The Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance will host its Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration on Thursday night at McIntosh Center on the campus of Ohio Northern University, Ada. The Alliance will present awards to the outstanding 2017 Business of the Year, Small Business of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Community Service of the Year and Women L.E.A.D. Professional Excellence Award.

The three county sheriffs in the 83rd Ohio House district have endorsed Jon Cross for state representative in the May 8 Republican primary, the campaign announced Tuesday. Hancock County Sheriff Michael E. Heldman, Hardin County Sheriff Keith A. Everhart and Logan County Sheriff Randall J. Dodds offered their support in a video endorsement that was released by the campaign.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21 Ridgeway council – 7 p.m., chambers

A verbal dispute was reported at 616 Robinson Ave. A suspicious vehicle was reported near the Party Shop.

Information on the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center’s request for a .6-mill permanent improvement levy was presented at the Kenton Board of Education meeting Monday night. Dr. Rick Smith, Hi-Point superintendent, said the tax request will enable the district to renovate the career center’s 43-year-old building to provide students with advanced technical training for 21st century jobs.

The Kenton Board of Education likely will be presented a plan this spring to implement a random drug testing policy for students for the 2018-2019 school year. Mark Rush, board president and a member of its policy committee, along with Doug Carmean, reported at Monday’s monthly board meeting that the committee hopes to develop a random drug testing policy and have it before the board at its March or April meeting.

Severe Weather Spotter Training is being scheduled for Monday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jacob Parrott Safety Center, 1025 S. Main St., Kenton. The training will be conducted by a representative from t he NOAA National Weather Service in Wilmington and hosted by the Hardin County Management Agency.

The regular meeting of the Pleasant Township trustees will be postponed from Monday, Feb. 26 to Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. It will be held in the conference room of the Kenton Municipal Building.

Monday Officers were called to 129 S. Wayne Street to respond to a verbal domestic dispute between a mother and son. As a result, Allen M. Moore, 25, of that address, was charged with domestic violence.

ADA — Since the age of 7 when she would volunteer on Bingo night each Wednesday at the St. Marys Living Center, Sara Vordermark has had a desire to work with the elderly. She turned that desire into a career she truly loves, interacting with senior residents on a daily basis as the assistant administrator at Vancrest of Ada.