McGUFFEY — The Upper Scioto Valley teachers and classified staff will receive pay raises when they return to school this fall. During its board meeting on Monday, the USV school board approved a three-year contact with the district’s teachers who will receive raises in each year.

The Kenton Planning Commission, over the objections of a neighboring property owner, is recommending the site of the former Espy school be rezoned from residential to general business. The commission, following a public hearing on the issue Monday night, voted unanimously for rezoning the property, which was requested by the Kenton Board of Education.

Kenton City Council received some more good news on the financial front at its meeting Monday night. Council was going to be asked to vote on $17,290 in additional appropriations for street and parking lot paving.

McGUFFEY — The Upper Scioto Valley Board of Education is looking for a new member. During its regular monthly meeting on Monday night, the board accepted, with regret, the resignation of board member David Holbrook due to health reasons.

ALGER — As the director of a small library, Kathy Herfurth wears many hats while on the job. As a result, her favorite part of the job, the variety, can sometimes be the most challenging.

On October 30, 1987, the body of a Kenton man was found mangled and discarded on Ohio 31, just about one mile south of Mount Victory. The young man was later identified as Tim Hurt, 23, of 39 Grape Street.

Improvements to Kenton’s Waterworks Park top the list of projects for a proposed $300,000 Neighborhood Revitalization Grant. The grant application was approved Thursday by the Hardin County Commissioners.

Hardin County has become the 87th county in Ohio to join the National Flood Insurance Program. The county commissioners said Thursday they were notified this week of the county’s acceptance into the program.

Several Hardin County road projects will continue next week, according to an update from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 1 office in Lima. Ohio 701 between U.S. 68 and Township Road 105 will be closed for 17 days beginning July 6 for three culvert replacements.

The testimony of a 13-year-old and of the defendant’s son convinced a Hardin County Common Pleas Court jury to convict a Forest woman on 16 charges, including 11 counts of attempted aggravated arson, late Wednesday afternoon. The jury, made up of nine men and three women, took three hours to return the guilty verdicts against Kimberly Wise of Forest after a second day of testimony.