While it only made up three of Carol McKinley’s 42 years in education, teaching Reading Recovery to first graders was one of the most satisfying times helping children in her career.

Sometimes Ryan Collins’ job is like trying to hit a moving target. The technology he teaches his students at Kenton High School’s Ohio Hi-Point Career Center’s satellite school in the former Northwood Elementary building changes so quickly, within a few short years the job they are learning to do may be obsolete.

DUNKIRK — Ohio Northern University’s HealthWise mobile clinic is helping to provide healthcare access to citizens across Hardin County. Thanks to a three-year federal government grant from HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration), HealthWise is able to serve Hardin County – a designated medically “under-served” area.

Mid-Ohio Energy Co-Op lineman Casey Ledley demonstrates to Kenton Elementary School fifth graders the shock that can happen if they touch a live electrical wire with a rubber glove that has a pinhole in it.

Manager Randy Cox (left) and owner Mark White stand at the entrance of Vancrest of Ada, a new assisted living and nursing home at 600 W. North Ave., Ada. The 52,000-square-foot facility features 50 beds in the skilled nursing wing and 35 assisted living units.

The Kenton Elks Lodge 157 recognized Hardin County participants in the 2015-2016 Americanism essay contest on Monday, May 16. This year’s essay topic was "What I Can Do to Promote Americanism and Love of Country.”

Kenton's Top Twenty performs "The Nicest Kid in Town" from the musical Hairspray during a rehearsal Wednesday evening for Cabaret 2016. The song will be the opener to the second half of the event, which will be staged Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Kenton High School gymnasium.

Kenton Police Chief Dennis Musser suffered minor injuries when a high speed pursuit involving a Lima man and the Ohio State Highway Patrol ended in a collision with his patrol car Tuesday afternoon on Ohio 309 about three miles west of the city.

The house at the corner of Main and Letson streets in Kenton was razed Monday morning so work could begin this summer on the improvements to Letson Avenue, formerly known as Fairground Road.