Rebecca Marie Douglas, Findlay – speeding 39 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $15. Luai Abdullah M. Al Nassir, Columbus – speeding 44 mph in a 25 mph zone, fined $25. Tamara Kay Hicks, Carey – speeding 47 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

A traffic stop resulted in putting a meth lab out of business in the village of Alger and has sent the owner to prison for four years. According to Hardin County Common Pleas Court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey's office, Timothy Shepherd, 103 E. Wagner St., Alger, was charged with illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs and aggravated possession of drugs.

The Hardin County Veterans Services Commission processed 20 vouchers for the month of August. That included 15 for utilities and other expenses which totaled $2,828.33. Another $800 in food vouchers was distributed for a total of $3,638.33 for the month.

The Hardin County Recorder’s Office reported the following transactions for August: Financing statements released – 1; financing statements continued – 2; deeds filed – 120; mortgaged filed – 81; amount of mortgages filed – $15,556,750.21; releases filed – 99; partial releases filed – 5; land contracts filed – 4;

Kathryn A. Lycos, New Carlisle – speeding 40 mph in a 25 mph zone, fined $25. Dakota Thomas Cornell, 6728 CR 45, Alger – speeding 48 mph in a 35 mph zone, one prior offense, fined $65. Fined $25 for speeding 49 mph in a 35 mph zone were: Troy Guy Simpson, 165 N. Blanchard St., Forest; Kimberly K. Reames, Zanesfield; James P. Wolf IV, Huntsville; James P. Wolf IV, Huntsville; Eleanor M. Claybaugh, 654 N. High St., Kenton; Michael David Gorby, Prospect; Daniel A. Hoy, Upper Sandusky.

In addition to the fines levied against defendants who are found guilty, $39 in state costs, $30 in court costs, $6 for court special projects and $5 for the court computerization fund will be assessed, a total of $80. Sunshine B. Sellers, Xenia – speeding 48 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

A 17-year-old male for speeding 90/55 mph zone, court ordered: car teens, 90-day license suspension and fined $50. A 17-year-old female for speeding 70/55 mph zone, court ordered: car teens, 45-day license suspension with work privileges and fined $25.

Gary Lynn Douglas, Jr., 12025 TR 180, Kenton and Patricia Ann Sanchez, same address Austin Michael Levan, 910 N. Ohio St., Alger and Cheyanne Desyre Vansky, same address

Chelsea Raelynn Wintringham, Rawson – speeding 48 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25. Lewis Stephen Young Jr., Carey – speeding 48 mph in a 35 mph zone, three prior offenses, fined $175. Gary L. Snook, Findlay – speeding 49 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

A Kenton man has admitted to setting a series of house fires in Kenton in April, 2018. Dustin Cannode, 723 W. Lima St., Kenton, was in Hardin County Common Pleas Court for a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday when he decided to enter guilty pleas to three charges of aggravated arson, each felonies of the second degree, and one count of arson (F4).