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(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced $3 million in funding for 42 local law enforcement agencies to help their drug task forces enforce the state’s drug laws and combat illegal drug activity. Grants from the 2024 Ohio Drug Law Enforcement Fund will support drug task forces that impact 36 counties on issues of drug trafficking, pharmaceutical diversion, and other organized criminal activity associated with the drug trade. The program, […]

The second annual Frankie Castle Memorial Tournament will be held starting Friday, May 24th at the Alger Park. The Home Run Derby will start at 5pm on May 24th. The Men's softball tournament starts at 8am, May 25th and a Cornhole Tournament starts at 11am that morning. Kids bounce houses will be set up, and you can cheer on the Alger and Roundhead T-Ball teams during the event.

The date for the May meeting of the Hardin Northern Board of Education has been changed. The meeting was scheduled to be held on May 14th, but it has been postponed. The new meeting date will be Thursday May 23rd. It will start at 7pm that evening at the school.

Less than a week after money was found in a movie theater in Marysville, a sum of money was found at a fast food restaurant in that city. According to the Marysville Police Division, $25,000 was found in the restroom at Avalon Theater on April 27, then on May 2, $12,000 was found in the restroom at Kentucky Fried Chicken. In both cases, employees found the money. Marysville Police Captain […]

Students and faculty from Riverdale Schools came together recently to help a kindergarten student from Upper Sandusky Schools.  Tanner was involved in an accident and lost his lower leg. The Riverdale community wanted to help raise monetary donations for Tanner and his family.  The staff and students were welcomed to wear Hats for Tanner for a donation and were able to provide just over $543 in donations to the family.

Students in the CBI classes at Upper Scioto Valley School District worked hard recently to paint and refresh their old dugouts.  The students were able to spend their time refreshing and giving new life to the dugouts. The Career Based Intervention program is an Ohio Department of Education Career-Technical Education program designed for students in grades 7 through 12 who are identified as disadvantaged (academically, economically or both) and/or students […]

Kenton City Schools is hiring a 2nd Shift Custodian at Kenton Elementary School for the 2024-2025 school year. Interested applicants should email their resume/KCS classified application to Linda Dickerson at dickersonl@kentoncityschools.org. Applications can be found on the KCS website or the district office.

The Auglaize County Sheriff's Office issued a warning about computer scams recently. If you receive a pop-up notification on your computer stating that Microsoft has locked your computer due to viruses, spyware and more, that is a scam. You should not call the number listed on the fake website. If you do, the scammer will tell you they can repair your PC hoping that you will follow their steps to […]

Students in grades Pre Kindergarten through 6th grade at Upper Scioto Valley will be participating in Coin Wars this week. The students are encouraged to bring in coins this week to raise money for Relay for Life. The winning class will earn a pizza party. Relay for Life will be held on Friday May 17th. For more information, please visit USV's Facebook.