Coach Jared Manns (center, right) leads a group of young distance runners in warmups during the Kenton youth track camp at Robinson Field on Tuesday.

Members of the Kenton Area Swim Team’s StingRays beat the early summer heat wave on Monday morning as coach Emily Schaub helps them with their starts in preparation for a meet.

Laurie DeLong said she was sleeping at her home at 3472 Ohio 67, at 7 a.m. Sunday, when a passing motorist knocked on her door to tell her the barn near her house was burning.

A pile of 15 fire hydrants wait to be hauled to a junkyard in Forest. A grant has made it possible to replace the aging hydrants with new units, while also replacing valves and installing a water line loop in the business district.

The second farm Reds beat the Dodgers 6-4 in Kenton Little Leauge action on Monday. Leading batters for the Reds were Kole Anspach with a triple and two singles, Oliver Sneary with four singles, Lucas Klotz with three singles, Parker Risner and Slade Taylor with two singles each, and Malachi Blankenship and Cahner Brim both had a single each.

When residents of Hardin Hills Health Center in Kenton have doctor appointments or procedures to attend, Bonnie Baughman not only gets them there safely, but she’s also there for support. She begins each day by arriving at 6 a.m., and if there are no transports that early, she begins preparing things for the day’s trip, like a wheelchair, paperwork or anything else the resident may need.

The Ada Lady Bulldogs won the Tri-County coach pitch softball championship that was held in Cridersville on Saturday, June 10. The ladies ended the regular seasoning with the record of 10-2.

FOREST — World War II was calling the young men throughout the nation in early 1944, and Stan Spath answer that call at the age of 17. With his friends leaving for the Army, Marines, Air Force and Navy, the high school junior was determined to join them. He though hard about his options, said Spath.

After playing integral roles on one of the most successful baseball teams in school history this past spring, a pair of graduating Kenton baseball players are planning to take their game to the next level. Wildcat starting pitcher Heath Houser and third baseman Nathaniel Leffler inked National Letters of Intent on Thursday to play baseball collegiately.