Cami Lowery is an animal lover. She has taken chickens, cows, goats and horses to competition at the Hardin County Fair.

The 1966 Pontiac Tempest owned by Donald and Kim Houchin of Bellefontaine will be featured in the 32nd annual Mount Victory Memorial Day Antique Car Show and Petroliana Swap Meet.

PIQUA — Kenton’s Chris Deardorff saved his best leap for his last one on Thursday as he finished third in the long jump at the Division III regional track meet to qualify for next week’s state meet. Deardorff had a personal best of 22-0 on his last jump of the finals to vault from the sixth place into the third position.

LEXINGTON — Ben Logan’s Reese Wilcoxon went into Thursday’s Division II regional track meet with the seventh best qualifying toss in the field of 16 throwers. He came out of the competition with the top throw and a spot in next week’s Division II state track meet in Columbus. “It’s pretty cool. I’m really proud of myself,” Wilcoxon said. The …

The Allied forces were fighting Nazi forces in Europe during World War II when Betty Bondi completed her nurse’s training. The only patriotic thing to do in those times, she said, was to use her training to help the wounded veterans.

With her time as an educator coming to an end this week, Vickie Krock has loved her 13 years at Kenton Middle School. But after first spending 18 years teaching at the elementary level, Krock said the move to KMS first came as a challenge.

Over the past decade or so, the Kenton High School football team has become known for its dominance during summer 7 on 7 passing tournaments, bringing home trophies from different tournaments nationally. This summer, the Wildcats once again get a chance to test their skills against some of the nations’ best high school football programs when they travel to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the 48-team 2017 Powerade 7 on 7 Invitational to be held July 13-15.

Kenton JROTC member Emma Ramsey places an American flag at the grave of Civil War General James Robinson in Grove Cemetery. An estimated 2,100 flags were placed on the graves of local veterans in preparation for the annual Memorial Day activities.

The Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library in Kenton will be kicking off its summer reading program on June 5, with six weeks full of activities for children of all ages. Each week of the summer reading program will feature its own theme and related activities.