Victim in Friday fatal shooting in Lima was prison guard
Lima man shot and wounded Saturday
Bath’s Gandhi working to become a doctor
Housing plan on Lima City Council’s agenda
‘Birthplace of aviation’ more than a slogan
Latest Updates
- Victim in Friday fatal shooting in Lima was prison guard - 12:31 pm
- Lima man shot and wounded Saturday - 8:48 am updated: 8:48 am.
- Bath’s Gandhi working to become a doctor - 8:47 am updated: 8:49 am.
- Housing plan on Lima City Council’s agenda - 8:46 am updated: 8:49 am.
- ‘Birthplace of aviation’ more than a slogan - 8:45 am updated: 8:50 am.
- Student Integrated Arts and Acting Filmmaker’s Bootcamp begins - 6:35 pm
- Moon back in NASA’s court 50 years after 1st lunar landing - 5:16 pm
- Remembering Armstrong’s first steps - 7:57 pm
- Lima LGBT community comes together to celebrate pride - 5:34 pm
- One hurt in rollover crash in Lima - 4:25 pm
- Technology, temporary help keeps farmers on job longer - 4:18 pm
- David Trinko: Pooling our brains to beat the heat - 4:00 pm
- Ohio raising age to buy tobacco products to 21 - 3:54 pm
- Facing Trump’s tariffs, some companies move, change or wait - 3:00 pm
- Road construction and maintenance projects - 2:59 pm
- Lima/Allen County Crime Stoppers - 2:58 pm
- Build your credit smarts - 2:00 pm
- Summer job unlikely to affect financial aid - 1:00 pm
- Land transfers, July 11-17 - 10:30 am
- Cheryl Parson: Be cautious when using public Wi-Fi - 10:30 am
- Home loan rates - 9:30 am
- Legal-Ease: What is a real estate closing? - 9:00 am
- Man shot and killed in Lima - 8:38 am updated: 6:52 pm.
- Get This: Verse averse: State poet laureate pick nixed after criticism - 8:00 am
- Armstrong Air and Space Museum a family affair Friday - 7:46 pm
NEWS
Moon back in NASA’s court 50 years after 1st lunar landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Fifty years after humanity’s first lunar footsteps, the moon is back in NASA’s court.The White House wan...
July 21st, 2019 |
Remembering Armstrong’s first steps
WAPAKONETA — James Schaller, a 9 year old from Perrysburg, was grinning ear to ear when one-by-one he met the five Ohio astronauts who were in W...
July 20th, 2019 |
Lima LGBT community comes together to celebrate pride
LIMA — Tyra Brooks, a transgender performer, activist and bartender at Somewhere, Lima’s premier gay bar for 38 years, started the transit...
July 20th, 2019 |
One hurt in rollover crash in Lima
AMERICAN TOWNSHIP — The Lima post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle accident from early Saturday.According to Sgt....
July 20th, 2019 |
Technology, temporary help keeps farmers on job longer
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. (AP) — At 79 years old, Art McManus says he’s still able to hop on the tractor and maintain the 160 acres of cherry trees...
July 20th, 2019 |
David Trinko: Pooling our brains to beat the heat
I know everyone’s tired of the heatwave we’ve had in the region this week.For me, though, I’m kind of glad to see it linger. For the...
July 20th, 2019 |
SPORTS
Lindor hits foul ball that injures child; Indians top KC 5-4
CLEVELAND (AP) — Francisco Lindor wasn’t thinking about his home run that helped the Cleveland Indians beat Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Sund...
July 21st, 2019 |
Lowry wins British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The outcome was never in doubt to just about everyone but Shane Lowry.A year ago, he sat in the parking lot at...
July 21st, 2019 |
Indians’ win streak ends at six
CLEVELAND — Hunter Dozier homered in the first inning and Jakob Junis pitched two-hit ball through six innings as the Kansas City Royals beat Cl...
July 20th, 2019 |
ACME baseball: Minster reaches state tournament semifinals
COLDWATER — Van Wert starting pitcher Owen Treece worked his way out of a few jams against Minster in Saturday’s quarterfinal baseball gam...
July 20th, 2019 |
Mariners defeat Locos, still can make postseason
LIMA – Grand Lake still has a lot to play for in the final week and it showed.The Mariners knocked the Lima Locos around for the second straight...
July 20th, 2019 |
LATA tournament: Players again must deal with hot temps
LIMA — The weather was again the talk of the day during the semifinals of the Lima Area Tennis Association doubles tournaments on a hot and humi...
