DOLA — Using her background as an educator, Darlene Wilson brings her teaching experiences into Hardin Northern’s high school library. Darlene spent the first two years of her career teaching English at Hardin Northern, her alma mater, and came back to the school as part-time librarian in 2005.

In honor of Mother’s Day, the Times talked to some area residents about the impact their moms had on their lives. Their responses are presented as a holiday feature.

Country artist Dylan Scott will be the headline act at a Hardin County Fair concert on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. His single “My Girl” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart.

Two Hardin County residents received the Hometown Hero Award on Thursday afternoon at Table One in Kenton. Cory Templeton and Jennifer McMurray were presented the award from the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance through its partnership with Modern Woodman Fraternal Financial.

Kenton Kroger customers now have a way to get their shopping done without ever setting foot in the store. On Thursday, Kroger officially began taking customers using ClickList, a new feature that allows customers to virtually shop the store from the Kroger website or mobile app, then have it brought to their vehicle.

With the coming of warmer weather and summer breaks from school, Hardin County Sheriff Keith Everhart is reminding residents to be mindful of state laws governing the use of golf carts, four-wheelers, dirt bikes and mopeds. “The kids will soon be out of school,” said Everhart, “and every village will report problems with young people on dirt bikes and golf carts on village streets.”

A Napoleon man was sent to prison for four years after he admitted to two counts of burglary in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Melvin Gene Reinbolt pleaded guilty to the two charges.

FOREST — The Forest council will take a look at the way it charges residents for leaks in their water service. Councilman Denis Phillips, who heads council’s service committee, reported Thursday night his group discussed recommending changes to the charges to make them fairer to the public.

MOUNT VICTORY — The Mount Victory Village Council approved accepting the gift of a new portion of walking path at the park from the village’s Community Improvement Corporation on Thursday night. Peggy Harrison of the CIC told council of a $2,500 donation it had received from America’s Farmers Grow Communities to use toward the replacement of part of the path.

The persistence of a concerned citizen was heard by the Ohio Department of Transportation and Wednesday morning the agency agreed to install safety devices at what the community considers to be a dangerous intersection. ODOT District I Director Kurt Slusher announced his agency will install rumble strips on Ohio 273 to warn motorists of the stop sign ahead at Ohio 292, about a mile north of Ridgeway.