Ohio selected 12 large growers to participate in its medical marijuana program Thursday but plans for a cultivation plant in Forest were not included. Developer Janet Breneman had applied for a permit for the Green Camp Provisions plant to be built in Forest. Forest Village Administrator Wes Davis said Breneman had called him Thursday to tell him that part of the application had not been approved by the state.

Luke Stauffer and Mary Kraft look over some of the items to be offered at Sunday’s 28th Annual Auction for Hardin County ARC at Simon Kenton School, 705 N. Ida St., Kenton. The doors open at noon for browsers with bidding to start at 1 p.m. Lunch will be available. The sale benefits the Hardin County ARC. Times photo/Dan Robinson

The Kenton Elks Lodge recognized 10 area students as Teenagers of the Month for November during a luncheon on Thursday. Ada Melina Jane Woods is the daughter of Dexter and Melanie Woods of Ada and a senior at Ada High School. Melina is planning on attending Canisius College in Buffalo, New York next fall on a volleyball scholarship with plans …

DUBLIN — An Ada woman apparently took her own life along a busy highway just north of Dublin on Thursday morning. According to a press release from the Union County Sheriff’s Office, Kera-Ann Bollinger, 21, was found along the side of the road on U.S. 33, west of Ohio 161....

Theft was reported at 304 Quint St., McGuffey, and 221 E. Ballard Ave., Ada.

Four Benjamin Logan FFA graduates were awarded the American FFA Degree at the National FFA Convention held in Indianapolis.

ADA — Ohio Northern University’s Wind and Symphony orchestras will perform at 4 p.m. on Dec. 10 in the University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts. This program begins a year of celebration for the 90th anniversary of the ONU Department of Music.

ADA -- Celebrate the Christmas season with the Ohio Northern University Singers and Chamber Singers, directed by Christopher Larsen, director of choral activities, as they present their holiday concert “The Joyous Day” at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Ada First United Methodist Church.

FOREST — The village of Forest will celebrate the third annual Charlie Brown Christmas on Sunday, an event that has expanded from its humble beginnings. In 2014, recalled organizer Becky Taylor, the village’s Community Improvement Corporation was looking for ways to promote its downtown businesses for the Christmas holidays.

COLUMBUS —A state lawmaker from Napoleon has been recommended to become the new state senator for Ohio’s 1st Senate District. State Rep. Robert McColley was the choice of a a seven-member Senate screening committee after meeting with six applicants, announced Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof, R-Medina.