A Lima man was sentenced to prison for nearly two years after he was found guilty of charges in two cases heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

ADA, Ohio (AP) — Every time Peyton Manning throws a pass or Cam Newton takes off to run in Sunday’s Super Bowl, they’ll be gripping a football made in a quaint Ohio village 2,000 miles away. Ada, Ohio, is home to the Wilson Sporting Goods factory that makes footballs used by the NFL, many of the nation’s top college teams, …

ADA — The Alpha Eta chapter of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity at Ohio Northern University will hold its fifth annual Polar Plunge philanthropy event in the Polar Bear Pond outside the ONU Sports Center on Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.

Two Riverdale FFA Chapter members placed first in the tractor trouble shooting contest at Cory Rawson High School on Jan. 21.

The Hardin County Sheep Improvement Association will hold their annual Lamb Banquet on Saturday, March 5 at St. John's Evangelical Church at 6:30 p.m.

MARION — The Palace Cultural Arts Association will present the Bluegrass/Gospel band GRAIL in the Palace Theatre May Pavilion in Marion on Friday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Comprised of local musicians Micky Bloomfield (bass,vocals), Craig Schertzer (guitar, vocals), Bruce Seckel (guitar, vocals), and Vern Sizemore (banjo, vocals), the band will perform traditional and contemporary bluegrass and gospel along with their version of some nontraditionaltunes from other genres.

Follow the fictional story of a beauty pageant via The University of Findlay’s production of “Smile: The Musical,” to be staged on Wednesday through Sunday, Feb. 17-21. It will be performed at the John and Hester Powell Grimm Theatre in the Frank J. Egner Center for the Performing Arts.

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a Steel Band Day concert featuring the Glass City Steel from the Toledo Schools for the Arts, the Clark Montessori Steel Band and The Wild Steel-ions in Presser Hall on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 5 p.m.

BLUFFTON — Tickets are available for the third concert in the 2015-16 Bluffton University Artist Series for pianist Ann-Marie McDermott at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18 in Yoder Recital Hall. McDermott has played concertos, recitals and chamber music in hundreds of cities throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.