When Joe Dulin was 10 years old, he often rode along with his father, J.W. Dulin, to the courthouse where J.W. was a county commissioner. His favorite part of the building was the relic room, where a young boy could wander among the exhibits in the county collection and see sites not often found on the farm.

DOLA — Jeff Price will be spending his first years of retirement at home. For Price, Hardin Northern is home.

The Kenton Walmart store opened its doors ten years ago and the community and employees met Monday morning to celebrate.

MOUNT VICTORY — The Mount Victory Community Improvement Award for 2015 was presented to Lora Rojas who has lived in the village on North Main Street for three years.

The Hardin County Courthouse is getting all spruced up for its 100th birthday. The celebration is planned for Memorial Day and will get under way following the annual services and parade. In most years, the parade begins in downtown Kenton and proceeds to Grove Cemetery where dedication services take place for area veterans.

Grants totaling $191,000 were presented to 155 organizations by the Hardin County Community Foundation during a program Thursday at the Armory in Kenton. Charles Van Dyne, chairman of the grants committee, and Gina Messner, foundation secretary, announced the names of the recipients at the annual event.

The Ridgemont fourth-grade team of (from left) Jenna Jordan, Trevor Robinson and Kevin Eckstein had the fastest entry in the elementary school’s Edible Car Contest Wednesday.