ADA – The Patriotic Pops Concert, featuring the Lima Symphony Concert, at Ohio Northern University at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 6 will be moved indoors, to the ONU King-Horn Field House, due to the threat of thunderstorms. The concert is free and open to the public.

LaRUE — A grant from Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative will help the LaRue Community Alliance in their efforts to mitigate flooding in the village of LaRue. The $8,000 grant will be used to purchase and install a custom check flow valve designed to reduce flooding on village streets as well as flood damage to surrounding properties.

Wednesday A suspicious vehicle was parked at Save-A-Lot. Two loose dogs were reported in the area of Decatur and Scioto streets.

SATURDAY, JULY 6 Taylor Creek Township trustees – 8 a.m., township hall

To the editor: As I visit restaurants in the county, they all have handicap parking. But when it comes to wheelchair accessibility they get a 0 out of 10. This week we went to 8 different restaurants, and I could not enter any of them. My wheelchair will not go through the doors. It is very disappointing to not be …

Fireworks are slated to light up the sky over the Hardin County Fairgrounds on Thursday night in the annual Freedom Celebration display. Under the direction of lead pyrotechnician Mike Comstock with his 16-member crew, more than 1,200 shells will be fired skyward. There will be close to 400 in the main show ranging from 1 to 8 inches and 850 in the finale with shells from 2 to 8 inches. Weather permitting, the display is set to begin at 10 p.m.

Mount Victory suffered tree and property damage in a number of areas on Tuesday afternoon after a strong storm blew through the town around 5:30 p.m. Pictured is a 2008 Mustang owned by Jeff Hilyard that was totaled after a large tree fell on it during a thunderstorm.

ADA — The Ada Village Council now officially has a Technology Committee to remain focused on the village’s cyber security. At its regular council meeting Tuesday night, Councilman Ken Lauria presented the idea to council after bringing forward his concerns of cyber security at previous meetings.

The Kenton Times will not publish a newspaper on Thursday, Independence Day, to allow our employees to enjoy the holiday with their families. Regular publication of the Times will resume on Friday.

Hardin Memorial Hospital has embarked on a new renovation project that will enable it to expand its infusion services to include chemotherapy. The infusions will take place in a brand new state-of-the-art infusion area located in the Outpatient Department on the 2nd floor.