David Faulkner, Kenton Elks 157 Past Exalted Ruler and Veteran’s Committee chairman, oversees the unloading of more than $500 worth of hygiene, health and food items by Joyce Patrick (left), secretary of the local Blue Star Mothers Chapter, and Jessica Osborne, Air Force veteran and treasurer of the chapter.

COLUMBUS — Days after qualifying for the 2019 OHSAA Individual Wrestling Championships for the first time in his high school career, Kenton junior Noah Eikenbary didn't wait long to notch his first victory. With his championship preliminary match against East Liverpool’s Skylor Wooley scoreless after one period, an escape and a takedown in the second period was all Eikenbary (220 pounds) needed for a 3-0 victory over Wooley in the Division II championship preliminaries on Thursday at Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein Center.

COLUMBUS — Even though their first trips to the 2019 OHSAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament didn’t end the way they hoped, Benjamin Logan juniors Joel Abbott and Steele Boysel are optimistic about the future. Abbott was pinned at the 1:15 mark by Jacob Potok of Akron St. Vincent St. Mary in at 145-pound bout at the Division II championship preliminaries on Thursday at the Jerome Schottenstein Center and later got pinned by Ontario’s Ethan Turnbaugh at the 4:45 mark in the Division II consolation round.

February 16 through 23 was National FFA Week. The Hardin Northern FFA chapter had an exciting week. To kick off FFA Week, 40 members of the chapter traveled to Toledo to watch the Walleye team get a win!

When Joey Morrison learned his internship through the Wildcat Community Connectors program would be at the Hardin County Museum, he wasn't sure what to expect. He had seen the big house on North Main Street in Kenton, but the Kenton High School senior knew little about what went on inside.

Simon Kenton School kicked off Disabilities Awareness Month with a breakfast on Friday, March 1. During the program, Brianna Truman (left) spoke about her job at Precision Strip and Tiffany Mustain talked about raising a child with a disability and working with the early intervention and preschool staff at Simon Kenton.

BELLEFONTAINE — Ben Logan multi-sport senior Mason Straker has always dreamt of being an athlete at the college level. And while football, swimming and track were always among the sports he took part in, the senior never thought that cheerleading would be his route to being a Division I athlete. But that is exactly the path the Straker is taking.

Blanchard House in Kenton welcomed area pastors for a Pastor Summit. Above, Chaplain Josh Stone from Kindred Hospice speaks to residents.

Jon Warner, (left), Kenton Rotary secretary is pictured with Brock Manns, facilities manager at OhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital, who spoke to the club at its Feb. 19 meeting.

Hardin County educators got to hear from their “customers” on Tuesday afternoon. Two high school students each from Ada, Hardin Northern, Ridgemont and Upper Scioto Valley, along with four from Kenton, responded to a series of questions about education from members of the Hardin County Design Team at the Kenton City Schools Administration Building.