Three are people were sentenced on drug-related charges recently in the Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Brian Edward Mitchell, 12680 Ohio 81, Dunkirk, plead guilty to one charge of possession of heroin.

Veterans will be offered a free meal at Kenton’s Saulisberry Park and allowed to fish in France Lake at no charge on Memorial Day. Warriors First is sponsoring the event, said co-founder Scott Johnson.

When Joe Dulin was 10 years old, he often rode along with his father, J.W. Dulin, to the courthouse where J.W. was a county commissioner. His favorite part of the building was the relic room, where a young boy could wander among the exhibits in the county collection and see sites not often found on the farm.

By the narrowest of margins, Kenton Mayor Randy Manns appears to be on the way to another four years in office. Manns received two of the three provisional votes tabulated Wednes-day afternoon by the Hardin County Board of Elections to claim a 207-206 victory in the Republican primary over challenger Councilman Tom Taylor.

RIDGEWAY — Ridgemont High School will hold its graduation ceremonies at 7 p.m. Friday in the high school gymnasium. The valedictorian this year is Logan Danielle Hill and salutatorian is Madison Lee Roehler.

FOREST — The tables were packed at the Forest-Jackson Public Library’s meeting room Wednesday when the Forest Community Improvement Corporation met for its second session. “We’ve got a lot of momentum going here and we will try to keep it going,” said President Jeff Knedler.

ADA — The Ada police chief is proposing his village council eliminate the dispatchers at the local department beginning in 2016. Chief Michael Harnishfeger said under his plan, calls coming into Ada would be answered by dispatchers with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office beginning Jan. 1, 2016.

DOLA — Jeff Price will be spending his first years of retirement at home. For Price, Hardin Northern is home.

DOLA — Hardin Northern, like most area schools, received a financial shot in the arm with the increase in property taxes this year. According to Treasurer Wes Potter, the district saw an increase of about $600,000 for the year, which is scheduled to continue for another three years.

ADA — Ada High School will honor its graduates of the Class of 2015 on Sunday, May 24 at 2 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Alexis Amburgey, Noah Beach, Allison Howard, Terra Hunter, Caralee Stover and Tori Wyss have earned the honor of valedictorians, while Gabriella Linnon was named salutatorian.