With temperatures nearing 80 degrees Tuesday, residents got out their shorts and flip flops to enjoy the balmy weather occurring in late winter. The thermometer is expected to rise to the upper 70s and lower 80s through Sunday.

Spring officially begins next week, on March 20, at 1:14 a.m. Pictured, right, Avah Rubenthaler, 4, takes Alivia Stoddard, 3, for a ride on her four wheeler in Ehmen Park. Left, Autumn Dodson pushes her daughter, 2-year-old Kaleigh Dodson, in a park swing.