WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Hardin Northern Board of Education – 7 p.m., computer lab

An officer was dispatched to 356 Kuert Ave. for a report of a runaway juvenile. A stolen vehicle out of Findlay was located in a parking lot at the corner of N. Barron and Summit streets. The vehicle was taken to the city garage for inside storage.

DUNKIRK — There wasn't a seat available at Mr. Cheezy's Pizza in Dunkirk Monday night as guests feasted on free slices and soft drinks and listened to updates on state issues with State Rep. Jon Cross, R-Kenton. With Cross was a production crew making a video presentation on a day in the life of a state representative, he told those who attended the town hall meeting.

The ambulance service operated by the Kenton Fire Department will be taking a more prominent role in handling emergency calls in the city starting next month. Effective at 8 a.m. on June 1, Hardin County 9-1-1 dispatchers will be directed to assign emergency runs in Kenton on an alternating basis between the KFD squad and BKP Ambulance Service, Kenton Mayor Randy Manns confirmed to the Times on Monday night.

Kenton City Council’s Finance Committee is recommending the city move ahead with an engineering study to fix a problem at the city’s water plant. The panel, at its meeting Monday evening, voted to request that council be asked to allocate $43,850 from the water fund to hire OHM Advisors for the engineering work. It will be included in legislation to be voted on at Tuesday’s council session.

Kenton City Schools is going to a tobacco-free campus. The school board, at its monthly meeting Monday night, approved policies prohibiting the use of tobacco by staff and on school premises.

R. Michael Hubbell (left) of Kenton was sworn in Monday morning as the new Democratic board member on the Hardin County Board of Elections by Hardin County Prosecuting Attorney Bradford Bailey. Hubbell replaces Donald Traxler, who resigned on May 6 after serving on the board for many years.

TUESDAY, MAY 21 Ada council – 6:30 p.m., council chambers Hardin County Board of Developmental Disabilities – 7 p.m., Simon Kenton School

DUNKIRK — Conditioning of the ball fields at the Dunkirk village park will soon be underway. Dunkirk Community Improvement Corporation representatives Rhonda Stober and Renee Ridgeway were present at Monday’s regular village council meeting to ask council if it planned on conditioning the fields this year.

An officer was dispatched to 618 S. Oak St. for a report of unauthorized purchases on a debit card. An officer from the KPD met with an officer from the Lima Police Department in Maysville to receive custody of Roger D. Howard, Lima, who had a bench warrant out of the Hardin County Municipal Court.