The Benjamin Logan Agricultural Communications Team competed at state on April 30. The students placed fourth in the state.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — It took extra innings to decide a pitcher’s duel between the Riverdale and Allen East softball teams on Friday.

Kenton sixth-grade aide Tia Reffner (front,center) is surrounded by a sea of pink as students from her class wear pink shirts to show support of the breast cancer survivor.

For the past 28 years, the nurses and staff at Hardin County Hospice have assisted grieving families as they faced the final days of their loved ones’ lives. Now they find themselves going through the grieving process for their agency as they pack up records and close down the office for their impending closing.

Thomas Newland (right) of Newland Insurance Agency in Kenton was recently awarded the Founders’ Award by Terry Cavanaugh, president and CEO of Erie Insurance Group.

Entering Thursday night, the Kenton softball team needed to beat Celina twice in a row to spur on a historic season. The Wildcats took care of the first win in dominant fashion, defeating Celina 10-0 in five innings.

There has been much progress made this school year in addressing the training of students to enter the work force. Those first steps will be taking a leap when classes throughout Hardin County start next fall.