Hardin County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Barrett has invited both sides in the Dennis Dellifield case to share their definition of “obscene” as it applies to the charges in the case. The former Allen East music teacher is facing charges after he allegedly sought pictures of a 16-year-old former student’s genitals.

Local soldiers were surrounded in jungle by Japanese during Battle of Munda. In the days following the Battle of Munda, Hardin County residents hung on every morsel of information they could get on the fight for the Japanese airstrip, but there was little to share at first.

Nine Hardin County men lost their lives 75 years ago in WWII battle The men of Company E knew each other well. They had joined the Ohio National Guard together in Kenton, had trained together prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and had fought together during World War II in a jungle far removed from the crop fields of their Hardin County homes.

ADA — An Ada man escaped serious injuries after he drove his car on top of a guard rail and then flipped the vehicle top down into the water of a creek south of Ada on Wednesday afternoon. According to Hardin County Sheriff’s Deputy Isaac Woltz, officers were dispatched to an accident on Ohio 235 between Ohio 309 and the village of Ada.

No injuries were reported at a structure fire on South Leighton Street in Kenton on Wednesday night. Firefighters from the Kenton Fire Department were dispatched at 7:17 p.m. to the house fire at the residence of Adam Bowermaster, 118 S. Leighton St.

The annual campaign for the United Way of Hardin County has received pledges of $172,771.05, said Executive Director Darlene Foreman. That is 79 percent of the UW’s goal of $220,000 with a few businesses yet to report their pledges, she said.

As Kenton attorney Keith Lange closed out the estate of Eleanor Ballinger, he came across a beautiful, deep picture frame stored behind a door in her home. As he examined the artwork, said Lange, he asked an antique collector who was working with him on the estate to look at the various shades of flowers displayed under the glass.

ADA — Carl Wilkerson has been taking pictures of basketball games for 50 years, and anyone who regularly attends the Ada boys and girls basketball games or most other Ada sporting events is sure to recognize him. Not only does he take pictures at the games, but he’s also sure to strike up conversations with those in attendance.

FOREST — A Forest man died as the result of a one-vehicle crash that occurred in the northeast portion of Hardin County on Friday night. Kevin Sampson, 52, died early Saturday morning at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

A new wellness program geared to employees of small businesses was unveiled for Hardin County on Friday morning at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton. The Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation created Better You, Better Ohio to assist workers throughout the state in dealing with health issues and living healthy.