Cancer survivors lead the way during the opening lap of the Hardin County Relay For Life in downtown Kenton on Friday evening. The event continued to midnight as teams walked around the square in an effort to reach the $64,000 goal to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Keep Hardin County Beautiful received two Sherwin Williams Paint Grants to renew a community structure through the application of 40 gallons of paint donated by the company. Deb Phillips, program manager for KHCB, said grants were awarded for the painting of the Merchants Building at the Hardin County Fairgrounds and for Will’s Costume Shop on South Detroit Street in Kenton.

Area teams featuring more than 600 swimmers are participating in the Western Ohio Aquatic League meet.

Latter Rain Quartet will be in concert on Sunday, July 16 at the First Brethren Church in Williamstown. The service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Latter Rain sings a mixture of Southern Gospel and traditional hymns of faith.

As this year’s Hardin County Relay For Life steps off on the courthouse square this evening, few people have more reason to see it succeed than leader Amy Cyrus. Four times, the mother of two daughters, has been told she had cancer.

WHARTON — Wharton Community Festival has been offering family-friendly entertainment, food and fun for more than 45 years. The annual event is set for Saturday at Wharton Community Park.

“Tiny” Holbrook makes his way around Alger in a kayak following the storms that dropped up to 5 inches of water in Hardin County on Thrusday morning. Flooding was reported downriver in communities on the Blanchard River to the north and the Scioto River to the east and south.

Members of the Kenton Stingrays lead the annual costume parade parade around the pool dressed in a farming theme during activities to kick off the Western Ohio Aquatic League meet being conducted at the Kenton City Pool today and Saturday.

Traffic was detoured around the village of Dunkirk this morning when a reported 4.8 inches of rain fell in a short time overnight.

Natalie Walton, head of youth services at the Ada Public Library, dumps a tub of slime all over library director Rhett Grant during the summer reading program’s year-end pool and pizza party on Wednesday. Times photo/Ty Thaxton