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TROY — The Future Begins Today hosted its annual Last Dollar Grant awards ceremony at the Bravo Room in Hobart Arena on Tuesday, Aug. 8, awarding 22 Troy students $31,000 to use towards tuition, room/board and mandatory fees at post-secondary institutions for the 2023-24 school year.

TROY — The Troy-Hayner Cultural Center will host its annual PorchFest on Saturday, Sept. 9, celebrating regional music in a culture of community generosity.

Charlie Sanders, 6, daughter of Jamie and Addison Sanders, of Piqua, orders a hot dog at the Hoffin’ It 4-H Farmers Grill at the Miami County Fair on Friday, Aug. 11. Charlie was to show her pig named Sausage later in the day. She is a cloverbud with the Scissor to Sheep 4-H club in Shelby County.

CHICAGO (AP) — Abortion wasn’t technically on the ballot in Ohio’s special election. But the overwhelming defeat of a measure that would have made it tougher to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution this fall was the latest indicator that the issue remains a powerful force at the ballot box.

PIQUA – A Piqua woman and an Urbana man both lost their life in a fatal crash Friday on Country Road 25A near East Miami Shelby Road.

Fair-goers check out the food trucks lined up late Friday morning, Aug. 11.

Jake and Cassidy Knoop, of Fletcher, wash their pig Luna to get her ready for Friday’s open gilt show while Cole Knoop, 8, left in grey, Luke Eichhorn, 9, and Levi Knoop, 6, center next to his dad, look on, at the pig barn at the Miami County Fair Friday afternoon, on Aug. 11.

By Matt Clevenger

Saturday to Wednesday forecast

TROY — The Miami County Retired Teachers Association (MCRTA) will hold its next meeting on Aug. 21, at First Place Christian Center, 16 W. Franklin St., Troy, at 6 p.m.