MOUNT VICTORY — Ridgemont High School will hold its commencement exercises in the new PreK-12 building in Mount Victory at 7 p.m. Friday in the gym. The class valedictorian is Taylor Hardin. Co-salutatorians are Katelyn Marshall and Brooke Stewart.

The Ohio State University Alumni Club of Hardin County will have its annual banquet on Tuesday, June 7 at St. John’s Evangelical Church in Kenton. The event starts with a meet and greet at 6 p.m., with the club meeting to start at 6:30 p.m.

The Dudley and Cessna Township trustees will hold their monthly recycling services on Saturday. The Dudley recycling services will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the township hall, 21593 CR 190, Mount Victory.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Kenton Board of Education – 5:30 p.m., board of education office; special meeting to act on personnel issues, followed by closed session on matters to be kept confidential

A 17-year-old male was observed walking on Decatur Street at 12:07 a.m. He was transported to the police department and released to his guardian.

The perfect weather brought crowds out throughout the county for the holiday. Photos from activities in Kenton, Mount Victory, Alger and Dunkirk.

Two detectives received the Hardin County Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award at the bar meeting held at the Elks on Thursday, May 26. Mike Conley and Mike McKee, detectives with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, received the honor.

LIMA – Employees in the Hardin and Paulding County Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 garages were named the winners Tuesday, May 24 in the ODOT District 1 truck and loader roadeo held in Lima.

Text, Talk, Act, a mental health awareness event, is planned June 16 at the Hardin County OSU Extension in Kenton. Family and Consumer Sciences Educator Jami Dellifield and 4-H Program Assistant Amanda Raines invite youth ages 9-18, and adults interested in mental health awareness to participate.