McGUFFEY — Every day in the United States, an average of 950 plus people suffer what we know it as sudden cardiac arrest,” said Doug LaRue, EMS Manager at Lima Memorial Health System and EMS Chief of USV Alger EMS. This equates to 350,000 people across the United States who suffer a sudden cardiac arrest event each year.

The Hardin County Veterans Service Commission reported 35 vouchers written for county veterans in the month of January. The total cost of the vouchers was $5,936.25, according to the commission’s monthly report.

MONDAY, FEB. 12 Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers

Kenton police A possible domestic disturbance was reported at the Forest Court H building.

LIMA — Crafton Beck will lead the Lima Symphony Orchestra in a glittering “Carnival of Colors” on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center, Lima. The orchestra will perform the wildly tragic and popular work Petrouchka by Igor Stravinksy as well as Richard Wagner’s mystical “Entrance of the Gods” from Das Rheingold.

BLUFFTON — Bluffton University will host an instrumental concert featuring its Concert Band at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18 in Yoder Recital Hall. Under the direction of Dr. Roy Couch, assistant professor of music, the concert band will perform both original and arranged compositions.

ADA — The Village of Ada has been named the ninth safest city in Ohio by HomeSnacks.net. According to a release from HomeSnacks, it based its rankings on numbers from the FBI's most recent report of crime (September 2017).

A Kenton man was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison after he was found guilty of theft charges in cases heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Zachary Tyler Ray, 627 E. Franklin St., Kenton, appeared in court on two separate cases.

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — A school superintendent charged with child rape for allegedly assaulting a young girl accepted a plea deal Wednesday as his trial was set to begin in western Ohio. Patrick O’Donnell, the former superintendent for Indian Lake Local Schools in Logan County, entered an Alford plea to a charge of gross sexual imposition in a courtroom in Bellefontaine.

Two Republican candidates will square off for county commissioner in Hardin County’s only contested primary race on May 8. The filing deadline was Wednesday. Tim Striker and Bob Carder will be the two candidates who whose names will appear on the GOP ballot.