NEWS

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Ohio’s Marcia Fudge pushed for Biden’s Ag Secretary

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Consumers’ lawyer seeks FirstEnergy refunds

7:57 pm |

Sheriff: Computer upgrade ‘will save time and lives’

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Adopt a Stocking: Coronavirus wrecks Lima family’s stability

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Ford to offer virus vaccines to employees

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Defendants sentenced in Allen County courtrooms

Ohio breaks record for COVID-19 deaths; 11 new deaths reported in Lima region

• Ohio set another record Wednesday with 156 new COVID-19 deaths reported that day. Eleven of those deaths were reported in the greater Lima reg...

November 25th, 2020 |

Biden appeals for unity in holiday address

WILMINGTON, Del. — In a time of plague and raw division, President-elect Joe Biden appealed for unity Wednesday in a Thanksgiving-eve address to...

November 25th, 2020 |

So much for warnings; millions travel

Millions of Americans took to the skies and the highways ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire, disregarding i...

November 25th, 2020 |

Black Friday 2020: What to expect

LIMA — Friday marks the start of the most unusual holiday shopping season. Retailers have been touting deals for weeks, but people are still exp...

November 25th, 2020 |

Putin balks at tarking vaccine

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin told fellow world leaders last week that both of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccines, including one he championed...

November 25th, 2020 |

$1.7M theft of armored car outside casino

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Describing it as “something out of the 1930s,” authorities say a former guard and two others stole more t...

November 25th, 2020 |

SPORTS

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Updated: 8:25 pm. |

2020 LIMA NEWS DREAM TEAM

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Glenn tabbed Dream Team’s top defensive player

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Listen to this week’s LimaScores.com Weekly Podcast

Putnam County League girls basketball previews

Columbus Grove information ran with Northwest Conference previews in Tuesday’s edition of The Lima News. Information provided by coaches, athlet...

November 25th, 2020 |

Roundup: Perry tops Temple Christian in girls hoops

PERRY TOWNSHIP — The host Commodores built a 30-16 by halftime on their way to a 58-39 girls high school basketball victory Tuesday night agains...

November 24th, 2020 |

WBL girls basketball previews

Information provided by coaches and OHSAA and conference websites.BathDivision: IICoach: Greg Mauk 2019-20 overall record: 20-32019-20 league record: ...

November 24th, 2020 |

Ohio State No. 4 in playoff rankings

COLUMBUS — Ohio State did enough in its first four games to warrant a coveted top-four spot in the first College Football Playoff rankings relea...

November 24th, 2020 |

WBL girls basketball varsity schedules

BathNov. 24 Marion Local at Bath 7:30 PMNov. 28 Columbus Grove at Bath 1:30 PMDec. 3 Bath at Shawnee 7:30 PMDec. 7 Bath at McComb 7:20 PM Dec. 10 Kent...

November 24th, 2020 |

College football: Ohio State focused on stopping big plays

COLUMBUS — The usual 100,000 or more fans weren’t there to see it but that provided no cover for Ohio State’s defensive backfield af...

November 24th, 2020 |

MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

LIFESTYLE

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Can you repeat that? Hearing trouble more obvious with masks

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Turkey Day game

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White House Rose Garden adds Japanese American’s sculpture

Get This: Owl found in Rockefeller Center tree could take flight soon

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) — A tiny owl that was found dehydrated and hungry in the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is eating its w...

November 22nd, 2020 |

Lima Public Library Book Reviews

FictionThe Woman in the Green Dress by Tea CooperAfter a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards can’t wait for her new husban...

November 22nd, 2020 |

Real Life Mama: Finding the gratitude

Worried, scared, exhausted, overwhelmed, fearful, anxious, angry — all emotions that I have felt and shared throughout this dreadful year. And w...

November 21st, 2020 |

Wanted: Your Christmas decor

Christmas decorations are popping up in front yards, and Christmas trees are twinkling in front windows. Maybe we have some extra time this year or ju...

November 21st, 2020 |

Ellen and George Leiendecker

LIMA — Mr. and Mrs. George Leiendecker are celebrating 50 years of marriage. Leiendecker and the former Ellen Hoen were married Nov. 27, 1970, a...

November 21st, 2020 |

David Trinko: A great big serving of gratitude for Thanksgiving

It sounded unfathomable: Thanksgiving is canceled this year?Sure enough, my side of the family’s annual gathering of my parents, siblings and ou...

November 21st, 2020 |

OPINION

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Tom Purcell: Ffamily members around the table our primary blessing

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Dr. Jessica Johnson: ‘Jingle Jangle’ has a great message of faith

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Dr. Robert W. Chase: Dependence on foreign minerals is a threat to U.S. auto industry

Opinion: Don’t worry about the side effects, rigidity is the problem

Simple advice to innovators and policymakers: Don’t worry about collateral needs or they will distort your good growth and policy efforts.If we ...

November 24th, 2020 |

John Grindrod: Thanksgiving, surely different but the feeling is the same

On the eve of yet another holiday that in many places will look markedly different in this, the most challenging year many have ever faced, I took a l...

November 24th, 2020 |

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Thanks for people like Dolly Parton

Greed is good.That, you may recall, was the mantra of corporate raider Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film, “Wall Street.” It came to symbolize ...

November 23rd, 2020 |

Letter: Mr. DeWine: Where has money gone?

In April Gov. Mike DeWine told the schools there would be a $700 million shortfall from Ohio to the schools, the consequences of COVID-19.In October o...

November 23rd, 2020 |