The mayors of towns throughout Hardin County met with the county commissioners earlier this month in hopes of gaining some of the state funds sent to the county from casino operations.

Miracle Robinette sits on her new Ambuc bike as her twin sister, Sarah provides support. The twins are students at Simon Kenton preschool. Miracle was born with a birth defect which keeps her from walking, but wanted to ride a bike with her sister and their friends.

ADA — Members of the Ohio Northern University’s Children’s Theatre Touring Company are bringing a story of courage and kindness to elementary school children throughout the area. But the message of tolerance is not delivered in a lecture or inspirational talk.

ADA — Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “The Drowsy Chaperone” today through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. There also will be two matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

A Kenton man was placed on community control after pleading guilty to drug charges in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

ADA — Ohio Northern University has been selected as the primary spring training site for The Cadets, one of the oldest and most honored continuously operating drum and bugle corps in the country.

FINDLAY — Rachael Coberley of Belle Center performs the role of Rosalie Wells and serves as a member of the production staff/crew in the University of Findlay’s theater production of “The Children’s Hour,” a 1934 drama by Lillian Hellman. The production is being staged in the Frank J. Egner Center for the Performing Arts’ John and Hester Powell-Grimm Theatre now …

DUNKIRK — On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln walked into an assassination conspiracy at Ford’s Theater in Washington. After 150 years the Great Emancipator’s murder is still a source of interest, as was evident with the number of people who crowded into the Hardin Northern Public Library to hear local historian and educator Jim Taylor

The Kenton Park and Recreation Board gave its approval to the Warriors First group to provide a meal to veterans and their families on Memorial Day, May 25 at Saulisberry Park. Warriors First is the organization planning to create a camping area for veterans at the park, to be known as Camp Jacob Parrott.