The Community Action Program has announced the finalists for their 3rd annual Black Business of the Year Award. They are Black Lace Hair Salon, The Boilermaker Restaurant and Bar, Cecil's Grill by Ross, Fresh n' Faded Hair Studio, and Jones-Clark Funeral Home. Lima 6th Ward Councilman Derry Glenn leads the program, and is excited to announce this ahead of the new Juneteenth holiday. He says it is a great way to recognize the work black Americans have put into this country, especially business owners.

A Lima funeral home is joining others across the nation in sending their well-wishes to the family of Kobe and Gianna Bryant after a tragic helicopter crash just over a week ago. Jones-Clark Funeral Home has set up a special registry book people can stop in and sign. They decided to put the book together after hearing other funeral homes are doing the same thing. Eventually, the book will be sent out to a funeral home in California, where it will make its way to the Bryant family. It's a chance to send out a message to show people care, despite the fact that most, if not all, of the people that will sign the book here in Lima never even met anyone involved in the crash.