BREAKING NEWS

Today’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic

• COVID-19 cases, deathsAllen County: Cases: 654. Deaths: 42. Updated 2 p.m. 8/3/20Auglaize County: Cases: 222. Deaths: 5. Updated 2 p.m. 8/3/20...

August 3rd, 2020 updated: August 3rd, 2020. |

NEWS

9:31 pm |

Lima passes civil service change; CDBG kicked down the road

8:46 pm
Updated: 8:46 pm. |

Allen County superintendents address back-to-school concerns

8:45 pm
Updated: 8:46 pm. |

Mandatory mask policy adopted for Lima schools

8:44 pm
Updated: 8:46 pm. |

Victim of alleged baseball bat attack testifies at Lima trial

8:43 pm
Updated: 8:47 pm. |

Photos: Monday at the Auglaize County Fair

8:43 pm
Updated: 8:46 pm. |

Presidential campaign yard signs vandalized in Wapakoneta

Sunday night fire damages motel in Bath Township

BATH TOWNSHIP — A fire of undetermined origin cased an estimated $10,000 in damage to a motel just east of Lima on Sunday night.According to Chi...

August 3rd, 2020 updated: August 3rd, 2020. |

Progress slow on virus relief bill as negotiations continue

WASHINGTON — Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed Monday afternoon in the Capitol, with is...

August 3rd, 2020 updated: August 3rd, 2020. |

Auglaize County Historical Society presenting ‘The Story of Ohio’s Canals’

WAPAKONETA — The Auglaize County Historical Society will present “The Story of Ohio’s Canals: An Engineering Endeavor that can Still...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Apollo Career Center new student orientation set

LIMA — Apollo Career Center’s new student orientation will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, and Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 3325 Shawnee R...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Monthly test of Allen County warning sirens set for Wednesday

LIMA — The monthly test of Allen County’s 50 community warning sirens will be conducted at noon Wednesday.In the event of an actual emerge...

August 3rd, 2020 |

With loan money gone, restaurants are at mercy of virus

NEW YORK — The check has arrived and beleaguered restaurant owners across America are looking down on their empty wallets.Government coronavirus...

August 3rd, 2020 |

SPORTS

12:27 am |

Votto’s home run leads Reds past Indians

8:37 pm |

Big contract made Bosa show some uncharacteristic emotion

8:04 pm |

Koepka pursuing rare three-peat in a golf major

Francona’s return date up in the air

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will miss at least the club’s next two games because of a gastrointestinal issue...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Keselowski outduels Hamlin

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — With about 70 laps to go in his back-and-forth battle against Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin radioed in to his team: “T...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Strong starts by Bauer, DeSclafani big in Reds’ sweep of Tigers

DETROIT (AP) — Trevor Bauer made short work of the Detroit Tigers, throwing a two-hit shutout in Cincinnati’s 4-0 victory Sunday that gave...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Indians offense struggles again, Francona misses game

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mitch Garver hit his first home run of the season and the Minnesota Twins used their bullpen to string together a two-hitter ...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Ironton kicker gets help from former Ohio State kickers

IRONTON — This kicking story has a real kicker to it.Back in the spring, Ironton St. Joseph High School senior Jimmy Mahlmeister was just doing ...

August 2nd, 2020 updated: August 2nd, 2020. |

Browns’ Landry says he will be ready to go sometime in August

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry was placed on the active/physically unable to perform list Sunday, a day before veteran...

August 2nd, 2020 |

MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

LIFESTYLE

3:55 pm |

Births

8:39 am
Updated: 8:50 am. |

Lights out for venues: Entertainers struggle as coronavirus-forced focus shifts

2:17 pm |

Wilford Brimley, ‘Cocoon’ and ‘Natural’ actor, dies at 85

Get This: Rhode Island boy digs up massive 2 1/2-pound mollusk

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) — An 11-year-old Rhode Island boy clamming with his grandfather found a giant quahog that is thought to be one of the la...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Treasure hunt: 127 Yard Sale, Lincoln Highway Buy-Way kicking off

VAN WERT — The “World’s Longest Yard Sale” will once again be coming through the area Aug. 6 through 9 with major stops in Van...

August 1st, 2020 |

Spotlight: April Spencer creates art with sugar

LAFAYETTE — Like every mom, April Spencer just wanted a nice birthday cake for her baby.“It all started when my oldest had her first birth...

August 1st, 2020 |

Real Life Mama: Waiting for answers

Alright, enough is enough. Seriously, I am so over it all. I am a pretty patient person — OK, that’s a lie. I am not a patient person. And...

August 1st, 2020 |

Suzanne and Dan Hennon

LIMA — Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hennon are celebrating 60 years of marriage.Hennon and the former Suzanne Coley were married July 23, 1960, at St. Charl...

August 1st, 2020 |

Rita and Robert Holman

LAFAYETTE — Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holman are celebrating 50 years of marriage. They recently celebrated with family at Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club in...

August 1st, 2020 |

OPINION

9:43 pm |

Letter: Facts are the facts

9:00 pm |

Detroit News: Flawed men, perhaps, but great deeds

7:00 pm |

Scott Douglas Gerber: The social justice vice presidency

Letter: Our Democratic Party is gone

I am 77 years old and have voted in every election since I was 21 years old. That means I have voted in 14 presidential elections. Over the years I ha...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Jim Krumel: A conversation with Mary, a woman with a story to tell

The world is being overtaken by bellyachers, according to Mary, a 94-year-old woman I won’t forget for a long time.We talked on the phone for ab...

August 3rd, 2020 updated: August 3rd, 2020. |

Christine Flowers: Why teachers need to get back in the classroom

Teachers are now complaining about having to go back and do what they profess to love: Teach in a classroom.While I have had some unfortunate experien...

August 1st, 2020 |

Letter: Push back on PC crowd

After reading the recent articles in The Lima News regarding the word “Redskins” as the Wapakoneta schools’ mascot, it is apparent t...

August 1st, 2020 |

Letter: … The land that I love

Welcome to the Divided States of America, where …• The truth is what one wants it to be;• Where compromise has been replaced by conf...

August 1st, 2020 |

Jim Jordan goesafter tech CEOs

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan has never been one to hold back. He took on the CEOs of Amazon, Google and Facebook at Wednesday’s House subcommittee heari...

August 1st, 2020 |

BUSINESS

6:00 pm |

Blanchard Valley Health System acquires Findlay Surgery Center

3:21 pm |

Allen named chair of All Aboard Ohio

3:00 pm |

Debt from loan still haunts Ford

Lofty hexagon forms Baltimore’s core

Prepare to be stunned as you enter the Baltimore’s vaulted hexagonal core, where all six ceiling sections sweep up to a lofty central apex. Rich...

August 1st, 2020 |

Cheryl Parson: Common scams keep scamming

On average, the Better Business Bureau is tracking more than 150,000 scams at any one time. Here in our office at Lima, we are on the front lines of t...

August 1st, 2020 |

Land transfers, July 23-29

The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running July 23 through 29. Figures reflect the sel...

August 1st, 2020 |

Home loan rates

Rates for 30-year and 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages with zero points as of noon, Friday, July 31, 2020:Lender ` 30-year rate ` 15-year ratePartners 1s...

August 1st, 2020 |

Legal-Ease: Becoming poor to get help with long-term care

Every one of us tries to save money as we progress in our lives. Often, a huge disappointment comes later in life when we begin to contemplate the nee...

August 1st, 2020 |