During the past five decades, the Wingfield family has put more than 100 horses on harness racing tracks at the local, state and national level and has even boasted the winner of the prestigious Little Brown Jug in 2014.

FOREST — The state-wide Manure Science Review was held on Wednesday, bringing farmers from all across Ohio to Watkins Farm on Township Road 90, Forest. The event, which rotates counties each year, featured a morning educational session, followed by lunch and then an afternoon spent in the field.

Joseph Leisure, age 10, of Forest, talks about his Agriculture is Cool poster with Ohio Governor John Kasich during opening day of the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday.

DUNKIRK — The Dunkirk–Dola Vacation Bible School, held last week at Camp Common Ground, decided to raise funds for the Northern Hardin County firefighters. This year’s theme was Rescued by Jesus so the planning committee chose to support the local rescue service.

The intersection of E. Columbus and N. High streets in Kenton was the site of a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon. According to Lt. Robert Lutes of the Kenton Police Department, the operator of the white vehicle, Julian Weaver, 341 S. High St., Kenton, was northbound on High Street and failed to yield at the stop sign...

Kenton students Noah Ketcham and Grace Collins represented Hardin County at the 4-H Leadership Washington Focus in Washington, DC July 16-20.

The Hardin County Wranglers 4-H club completed a community service project at the Hardin County Fairgrounds on Sunday, July 15, followed by a brief meeting.

Kenton native Lisa Scott-Reiss with her mare She Invests in Signs (also known as Velvet) won the circuit championship for Level 1 Amateur Walk Trot Horsemanship this past weekend at the Buckeye Classic, a Top 5 American Quarter Horse Association Show held in Wilmington.

The solar field approved by the Ohio Siting Board for 1,100 acres in Marion Township is in the process of expanding. The updated plan calls for 3,000 acres of farmland to be under solar panels in the near future. Representatives from Invenergy met with the Hardin County commissioners on Tuesday to report on the renewable energy developer's progress on the wind turbines and solar panels they plan to bring to the western portion of the county.

Ron Wages (left), of Helping Hands Outreach, and Matt Manns, branch manager of Superior Credit Union in Kenton and a United Way of Hardin County board member, stand with a school supplies collection bus at the credit union. Residents are asked to fill the buses, located throughout the county, with school supplies which will be distributed to students at the …