RIDGEWAY — The Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance along with the Hardin County Ambassadors will conduct a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Bear Vine Winery, 15617 Ohio 273 West, Ridgeway, today at 2 p.m.

Fined $25 for speeding 68 mph in a 55 mph zone were: Dianna L. Mitchell, Springfield and Christopher R. Hollon, 3931 CR 80, Alger.

Two juveniles were found at the Kenton Elementary School just after 2 a.m. Their parents were contacted.

Last spring, Seth Davis was looking for someone to job-shadow. At that time, he was an eighth-grader at Ridgemont and was hoping to find someone to show him the advantages of a career in maintenance. He turned to Dave Manns and that choice has changed his life.

Hardin County’s unemployment rate for October was 4.7 percent, an improvement from the 5.0 percent rate registered in September, according to a report released this week by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

With the help of fifteen volunteer rainfall reporters, the Hardin County Extension office has collected unofficial township rainfall data for the past 24 consecutive years.

We at Not By Choice are so grateful for all the support that we have been given. But one thing continues to amaze us is that a lot of you readers haven’t heard of N.B.C.

Christina Ray, 627 E. Franklin St., reported seeing her cat before she left her residence in the morning. Later that night, the cat was found in the neighbor’s yard/northeast end of her property, bloody and dead.

One of Hardin County’s most visible eyesores may be on borrowed time. The abandoned gas station known as Highway Oil, located at the corner of Ohio 309 and Ohio 235, south of Ada, has gradually deteriorated into a nuisance over several decades of inactivity.

The star of Tuesday evening’s Lions Club Christmas Parade in Kenton was Santa Claus.