ADA — Three years after a fire destroyed the Ada First United Methodist Church, the finishing touches are being applied on the spacious structure which replaces the 113-year-old community icon.

Attorney Paul McKinley Jr. (left) presents a $250,000 check to Hardin Community Foundation Treasurer Russ Berger on behalf of the estate of Isabelle Rexin, the late co-owner of Rexin’s Furniture Store in Kenton.

The Baby Times deadline has been extended to Wednesday, Feb. 4.

The OSU Extension Sheep Team is partnering with the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association for the 2015 Sheep and Goat Webinar Series.

A Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) class has been planned for Hardin County.

COLUMBUS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will make $100 million available this year through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).

Patrick D. Zachariah, 995 Meadow Lane Apt. A6, reported he had two 4-by-8 sheets of particle board and a 2 1/2-foot tall safety cone taken from his patio sometime between 11 a.m. and noon.

A Kenton man lost his life in a bed fire late Thursday evening.

The former Merriman building, located on the northwest corner of Kenton’s downtown square, has been undergoing restoration and remodeling since July 2013 by owners Brad and Laura Wingfield of Kenton.

RIDGEWAY — Voters in the Ridgemont School District will be asked to renew a .75 percent income tax at the May 5 election.