ADA — A step inside the doors of the Pierstorf Pharmacy Museum on the campus of Ohio Northern University in Ada is like stepping back into the first days of the 20th century, when drug stores were the social centers of a community.

Last Saturday, a trash fire spread to and destroyed a barn at the Buck Township home of Fannie Yoder. By Monday morning, a large group of volunteers from the Amish community spent the day removing the charred debris from the site and the following day, set out to rebuild the structure.

State Sen. Cliff Hite shares a story about Brutus, the Ohio State University mascot, during the summer reading program at the Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library on Tuesday.

Members of the Salvation Army board will be conducting their regular meetings every other month at restaurants in the county. The change of location will allow the board an opportunity to discuss the needs of the local community, said member Robin Oates.

In the two months the officers in the Kenton Police Department have been wearing body cameras, Chief Dennis Musser said they have been a sound investment. The decision to purchase the individual cameras was partially a financial consideration, said Musser.

Carson Brown, 7, is pictured with one of his four catches at the first Family Fishing Day at Veterans’ Memorial Park’s Boy Scout Lake on Saturday, June 4. It was hosted by the Hardin County Family YMCA and sponsored by the Ohio Department Of Natural Resources Division Of Wildlife.

Firefighters battled the flames and the heat during a barn fire Saturday morning at 16449 Ohio 31, south of Kenton. The family told firefighters they were burning trash when the wind caused the fire to get away from them and travel to the structure.