Murray Park on North Cherry Street in Kenton has been added as a new feeding site for the USDA Summer Food Service Program provided by Kenton City Schools. Regina Comstock, cafeteria manager, said serving of free meals started today at the splash pad at the park from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.

The Hardin County Freedom Celebration 4th of July Parade will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the fairgrounds. Lineup will be at 9 a.m. Participants will head north on Ohio 31 (Main Street) in Kenton to the north side of the courthouse, then take U.S. 68 (Detroit Street) south to return to the fairgrounds.

ALGER — Not many people know that professional baseball hall of famer Ray Brown was born in Alger. The Alger Village Council is looking to change that.

Aleah Blair cools off under one of the mushroom waterfalls on Monday on the splash pad at Murray Park in Kenton.

DUNKIRK — Water softening issues in the Village of Dunkirk have been resolved after weekly testing concluded that it had been over-softened. According to John Delong, president of the village’s Board of Public Affairs, spoke on recent complaints that had been received regarding the village’s water and its softness.

FINDLAY — As part of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s ongoing effort to make Ohio’s roadways safer, troopers are continuing to focus on impaired driving enforcement. During the first five months of 2019, troopers have made more than 10,000 arrests for impaired driving, resulting in 22 fewer OVI-related fatal crashes.

The July meeting of the Hardin County Agricultural Society (fair board), which was scheduled for July 3, has been postponed due to an anticipated lack of a quorum because a majority of the board of directors are expected to be farming. The meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 10 at 7 p.m. in the fair office on the fairgrounds.

TUESDAY, JULY 2 Ada council – 6:30 p.m., council chambers SATURDAY, JULY 6 Taylor Creek Township trustees – 8 a.m., township hall

An officer was dispatched to 655 N. Detroit St. for a report of a runaway/unruly juvenile. A verbal domestic disturbance was reported at an apartment at Scioto Village.

Science was Ryan Yoakum’s first love, leading him into the biochemistry field doing cancer research at Wright State University. But his “bigger love” was his family, and with the tough work hours and the hazardous materials in the lab not being very child-friendly, Ryan decided to make a change.