MARYSVILLE — A Mount Victory man is one of two people arrested in connection to the murder of a man shot to death at his home near Richwood.

After more than 75 years in business, the Price Funeral Home is about to have a new owner. Members of the Price family are working on the final steps of selling their funeral homes in Kenton and Mount Victory to Blake McElroy, who has worked for them for the past three years.

For many years, the firefighters at the Kenton Fire Department have heard ambulances called into service with no EMTs available to respond to the call.

Rick McGinnis left the Ada Police Department eight years ago to accept a job as an investigator for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. During that time, McGinnis has seen firsthand the dangers which face children from a variety of sources.

It didn’t take the Kenton Board of Education long to hire a new high school principal for the next school year. Chad Thrush, assistant principal at Kenton High School for the past six years, received unanimous board approval to become the head principal

ADA — Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Darmer expressed her appreciation for the Ada school board, staff and administration for their work leading to the school’s accreditation honor.

A Kenton man was placed on community control for five years after being found guilty of drug charges in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

DOLA — A mother of a former Hardin Northern student asked permission for her eighth-grade son to participate in the school’s pep band and musical.

For many years, Hardin County has supported a swine banquet, a dairy banquet, a beef banquet and a sheep banquet. This year is its first for an equine banquet to honor those who raise horses.

Street improvements. Sidewalks. School bus shelters. Those were among the top ideas for projects in Kenton’s Fourth Ward suggested for funding through a proposed $300,000 Neighborhood Revitalization Grant.