cost of $17,500 for the officer.

A draft policy to establish a random student drug testing program was distributed to members of the Kenton Board of Education at its meeting Monday night. It calls for the random drug testing of students in grades 9-12 to participate in any one of the following:

The first two inductees into the Kenton City Schools Alumni Hall of Fame have been selected, it was announced at Monday’s Kenton Board of Education meeting. They are Dr. William Alan Wentz, a 1965 graduate and Lt. Gen. John Michael “Mike” Murray, a 1978 graduate.

McGUFFEY — School security has become a concern for districts throughout the nation and that concern has been expressed locally at Upper Scioto Valley Board of Education meetings. In response, the board is considering taking several measures to improve security at its building, but will need voters to pass a tax issue to reach all of its goals.

Two people from Indiana were killed Sunday night when their car went left of center and struck an oncoming pickup truck in southwestern Hardin County. According to a press release from the Hardin County Sheriff Keith Everhart’s Office, the call came into the office at 9:44 p.m. regarding an accident on Ohio 117 where it joins with Ohio 67.

Jon Husted said it is the common values he shares with Mike DeWine that brought them together on the same Republican ticket in the May primary. Both Husted, the current Ohio Secretary of State, and DeWine, the Ohio Attorney General, were running for governor.

The Hardin County Engineer’s Office announced today it is closing County Road 95 between County Road 14 and Washington Township Road 30 for six weeks beginning today for bridge replacement.