BREAKING NEWS

Today’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic

• COVID-19 cases, deathsAllen County: Cases: 740. Deaths: 44. Updated 2 p.m. 8/9/20Auglaize County: Cases: 254. Deaths: 6. Updated 2 p.m. 8/9/20...

August 9th, 2020 updated: August 9th, 2020. |

NEWS

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Get This: Reds’ youngest fan? Sonogram among ‘spectators’ at games

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Today’s Lima News Daily Briefing

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Updated: 9:25 pm. |

Fire damages garage in Leipsic

7:05 pm |

Lima-area colleges prepare to return to classes

6:57 pm |

US tops 5 million confirmed virus cases

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Updated: 6:49 pm. |

DeWine’s conflicting COVID-19 tests raise backlash

Lima-area colleges prepare to return to classes

ADA — Ohio Northern University students moved onto campus this past week and are getting acclimated to campus life changed dramatically due to t...

August 9th, 2020 |

US tops 5 million confirmed virus cases

ROME — With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerfu...

August 9th, 2020 |

Youth Profile: Lima Senior’s Jones learns from Youth in Government experience

LIMA — Seth Jones, a 16-year-old senior at Lima Senior High School, is hoping his experience here will translate into an international finance c...

August 9th, 2020 |

Today’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic

• COVID-19 cases, deathsAllen County: Cases: 740. Deaths: 44. Updated 2 p.m. 8/9/20Auglaize County: Cases: 254. Deaths: 6. Updated 2 p.m. 8/9/20...

August 9th, 2020 updated: August 9th, 2020. |

Today’s Lima News Daily Briefing

Here are today’s top stories from The Lima News for Sunday, Aug. 9.Ford officials sent a letter to employees lamenting systemic racism and the d...

August 9th, 2020 |

SPORTS

12:08 am |

Indians win in extra innings

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Blue Jackets advance with 3-0 Game 5 win over Maple Leafs

9:11 pm |

Morikawa delivers a great shot in quiet moment to win PGA

Harvick holds off Hamlin for Michigan sweep

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kevin Harvick won just about everything he could in a stellar weekend at Michigan International Speedway, although fittin...

August 9th, 2020 |

Brewers rally to beat Reds 9-3 for first home win

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s slumping hitters finally busted out and enabled the Brewers to earn their first home victory of the year.Chri...

August 9th, 2020 |

2020 Lima area girls high school tennis capsules

Coaches provided this year’s team information. Capsules will be updated as information is provided.WBLBathDivision IICoach: Sandy Dackin (ninth ...

August 9th, 2020 |

DeSclafani , Suarez pace Reds past Brewers, 4-1

MILWAUKEE — Anthony DeSclafani allowed two singles over six scoreless innings and Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run homer to lift the Cincinnati Re...

August 9th, 2020 |

Johnson moves to top of PGA leaderboard

SAN FRANCISCO — Dustin Johnson supplied the birdies, eight of them Saturday at the PGA Championship, the most he has ever made in his 157 rounds...

August 9th, 2020 |

LCC finishes second in girls golf event

TOLEDO — The Lima Central Catholic girls golf team finished second behind New Albany at Saturday’s Notre Dame Academy Invitational at par ...

August 8th, 2020 |

MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

LIFESTYLE

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U.S. history scholar dies

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Lima Public Library Book Reviews

7:00 pm |

Sunflower fields sparking smiles

Real Life Mama: An adventure awaits

She is 5. She talks all the time, loves dinosaurs, questions everything in her sight, hates wearing shoes, gives the best hugs and is always up for an...

August 8th, 2020 |

Emily and Michael Emerick

LIMA — Mr. and Mrs. Michael Emerick are celebrating 50 years of marriage.Emerick and the former Emily Blair were married Aug. 8, 1970, at Lafaye...

August 8th, 2020 |

Julia and Michael Sneary

HARROD — Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sneary are celebrating 50 years of marriage. A family celebration was held at Indian Lake, and a cruise to Aruba i...

August 8th, 2020 |

David Trinko: Keeping score keeps you sane

Thank goodness for sports on television.Our long national drought of excitement has finally ended. We’re able to cheer for overpaid hooligans ag...

August 8th, 2020 |

Art exhibits in the Lima area

COLUMBUSColumbus Museum of Art480 E. Broad St.Open to all visitors 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday with timed admis...

August 8th, 2020 |

Births

Lima Memorial Health SystemAug. 5 — Amanda and Kyle Cutnaw, Wapakoneta, girl; Samantha Shellenbarger and Dylan Ammon, Delphos, boy; Lindsay Stua...

August 7th, 2020 |

OPINION

5:49 pm |

Jerry Zezima: This electrician is a live wire

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Wall Street Journal: Teachers’ unions should focus on returning

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Dr. Jessica Johnson: NBA player standing for all lives

Letter: Insurance company needs to help repair my house

My house had a car go through my living room on July 18th. Not only did it damage my whole living room, but it also damaged the wiring in the house.I ...

August 8th, 2020 |

Letter: Better answers needed about speed of testing

Lately the numbers related to COVID-19 are rising, and the average person believes this is attributed to a rise in the number of tests. Government and...

August 8th, 2020 |

Letter: Trump remains biggest threat to America

Oh, he fought the release of John Bolton’s book, and he fought the release of Mary Trump’s new book, and I am sure that he will fight the ...

August 8th, 2020 |

Letter: Black female teen should not be scapegoat in death

I agree with “Prosecution of girl outrageous” from Sunday, Aug. 2. A black female teen is becoming a scapegoat for the bad judgment and ac...

August 8th, 2020 |

Letter: Term limits the answer for congressional gridlock

Congress is totally dysfunctional. They don’t know the meaning of compromise and doing what’s needed in times of disaster like the pandemi...

August 8th, 2020 |

Letter: Plenty of run taking part in 2020’s GISH

In times of turmoil and tribulations, it behooves us to take a step back, re-engage with our inner child, and once again perceive the joy around us. T...

August 8th, 2020 |

BUSINESS

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Moving safely during a pandemic

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Compact MacKay has classic ranch look

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How to get started if you’ve never had a bank account

Booming ‘Zoom towns’ should ease city housing costs

Housing in a certain type of town couldn’t be hotter. And some of them have been getting attention way out of proportion to their importance to ...

August 8th, 2020 |

Rural tenants face pinch without relief

WASHINGTON — The impasse between the Trump administration and congressional Democratic leaders in negotiations over a COVID-19 relief package wo...

August 8th, 2020 |

Mercy Health donates to toy drive

DELPHOS — The Mercy Health Lima Foundation is donating $2,000 to the Delphos Community Christmas Project, an annual toy drive and holiday meal s...

August 8th, 2020 |

Land transfers, July 30-Aug. 5

The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running July 30 through Aug. 5. Figures reflect the...

August 8th, 2020 |