Kenton High School students who were enrolled in the Wildcat Community Connectors (WCC) program during the fall semester will host an exposition and give a presentation about their experiences during their fall semester internships at local businesses throughout Hardin County on Tuesday at the Mid-Ohio Energy Community Room.

In a time of continued racial unrest, the members of the Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kenton are asking the public this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 16, to reflect on his dream.

ADA — An Ada man is in the hospital and without a home following a Thursday morning fire. According to Ada Fire Chief Jay Epley, Dennis “Doc” Garbrecht and his wife, Peg, were at home when they were alerted by a smoke detector there was a fire at their home at 301 E. North St.

For many years, when a Hardin County Sheriff’s deputy was confronted with a questionable situation and needed to know what the department’s policy was for addressing it, he had to go to the office and search through a large manual for directions.

Kmart, a retail leader of the Kenton community for nearly 40 years, will be closing its doors in March. Sears Holdings announced Wednesday its Kenton store is one of 78 Kmarts to be closed in the spring. In addition, the company plans to shutter another 26 Sears stores.

Winning a chair at the Hardin County commissioner’s table cost non-party candidate Roger Crowe’s campaign more than $10,000. He won the election by two votes.

RIDGEWAY — Koty McKee had always dreamed of doing something hunting-related for his career, he just never imagined it would happen for him at such a young age. McKee, 21, is the owner Koty McKee’s Wildlife Creations and Hunting Supplies, located at 16770 CR 240 in Ridgeway.

In February former Hardin County dog warden Steve Davis opened fire on two Kenton Police Department officers and two deputies in a shootout which resulted in him being killed by one of the deputies. That incident was selected by the Times staff as Hardin County’s top news story for 2016.