The Hardin County Community Foundation will award $123,541 at its annual celebration next month in Kenton. Charles Van Dyne, chair of the grants committee, said 119 grants, five scholarships and two bequests will be funded.

ADA — Contrary to initial plans, the Community Improvement Corporation of Ada will not serve as the village’s energy special improvement district for the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program. PACE is a financing economic and development tool available to the village through the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority which allows for the village and commercial property owners to make energy efficiency and alternative energy improvements and pay for them through a special assessment.

The amount villages within Hardin County pay for legal assistance has become an issue in Alger. The Times contacted each village to determine what towns are paying their solicitors for services.

ALGER — The USV Alger Rescue Squad will be hosting its 3rd annual Alger EMS Spring Seminar on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its EMS station, 207 E. Wagner St., Alger. Many EMS providers from around the county and region will be attending this event.

Hardin County posted a 4.8 percent unemployment rate in March, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The county showed a labor force of 15,200, with 700 people jobless.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Hardin Northern Board of Education – 7 p.m., computer lab

Last week a disturbing video of a twelve-year-old girl, Janissa Valdez, being body slammed by a Texas school police officer was released on the Internet. This shocking video spread rapidly through the Internet causing investigations to ignite.

The department was advised by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office that a stolen vehicle from Seneca County was believed to be in the 800 block of Morningside Drive. The officer was able to locate the vehicle parked in front of the F building of 815 Morningside Drive.

A Kenton man was injured from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the main parking lot of Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton on Monday afternoon.

McGUFFEY — The Upper Scioto Valley Board of Education was excited to introduce its new district leader to the staff and the public at its regular meeting Monday evening.