Latest Updates
- Airlines aim to shift blame for flight problems to FAA - 10:14 pm
- At LGBTQ Pride, celebration but also worry over civil rights - 9:57 pm
- Five injured in Putnam County crash - 9:00 pm
- Wapakoneta’s Miller graduates from CCU in May 2022 - 7:45 pm
- University of Dubuque releases dean’s list - 7:15 pm
- Heidelberg University announces spring semester Dean’s List - 6:45 pm
- Births - 6:15 pm
- Martz receives degree from NIU - 6:15 pm
- Reaction to Roe v. Wade ruling mostly partisan - 5:30 pm
- Local student graduates from Bemidji State University - 5:15 pm
- With U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Ohio expected to outlaw most abortions - 5:00 pm updated: 5:17 pm.
- Students named to Baldwin Wallace University dean’s list - 4:45 pm
- Dunlap on paid leave for Wapak incident - 4:31 pm
- Ada motorcyclist injured in ramp mishap - 4:19 pm
- Rise in temperatures creates crop stress - 4:11 pm updated: 6:30 pm.
- Paquin named to dean’s list - 4:10 pm
- Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion - 3:46 pm
- Car Talk: Pickup truck tailgates don’t have to be a drag - 3:21 pm
- Real Wheels: Hearse drives the sound of music - 3:18 pm
- Wapakoneta Farmers Market open Saturday - 3:09 pm
- Edison State announces Dean’s list - 2:50 pm
- Local students graduate from Baldwin Wallace - 2:32 pm
- UNOH announces Dean’s list for applied technologies - 2:15 pm
- Ohio BMV to allow license renewal online - 2:12 pm
- Police calls - 2:05 pm
NEWS

Births
Lima Memorial Health SystemJune 22 — Hailey and Thomas Torres, Lima, girl.Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterJune 22 — Shay Delon...
June 24th, 2022 |

Martz receives degree from NIU
DeKALB, Ill. — Kelsey Martz of Delphos earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology degree from Northern Illinois University in cermonies held in...
June 24th, 2022 |

Reaction to Roe v. Wade ruling mostly partisan
LIMA — Battle lines are being drawn on a number of political and cultural fronts following the announcement Friday from the U.S. Supreme Court t...
June 24th, 2022 |

Local student graduates from Bemidji State University
BEMIDJI, MN — Cameron Bye from Coldwater graduated with a a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Bemidji State University ...
June 24th, 2022 |

With U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Ohio expected to outlaw most abortions
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As expected, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, leaving the question of whether a woman has abortion righ...
June 24th, 2022 updated: June 24th, 2022. |

Students named to Baldwin Wallace University dean’s list
BEREA, — The following local students have been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester at Baldwin Wallace University, accor...
June 24th, 2022 |
SPORTS

Weisenburger’s momentum has him in good position
Kyle Weisenburger has built quite a bit of momentum in his last two bass tournaments on Major League Fishing’s (MLF) Tackle Warehouse Pro Circui...
June 24th, 2022 updated: June 24th, 2022. |
Roundup: Duo tie for low junior golf tourney score
VAN WERT — Boys 16-18 winner Louis Magoto from Minster and girls 16-18 champ Kayla Watkins from Bellefontaine each shot 2-over-par 74s to tie fo...
June 23rd, 2022 |

Banchero goes first in NBA draft
NEW YORK — The question for weeks leading into the NBA draft was whether the first pick would be Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren or Jabari Smith J...
June 23rd, 2022 |

Guardians can’t add to division lead
MINNEAPOLIS — The Cleveland Guardians came to Minnesota and won their seventh consecutive series, pulling ahead of the Twins in the AL Central w...
June 23rd, 2022 |

Lima area golfers begin quest for championship title
The drive to earn the Lima City Golf Championship singles title began with a morning medal play qualifier and the first round of match play on the sec...
June 23rd, 2022 updated: June 24th, 2022. |

Lima area sports calendar
Note: Events may be canceled due to coronavirus outbreak. Each week, The Lima News publishes a calendar of events of local interest. Events should be ...
June 23rd, 2022 |
LIFESTYLE

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Tips for reducing risk of hearing loss
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently realized that I often ask people to repeat themselves, and I must turn up the volume on the TV louder than before. How do...
June 23rd, 2022 |

