Kroger employees Lisa Gillfillan (left) and Rita Wilson brought some Valentine balloons to residents at the Kenton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Monday. Accepting the gifts were Marjorie Chatelain (left), Cora Forshey and Maybelle Schifferly.

Ali Goble and Ryan LaVergne were united in marriage at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 at the First United Methodist Church, Kenton by Rev. Scott Johnson. The bride is the daughter of Veronica Kemmere of Bellefontaine and the late Todd Goble. The groom is the son of Thomas and Nanette LaVergne of Kenton.

Becky Stevenson had never imagined she’d so thoroughly enjoy working for the Hardin County Board of Elections when she started as a part-time clerk in January of 2014. Five years later, Becky has taken over as director of the Board of Elections, a job filled with diversity that makes each day its own different experience.

Preparing their pizzas at Table One in Kenton on Saturday were (from left) Orion, Landon and JoJo Gipson. They were among people to sign up for the pizza-making event, conducted by Michael Angelo’s Pizza of Kenton.

HARROD — Allen East rallied from an eight point deficit to tie Kenton with 5:39 left in Saturday’s non-league boys basketball contest. The Wildcats, however, buckled down on the defensive end of the floor, outscoring the hosts 11-1 down the stretch to pull away for a 57-46 victory.

MOUNT VICTORY — Ridgemont controlled the game from start to finish on the way to a 55-37 victory over Riverdale in non-league girls basketball action on Saturday afternon. The Gophers led 13-8 after one quarter and 29-17 at halftime before outscoring the visiting Falcons 26-20 in the second half. Ridgemont, which was paced by Faith Jenkins game-high 24 points, improves to 11-9 on the season.

A pair of area swimmers qualified for this week’s Division II district meet at Bowling Green State University during sectional competition at Ayersville High School on Saturday. Ada junior Klava Katayama earned a spot for the third year in a row by winning the sectional in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle.

Learning about constitutional amendments can be the recipe for glazed over eyes and nodding heads, but Dr. Kevin Cordi's approach had Kenton High School students eagerly debating criminal punishment and designing prison programs in a lesson on the Eighth Amendment.

Ottawa-Glandorf controlled the game from start to finish on the way to a 72-43 victory over Kenton in Western Buckeye League boys basketball action Friday night. The Titans, ranked No. 5 in the latest Associated Press Division III state poll, pulled away with an 11-3 run in the first four minutes of the second quarter as they improved to 15-2 on the season and 7-0 in WBL play.

BELLEFONTAINE — North Union overcame a slow start to defeat Ben Logan 55-45 in a Central Buckeye Conference boys basketball battle on Friday night. The visiting Wildcats trailed 16-9 after one quarter before pulling ahead 28-24 by halftime and 40-32 after three quarters on the way to their 11th win of the season.