Former OSU basketball player Cait Craft (left) talks with Thelma Musselman of Forest following Craft’s message on Sunday during the Hardin County Fair’s Hour of Inspiration.

Several bidders were on hand Sunday afternoon to seek one of the wooden sculptures created by Brandon Adams of Bear Hollow Wood Carvers. Adams uses a chain saw to cut the forms out of a log.

Mickey Stevens posted a sign at Sam’s Italian Sausage commemorating her 50th year at the Hardin County Fair. Stevens’ trailer has been located in nearly the same spot on the midway since she opened at the fair.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale’s offensive attack was too much for Ben Logan on Saturday night, with Gabi Rodriguez scoring a hat trick and three other girls netting a pair of goals each in the Falcons’ 9-0 win over the Raiders.

Close to 1,500 people in attendance as the full size trucks smash into each other in the mud pit during the demolition derby at the Hardin County Fair on Saturday.

The 30th anniversary of Kenton High School’s 1987 football team that won the Western Buckeye League football championship was celebrated during the current Wildcats 27-7 home victory over Defiance on Friday. Members of the team in attendance at the game that were recognized included (from left) Scott Hites, Vaughn Rall, Chad Treen, Shawn Trent, Scott Emans, Doug Carmean, Richard Williams, Jeff Davis and assistant coach Doug Roberts.

Wesley Lowery and his Pet Funeral Chapel on Township Road 110 is the summer business beautification winner for Keep Hardin County Beautiful (KHCB).

There were 9,548 guests who attended the Hardin Count Fair on Friday according to estimates from the fair office. This was an increase over last year’s estimated attendance for the day of 8,607. There were 1,705 who paid at the gate this year compared to 1,537 for 2016. [envira-gallery id=”155848″] The harness races brought 551 people to the grandstands and …

Kenton used a fast start to gain the upper hand and then used an opportunistic defense to finish off Defiance in a 27-7 Western Buckeye League football victory at Robinson Field on Friday. The Wildcats got two touchdown passes from Jaron Sharp to Landon Rush in the first five minutes of the game and the junior added scoring runs of 3 and 1 yards as Kenton moves to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in WBL play with the win.

McGUFFEY — An Upper Scioto Valley miscue on the opening kickoff set the tone for the remainder of the game against Benjamin Logan, with the Raiders pulling off a “scoop-and-score” to go up early. The visiting Raiders cruised their way to a 42-19 non-conference football win on Friday night, improving their record to 2-1, coming off a loss last week against West Liberty-Salem.