FOREST — When she is at her Forest home, Adeline Moore is known as “The Word Kid” with good reason. Since the age of six, Adeline has dreamed of participating in the National Spelling Bee.

A Kenton woman was struck and killed by a semi-truck Thursday evening in Kenton as she walked her bicycle across a downtown intersection. The victim has been identified as Karen Winegardner, 54.

The Kenton Elks Lodge honored Teenagers of the Month for March during a luncheon on Thursday at the lodge. Teens from all six Hardin County schools were recognized.

A check from Hancock County put the United Way of Hardin County over its goal for 2015. At the United Way’s annual meeting this morning at St. John’s Evangelical Church, it was first reported that the organization fell just 2 percent short of its $215,000 goal.

Linda Wilkinson has experience as a store manager. She had served in that job at five Shell Stations in the area. She had also worked as a dietitian at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine.

Lonnie Rettig is working to bring boxing to Hardin County. But the Lima man wants the members of his club to know more than just how best to hit people, he said.

History has repeated itself for Gerald Potter. The former two-term Hardin County Commissioner said when he was first elected, he replaced Ed Elliott in January of 2001. Elliott at that time chose to run for state representative.

COLUMBUS — Chase Sumner will be a state placer in Division III at 132 pounds. The Ada sophomore stayed in contention with a consolation pin Thursday after losing his first match in the state wrestling tournament. Friday, he again was the aggressor in a 7-2 decision over Oak Harbor's Dylan Mansor to clinch a podium spot.