MOUNT VICTORY — The Mount Victory Community Improvement Award for 2015 was presented to Lora Rojas who has lived in the village on North Main Street for three years.

MONDAY, MAY 18 Kenton Board of Education – 7 p.m., board of education office

The Hardin County Courthouse is getting all spruced up for its 100th birthday. The celebration is planned for Memorial Day and will get under way following the annual services and parade. In most years, the parade begins in downtown Kenton and proceeds to Grove Cemetery where dedication services take place for area veterans.

DOLA — Hardin Northern High School will hold its 2015 commencement on Sunday, May 24 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium. Four of the 29 graduating seniors have been selected as Honor Court graduates. Each of these students has maintained a grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0 on a 4.0 scale and will receive an Honor Court medallion at the commencement.

Thomas Newland, with Newland Insurance Agency in Kenton, was recently awarded the Founders’ Award by Erie Insurance Group.

Dixie L. Boss Hummel, 3769 CR 304, Ada – speeding 67 mph in a 55 mph zone, amended to speeding 60 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $25.

A woman reported that she was bitten by a dog, while trespassing across property in the area of W. Espy and W. Railroad streets.

Grants totaling $191,000 were presented to 155 organizations by the Hardin County Community Foundation during a program Thursday at the Armory in Kenton. Charles Van Dyne, chairman of the grants committee, and Gina Messner, foundation secretary, announced the names of the recipients at the annual event.

BELLEFONTAINE — One hundred thirty-one Benjamin Logan seniors will receive their diplomas at the 45th annual graduation ceremony on Friday, May 22 at 7 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Addressing this year's class will be co-valedictorians Caitlyn Baird, Jenna Hardin, Carrie Leese and Logan McPherson.