St. Marys swept Kenton in a Western Buckeye League dual swim meet on Tuesday night at the Hardin County YMCA. In the girls meet, the Roughriders nipped Kenton 73-69.

One eighth grade student and one sixth grade student went head to head in the championship round of the Benjamin Logan Middle School Spelling Bee on Friday, Dec. 14. Eighth grader Isaac Napier spelled the word “espionage” correctly to win the match.

A display at the Lake of Lights encourages a white Christmas, but the forecast doesn't look promising at this point. The Lake of Lights is open each evening through Dec. 26 at Saulisberry Park in Kenton.

DOLA — Hardin Northern Elementary School has announced its students of the month for November. Kindergarten – Dylan Conner, Lucas Downing, Chris Gault, Braxton Ropp, Kaitlyn Sexton, Brandon Fall, Makenzie Kiernan, Allison Lytle, Jayden Palte, Brendan Potter

Kenton's Walmart store was flooded by shoppers in uniform Saturday morning for the annual Shop With A Cop event. The community responded to the program in record numbers, said organizer Hardin County Sheriff’s Deputy Chistina Henderson, with more than $6,000 collected.

A Mount Victory man was killed this morning when an oncoming car slid on the icy road and into the path of his vehicle in Dudley Township, about three miles north of Mount Victory. The victim was identified as Corey Kuykendall by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office.

Sean Galvin, executive director of the Hardin County Family YMCA and Julie Zaring of Heartbeat of Hardin County stand with gifts that members of the Y purchased for 4 Heartbeat families.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Leading Riverdale by 10 points after a basket by Lindsey Smith early in the third quarter, the Kenton girls basketball team looked to be on the way to its first win of the season on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Falcons - more specifically Brooke Kuenzli - had other ideas.

The Benjamin Logan FFA traveled to Green Hills Community on Monday, Dec. 10 as a collaborative philanthropy event. Students involved consisted of Benjamin Logan FFA, SkillsUSA, 8th grade Graphic Design and 7th grade Agriculture students.

A group of seventh-graders at Kenton Middle School gathered around a cell phone held by the Rev. Scott Johnson on Friday to get a closer look at an orphanage a world away. Speaking to them through the phone was Cherylann Gangel, the owner and operator of the Be Like Brit orphanage in Haiti.