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.

ADA – Taxpayers in Hardin and surrounding counties can find free income tax assistance from Ohio Northern University business students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).

MONDAY, FEB. 5 Dunkirk council – 7 p.m., chambers

Friday The theft of a credit card was reported from 206 Garfield Ave. Apt. 2.

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.

ADA — Ada High School will host a College Credit Plus meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12 in the auditorium for parents and students attending Ada Jr./Sr. High School.

Murphy Gant, Sacramento, Calif. – speeding 51 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

Hardin County Recorder Brenda Rainsburg released the following property transfers for December, 2017:

A 17-year-old female for stop sign violation, court ordered: Carteens, 30-day license suspension and fined $35.

To the editor: We live in a democracy, right? One person, one vote? Not quite. Ohio sends 16 representatives to the U.S. Congress. Each representative is elected by Ohioans living in one of 12 areas, or districts. But the lines of these districts are drawn in ways that include or keep out certain voters. The result: each district will always …