FOREST — In 1973, the depot which had been the hub of the Forest community, had fallen on hard times. The Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads had closed the door in the decade earlier and the huge brick building was considered a nuisance.

GAHANNA — AEP Ohio awarded a Rate Stabilization Program, Retention and Expansion Grant to International Paper that helped secure a 250,000 square foot expansion of the Kenton plant, doubling its manufacturing space. The facility is part of International Paper's Foodservice business, which manufactures fiber-based hot and cold cups, food buckets and containers, plates and lids for the foodservice industry.

VFW Post 6817 and its Auxiliary donated 45 classroom flags and a 4-foot by 6-foot flag for the commons area at the new Ridgemont PreK-12 building that will open later this month. The ceremony took place at the former elementary school, where the flag pole is dedicated to Donald Dugan, a Ridgemont graduate and the only American solider to die in the Bosnia War.

Mark Tice of Tice Construction levels out the wet concrete in the barn of the Hardin County Farm Museum. A group of volunteers, headed up by Sheena Striker, raised $15,700 to have the floor finished with Tice Construction also making a donation to the project.

Remembering exchange students who have studied at Kenton High School through the years just got easier thanks to a pair of exchange students from the 2014-15 school year. Flags representing most of the exchange students’ countries who have attended KHS are now featured in a display in the main hall.

Throughout her professional life, Jayme Minix has taken leaps of faith. Her latest jump has landed her as the interim director of Hardin County Hospice.

Kenton Kids Day was a big success with Mayor Randy Manns estimating at least 1,500 people took advantage of the free activities at Wharton Park on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Maj. Gen. James Rainey assumed command of the U.S. National Support Element - Afghanistan and duties as the U.S. Forces Afghanistan, Deputy Commanding General - Support from Maj. Gen. Mike Murray during a change of command ceremony Saturday.

Often people have to make sacrifices, or tough choices, to go after their goals. That’s exactly what 2013 Kenton High graduate Terrill Webb has had to do.

A Kenton man spent two weeks on his hands and knees in an Israeli cave this summer searching for human remains and tools at an archaeological site estimated to be at least 50,000 years old. John Dulin was part of a group of students and professors from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland to travel to the Manot Cave in western Galilee.