Tony Lee, of West Lake, Mich., failed to make the curve on Ohio 309 in Kenton and struck two homes today at about 7 a.m. The homes are at 413 and 417 W. Franklin Street.

The McGuffey Fire Department received mutual aid from surrounding stations in fighting a fire in Foraker on Sunday morning. The home at 8005 Flora Street belongs to Joe and Jennifer Bailey.

The home of Rodney and Becky Reed at 621 N. Main Street in Kenton, is another beautiful home featured on the Candy Cane Tour of Homes. Sponsored by Keep Hardin County Beautiful, the tour will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3.

With an early spark from its defense and a hot hand from beyond the three-point arc, the Kenton girls basketball team got its season off to a quick start on Saturday night. The Lady Wildcats forced visiting Lima Central Catholic into turnovers on seven of its first eight possessions and opened the game with an 11-0 run on the way to a 54-37 victory.

RIDGEWAY — Holding an 11-point lead early in the fourth quarter, the Benjamin Logan Raiders looked set to cruise to an easy girls basketball win over Ridgemont on the road Saturday night. But the Gophers pushed back in the final period, closing to within three points with just 15 seconds to go.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Shots weren’t falling through the first three quarters, but Upper Sandusky warmed up just in time. Led by Megan Hensel, the Rams erased an eight-point deficit with six and a half minutes to go and downed Riverdale, 66-54, on Saturday night.

COLUMBUS — Lima City Schools' Food Service Director, Carrie Woodruff, of Ada, has been named the 2017 Outstanding Food and Nutrition Director of the Year by the Ohio Association of School Business Officials’ (OASBO) Foundation for School Business Management.

Jackson Township’s online checkbook now can be accessed on OhioCheckbook.com through the Ohio Treasurer’s office. Fiscal Officer Christa Gillfillan holds the sign with trustees (from left) Timothy Sons, Ronald Oates and Nathan Diringer.

On October 17 for the past two years, the residents at Scioto Village get together and release blue balloons in memory of the 2015 fire that took one person’s life and impacted dozens of others. It was a day few of the residents will forget.

MOUNT VICTORY — The host Ridgemont girls have not won their season-opening tournament in either of the first two years they have hosted it. The Lady Gophers made sure to at least give themselves a chance to go after the title in their third year as they jumped out to a 29-6 lead after one quarter and never looked back on the way to a 77-30 victory over Ridgedale in the semifinals of the Ridgemont Girls Basketball Tournament on Friday night.