Ironton High School student Isabella Kerns, dressed as Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” for Tea Party Treats and Sweets, poses with children during the 155th Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade in May. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Ryan Riddle, 16, of Ironton, won first place in the Ironton River Run in September. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Angela Linthicum and her son, Jaden Young, speak with Marshall University professor and civil rights leader Phil Carter at an ice cream social for Burlington Elementary students in August. Young had portrayed Carter, who was instrumental in desegregating Huntington businesses in the 1960s, in his school’s Living Wax Museum earlier in the year (AT RIGHT). (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Ironton Tribune reporter Mark Shaffer reads to third graders at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School as part of Read Across America Week in March. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

The Buckeye Rodeo performs at the Lawrence County Fair in July. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

The South Point Elementary School fourth and fifth grade choir stopped by the Lawrence County Courthouse on a morning in November to sing a selection of patriotic songs for veterans. (The Ironton Tribune/Mark Shaffer)

LTC John Turner, U.S. Army, retired, committee chair for the Lawrence County Veteran of the Year ceremony, presents Aaron Collins with the award for 2023 Veteran of the Year in November. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Meredith Rogers takes her horse around the poles during the Lawrence County 4-H Horse Show at the Lawrence County Horseman’s Association in Ironton in July. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Grand marshal Joe Sharp rides in a replica Jeep during the 155th Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade in May. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Meredith Dunlap, of Fairland Middle School, was the winner of the 2023 Lawrence County Spelling Bee in December. This was her second time as winner of the competition. Landon Dehart, of South Point, was runner up. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Second graders Kinlee Patterson and Griffin Lackey greet the guest readers from the community as part of Read Across America Week at Dawson-Bryant Elementary School in March. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Judge Larry Lokai, of Urbana, speaks during the 4-H & FFA Market Chicken Show & Fancy Poultry Show & Showmanship competition at the Lawrence County Fair on July. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

A girl, dressed as Beetlejuice from the Tim Burton film, makes her way through the Halloween village at Hatcher’s Greenhouse during the Burlington Elementary School parade in October. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)

Third and Center founder and Ironton mayoral candidate Amanda Cleary serves lunch to downtown workers at a campaign event in August. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)