MOUNT VICTORY — Being an EMT (emergency medical technician) is all about treating everyone as family, according to Kathy Ansley. Sacrificing time with her family is part of the job as an EMT, said Ansley, who serves as the chief for the Southeast Hardin Ambulance District.

With wind chills barely edging above zero, students from Ohio Northern University dove into the frigid waters of a campus pond to raise money for the American Red Cross.

Some Kenton High School students are getting some food for thought thanks to a new club. The members of the KATS International Club are learning about different cultures.

Assistant Teacher Barb Tackett (left) leads the Forest Head Start and Forest Christian Preschool students in a dance to “The Firetruck Song” on Friday morning. The dance, which included other songs such as “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “The Chicken Dance,” was a collaborative effort to acquaint the Head Start students with the preschoolers, and to help promote the Head Start program.

The Kenton Elks Lodge honored the Teenagers of the Month for January Thursday at the lodge. Honored teens from each of the six county schools were presented with gifts during the luncheon.

Like most libraries, the Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library is popular with young children and students. It is a place where they can enjoy story time or be involved in the fun at Harry Potter Night. But it is not as easy to bring adults to the Kenton library. ...

Late Monday afternoon, Nathan Getz nervously prepared to do something that two years ago would have seemed impossible. At that time, Getz said, he had one change of clothing and was sleeping every night on a couch at his parents’ home. Now he found himself scheduled to speak to a packed gallery in the Hardin County Common Pleas courtroom.