No injuries were reported in a fire early this morning that destroyed a house at 246 W. Letson St., Kenton. The Kenton Fire Department was dispatched to the blaze at 1:12 a.m.

CONCORD, Mass. — A renowned archeologist who started out life in Hardin County and had been compared to the fictional character Indiana Jones died last week at his home in Concord, Mass. Dr. Lawrence “Larry” Stager, 74, died on Dec. 29 after he sustained injuries in a fall, his daughter, Jennifer Stager, told the Times.

Hardin County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Barrett (left) swears in Gerald Purcell, representing the Amvets, to another five-year term on the Veterans Service Commission.

Hardin Hills Health and Rehab Center resident Larry Cole rings in the new year at the Noon Year Party, Residents had a pizza party and when the clock struck noon, they all toasted with sparkling grape juice.

The apprentices of Lima Electrical Professionals have donated $3,012 and approximately 200 pounds of food to the Veterans Food Pantry of Northwest Ohio. They collected food and monetary contributions in December and also conducted a 50/50 drawing to raise the funds.

Tuesday was the coldest day of 2018 so far and members of the Amish community could be found taking advantage of the bumper crop of ice available. Several were reported throughout the southern portion of the county cutting through the thick ice and hauling it to their insulated buildings for storage when temperatures climb back to normal in the spring.

Ada coach Dre White liked the effort his team gave on Tuesday night against Fort Jennings. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs a solid effort was not enough to get back into the win column as the visiting Musketeers took advantage of a dominating effort on the boards to pull away for a 60-45 win in non-conference boys basketball action.

DOLA — Pandora-Gilboa outscored Hardin Northern in all four quarters on the way to a 33-28 victory over Hardin Northern in non-league girls basketball action on Tuesday night. The Rockets led 11-9 after eight minutes before outscoring the Polar Bears by a single point in each of the next three quarters.

A Kenton man was taken into custody following a one-hour armed standoff at 214 S. Wayne St. on Monday afternoon. David M. Wright, 57, was arrested on pending charges following the standoff.

ADA — For Nancy Wood Allison, she didn’t find teaching, rather teaching found her. Nancy is starting her fifth month of serving on the Ada Board of Education, and she has made a career in education, a field in which she originally had no plans of pursuing.