July 20th, 2019 |
LIFESTYLE
Charlotte and Eugene Stambaugh
LIMA — Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stambaugh are celebrating 65 years of marriage. A party was held July 3. A card shower would be appreciated at 2814 H...
July 20th, 2019 |
94th birthday: Naomi Clark
LIMA — Naomi Linton Fifer Clark is celebrating her 94th birthday with a family dinner at Old Barn Out Back.She was born July 23, 1925, in Lima, ...
July 20th, 2019 |
Five generations: Clark family
Five generations of the Clark family gathered recently. Front left: Heather Mayes with Ellie and Grayson. Middle: Sasha Weigt with Mia, Emily and Lizz...
July 20th, 2019 |
“Stuber” – R
The Story“Doc, how long before I can see straight?” asks burly police detective Vic Manning (Dave Bautista). He’s eager to return to...
July 20th, 2019 |
David Trinko: Pooling our brains to beat the heat
I know everyone’s tired of the heatwave we’ve had in the region this week.For me, though, I’m kind of glad to see it linger. For the...
July 20th, 2019 |
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared wide...
July 20th, 2019 |
OPINION
Editorial: Remembering the unlikely hero from Wapakoneta
Is there anything more American than the story of Neil Armstrong?A quiet, unassuming man from the middle of nowhere becomes the most famous man of his...
July 20th, 2019 |
Michael W. Siefker: Putnam commissioners got what they wanted
As to the announcement by the Putnam County commissioners that they now again want out of the sewer and water business, I have some comments, as we ha...
July 20th, 2019 |
Letter: Politicians must stand up against president
What this President is doing and saying is very un-American. He should not hold the office of president in this great country.He does nothing good for...
July 20th, 2019 |
Letter: Grateful for Strayer’s induction to ag hall
A big thanks goes to Beth Core Seibert and the Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce for the humbling award ceremony Thursday, July 11th, as four of t...
July 20th, 2019 |
Letter: Frustrated by bill from wireless carrier
In this day and age, you need cellular service. We are at their mercy.I have been a customer of Verizon all the way back to the beginning. My fianc...
July 20th, 2019 |
Letter: Citizenship question says Trump enjoys the chaos
President Trump abandoned his controversial bid to demand citizenship details from all respondents in next year’s census recently. He’s di...
July 20th, 2019 |
BUSINESS
Land transfers, July 11-17
The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running July 11 through 17. Figures reflect the sel...
July 20th, 2019 |
Cheryl Parson: Be cautious when using public Wi-Fi
Last month I wrote a column about work-at-home scams and how the increase in affordable technology communications allowed workers to not be chained do...
July 20th, 2019 |
Home loan rates
Rates for 30-year and 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages with zero points as of noon, Friday, July 19, 2019:30 YR / 15 YR RATE %First Federal3.75/3.25%Firs...
July 20th, 2019 |
Legal-Ease: What is a real estate closing?
A real estate closing is usually a literal meeting when ownership of buildings, land and some businesses is changed from the seller to the buyer. Othe...
July 20th, 2019 |
Big R unveils new name
LIMA — Midwest farm and home retailer Big R Stores is changing its name to Stock+Field.The company announced the name change on Friday, stating ...
July 19th, 2019 |
Last day for Kelly’s Boutique in Lima
LIMA — Locally owned clothing and jewelry retailer Kelly’s Boutique is closing its downtown Lima store Saturday as owners Tim and Kelly Sp...
July 19th, 2019 |
STATE NEWS
Site records religious sounds, such as bells, birds and U2
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The jaunty sound of a puja bell rings during an offering at the Jain Center of Central Ohio in southern Delaware County.Bi...
July 21st, 2019 |
State data: Number of children enrolled in Medicaid declines
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — State data shows the number of children enrolled in Ohio’s Medicaid program declined over a 15-month period, with nearl...
July 21st, 2019 |
Tornado survivors without means to rebuild in ‘limbo’
Tornado survivors without the means to rebuild on their own and short on insurance or FEMA money should stay patient, say those working on long-term r...
July 20th, 2019 |
What to do about suspicious orders is focus in opioid case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio counties are asking a judge to find that drugmakers and distributors were not allowed to ship suspicious orders o...
July 19th, 2019 |
Gun reform backers advance proposal
COLUMBUS — Advocates for closing what they characterize as “loopholes” in Ohio’s background checks for private gun sales moved...
July 19th, 2019 |
State budget mandates tuition guarantees – which most Ohio colleges already have
A provision in the state budget mandates that Ohio public universities help increase college affordability.But most are already doing what the new rul...
July 19th, 2019 |
