Lima youth got an early start to Easter weekend as the 11th Annual Derry Glenn Easter Egg Hunt took off at Hover Park.

Ash Wednesday kicks off the 40 days of Lent leading up to Easter, commemorating the 40 days Jesus fasted in the desert and resisted temptation. Churchgoers at St. Charles in Lima were marked with ashes on their foreheads to symbolize repentance. Those who observe Lent often give up certain foods and activities to draw closer to God. Father Kent Kaufman says it's also a time to think less of ourselves and open our hearts to those in need.

Organizers in Delphos have worked with the Peace Light North America organization to bring the burning lantern to Ohio, and its journey to the buckeye state is quite remarkable. Every year in late November, a young kid from Austria lights the lantern from the continuously burning flame of the peace light candle inside the church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. Once the flame has been transferred, the burning lantern travels from Tel Aviv in Israel to Vienna in Austria.