Dave Beazley was raised with the mindset that it was his duty to give back to those from which he took. That is what has led him to serve on the Kenton City Council, work for Rogers Nationwide Insurance and participate in Society Singers.

Kenton High School students who were enrolled in the Wildcat Community Connectors (WCC) program during the fall semester will host an exposition and give a presentation about their experiences during their fall semester internships at local businesses throughout Hardin County on Tuesday at the Mid-Ohio Energy Community Room.

The Hardin County Veterans Service Commission reported 120 vouchers were issued for the month of December. They included 90 for food purchases totaling $3,170.

Monthly recycling services hosted by Blanchard Township/Dunkirk and Mount Victory/Hale Township are slated on Tuesdays, Jan. 10 and 26. The Blanchard Township/Dunkirk recycling will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Dunkirk in the parking lot of the former Price Funeral Home.

MONDAY, JAN. 9 Kenton Board of Education – 7 p.m., board of education office; reorganization meeting followed by regular monthly meeting

In a time of continued racial unrest, the members of the Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kenton are asking the public this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 16, to reflect on his dream.

A Kenton man violated previous terms of supervision with the court when he pleaded guilty to a felony charge in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

BELLEFONTAINE – Mary Rutan Hospital on Wednesday broke ground for construction of the Mary Rutan Health Center. It will be located on the north side of Bellefontaine on land acquired in 2015 near the intersection of U.S. 33 and U.S. 68 North.

Jeromey Wilson, Harrod – speeding 53 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

ADA — An Ada man is in the hospital and without a home following a Thursday morning fire. According to Ada Fire Chief Jay Epley, Dennis “Doc” Garbrecht and his wife, Peg, were at home when they were alerted by a smoke detector there was a fire at their home at 301 E. North St.