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Biggest benefits of exercise for teens
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: When my daughter was young, she spent hours playing outside and running around. That happens a lot less now that she is a teen. I...
June 23rd, 2022 |

Births
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterJune 20 — Candice and James Hearn, Lima, girl; Carissa Thomas and Kevin Schroeder Jr., Lima, girl.Ju...
June 22nd, 2022 |

Review: ‘Pretty’ a passable, dreamy diversion
Set along the Massachusetts coast on fictional Cousins Beach, “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is an average coming-of-age story involving a y...
June 22nd, 2022 |

NBA players come to Spartan Stadium
LIMA — Shanndale Walton is bringing together two great organizations, 1ENT Tyler Ulis and NFL Zaiver Simpson, to play in the second annual ALL-S...
June 22nd, 2022 updated: June 23rd, 2022. |

Featured events coming up in the Lima region
Spencerville Summerfest5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and noon SaturdayDowntown Spencerville will hold its 2022 Spencerville Summerfest at S. Broadway St....
June 22nd, 2022 |
OPINION

William Roberts and Michael Sozan: Hearings reveal Trump’s vast plan to overturn Americans’ votes
Riveting bipartisan congressional hearings have brought the events on and leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection to prime time. Compelling evidence sho...
June 23rd, 2022 |

Chris Talgo: Select Committee’s hearings are simply show trials
From the outset, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has been marred by political motives and malf...
June 23rd, 2022 |

Jerry Zezima: The Strawberry Whisperer
Whenever I pick strawberries - which I love because they are sweet, juicy and a key ingredient in strawberry daiquiris - I become a basket case.Even w...
June 23rd, 2022 |

Today’s editorial cartoons
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June 23rd, 2022 |

Greg R. Lawson: Ohio Senate helping students recoup learning losses
COVID-19 school closures disrupted learning and slowed academic progress for students across Ohio. Early studies already warn that many students could...
June 22nd, 2022 |

Today’s editorial cartoons
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June 22nd, 2022 |
BUSINESS

Airlines totally unprepared as travel roars back
Airline and airport executives spent the past two years trying to convince everyone it’s safe to fly during a pandemic, touting reduced touch po...
June 18th, 2022 |

For gas station owners, record prices aren’t the windfall people think
About a decade ago, when gas prices last surged above $3 a gallon, Chuck Graff put up a message on the sign at his St. Anthony, Minnesota, gas station...
June 18th, 2022 |

The Week Ahead: Disrepair or renovating confidence — a check on the state of housing
The American housing market has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic in good health. It has been able to flourish despite (or in some places because of) in...
June 18th, 2022 |

Legal-Ease: Magically appearing and disappearing acreage
The real estate in our region was initially platted into one-mile squares that were to each contain approximately 640 acres, with each square being ca...
June 18th, 2022 |

One-story Whiskey Creek is filled with farmhouse charm
EUGENE, ORE. – From the street the Whiskey Creek exudes farmhouse charm. An idyllic front covered porch if bound by a rail and a slender post. T...
June 18th, 2022 |

Reghan Winkler: Hi, this is your bank
According to a 2021 survey by J.D. Power, 67% of bank customers today use their bank’s mobile app. The popularity is based on the advanced digit...
June 18th, 2022 |
STATE NEWS

With U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Ohio expected to outlaw most abortions
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As expected, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, leaving the question of whether a woman has abortion righ...
June 24th, 2022 updated: June 24th, 2022. |

Jan. 6 committee witness testifies that Jim Jordan talked about presidential pardons for members of Congress
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) discussed presidential pardons for members of Congress with the White House, according to testimony at ...
June 24th, 2022 updated: June 24th, 2022. |

Unfinished business: Ohio legislators will return to multiple controversial bills in the fall
State lawmakers have a lot awaiting them in the fall. First an election, then a pile of pending legislation.“It’s going to be a normal lam...
June 19th, 2022 |

USDA free school meals program not extended for next year
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced recently that it’s returning to pre-COVID-19 rules requiring families to apply for free and reduced...
June 18th, 2022 |

Gov. DeWine still has billions to spend in federal coronavirus relief money
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio has more than $2 billion remaining from the massive pile of federal pandemic relief cash sent here by Democrats in Washing...
June 17th, 2022 |

Senate passes North Korea anti-propaganda legislation
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed legislation named for a Cincinnati college student who died after being imprisoned in Nor...
June 17th, 2022 |