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Minister reunites with friends at Payne Chapel

Rev. Vanessa Cummings

Though originally from Oxford in southwestern Ohio, Rev. Vanessa Cummings spent time in Kenton as a child, traveling with her father Virgil, a pastor who supervised the district. Now a pastor herself, Vanessa returned to Kenton just over four years ago to serve at Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and was reunited with those with whom she grew up.

USV committee working to reduce chronic absentee figure in district

McGUFFEY — Upper Scioto Valley Education Director Craig Hurley reported to the board on steps the district has taken to meet the 13 points noted in the school’s recent instructional audit. One of the areas of concentration, said Hurley, will be the problem of chronic absenteeism. Last year, he told the board, the chronic absentee rate was 14 percent as a district-wide average. The high school rate was higher, he noted.

Area women offer advice to avoid becoming a sex trafficking victim

Sex trafficking talk

DUNKIRK — The Hardin Northern Public Library recognized Sex Trafficking Awareness Month with a program on the issue Wednesday evening. Julie Zaring, executive director of Heartbeat of Hardin County, and Deb Oestreich, program director for the Crossroads Crisis Center, told those who attended the session that traffickers prey on the insecurities of 12-14-year-old girls in drawing them into a life of sexual slavery.

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