Bill Hart (right) receives the Liberty Bell Award from the Hardin County Bar Association on Thursday at the Kenton Elks Lodge. Presented by Paul McKinley, the award is given to a local member for outstanding service to the community.

FOREST — A study contracted by Forest with Poggemeyer Design Group of Bowling Green didn't result in securing grant funding for the village, but more than paid for itself in other projects. Village Administrator Wes Davis said Thursday night the study was based on income levels in the village, but didn't meet the threshold of eligibility for the program. The report had cost the town $5,000, he said.

MOUNT VICTORY — Memorial Day 2019 in downtown Mount Victory will feature a special tribute to veterans and active service members. Pam Arnold of the William Britton VFW Post Auxiliary in Mount Victory visited the village council meeting Thursday night to propose a Family Freedom Festival on Memorial Day at the Henry Martin Park.

The Logan County Sheriff’s Office said a missing teen from East Liberty is believed to be in Kenton. Tanner Walls, 17, of 3057 Ohio 292, East Liberty, left his residence earlier this week. His mother, Tiffany Walls, 42, discovered him missing Sunday 6 a.m., according to the sheriff’s office. She last saw him at 11 p.m. Saturday. Tiffany contacted deputies …

An Amish farmer gathers up the bundles of corn stalks at his field south of Kenton with his dog nearby. The recent dry weather has allowed farmers throughout the county to get into their fields and harvest one of the most successful corn crops on record for the area.

An unique cloud formation to the southwest of Kenton absorbed the colors of the sunset to create a scene out of a painting on Wednesday evening.

A former area school music teacher has lost his appeal of a decision in Hardin County Common Pleas Court which found him guilty of sex crimes and identified him as a sexual offender. Dennis Dellifield, who had been a music teacher in the Allen East School District for more than 40 years, was charged and convicted of two felony counts of attempted illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance.

THURSDAY, DEC. 13 Ridgemont Board of Education – 5 p.m., conference room

ALGER — The Marion Township trustees will conduct their regular monthly meeting on Dec. 26 at 7 p.m. in the USV ambulance facility. Following the conclusion of the meeting, the trustees will hold their reorganizational meeting for 2019.

An employee of Walmart reported observing two suspects, one male and one female, in the store who were both suspects of previous thefts from the store. The employee observed the male suspect conceal merchandise inside his clothing. When the female suspect saw the employee, she quickly walked out of the store. It was noticed that the coat the female was wearing appeared to be stuffed full of merchandise as she left. She went into the parking lot and got into the passenger side of a gray or silver pickup truck.