Girls basketball: Lima Senior wins tourney opener
Lima apartments damaged in Monday morning fire
Jerry Zezima: Moving violations: The final chapter
Assistant prosecutor speaks at Rotary Presidents Day lunch
Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 95
Latest Updates
- Bluffton street committee to meet - 10:55 pm
- Hardin County OSU Extension hosting soybean workshop - 10:30 pm
- Bluffton University to host colloquium on ‘When Talking is Tough’ - 8:30 pm
- Bluffton Exempted Board of Education to meet - 8:00 pm
- Young professional event scheduled - 8:00 pm
- Trump sees ‘new day’ for Latin America at Miami rally - 7:43 pm
- Recyclables sought for Allen East - 7:31 pm
- Shawnee Middle hosting STEM Day - 7:30 pm
- Lima apartments damaged in Monday morning fire - 7:15 pm
- First United hosting Preschool Art Show and Fundraiser - 7:00 pm
- China accuses US of trying to block its tech development - 6:40 pm
- Tariff uncertainty could hurt auto industry more than plant closures in 2019 - 6:37 pm
- OSU-Lima hosting 2019 Honors Colloquium - 6:30 pm
- World stocks mostly rise ahead of more China-US trade talks - 6:29 pm
- Jennings Board of Education to meet - 6:00 pm
- Assistant prosecutor speaks at Rotary Presidents Day lunch - 5:37 pm
- Heir Force Community School board to meet - 5:30 pm
- Illinois massacre victim’s text: ‘I love you, I’ve been shot at work’ - 5:29 pm
- Births - 5:14 pm
- Police calls - 5:12 pm
- Rhodes State Board of Trustees to meet - 5:10 pm
- Ohio Northern celebrating Black History Month - 5:08 pm
- West Ohio CAP hosting financial literacy classes - 5:07 pm
- Community Development Committee to meet - 5:00 pm
- West Central Learning Academy board to meet - 4:30 pm
NEWS
Recyclables sought for Allen East
HARROD — Allen East schools is holding a recyclables drive in the commons area of the school from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.Items that are in ...
February 18th, 2019 |
Shawnee Middle hosting STEM Day
LIMA — Shawnee Middle School is hosting its second annual STEM Day for seventh and eighth grades Thursday, Feb. 21 at the school, 3235 Zurmehly ...
February 18th, 2019 |
Lima apartments damaged in Monday morning fire
LIMA — An early-morning apartment fire in Lima Monday forced two families from their places of residence and caused an estimated $150,000 in dam...
February 18th, 2019 |
First United hosting Preschool Art Show and Fundraiser
VAN WERT — The First United Methodist Preschool Art Show and Fundraiser will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in Krout Memorial, 113 W....
February 18th, 2019 |
China accuses US of trying to block its tech development
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government on Monday accused the United States of trying to block the country’s industrial development by all...
February 18th, 2019 |
Tariff uncertainty could hurt auto industry more than plant closures in 2019
DETROIT — An auto industry that many experts think already is overdue for a slowdown just got a major dose of uncertainty that could reduce inve...
February 18th, 2019 |
SPORTS
Roundup: Ottoville’s Kasey Knippen is PCL Player of the Year in girls basketball
Ottoville’s Kasey Knippen is the girls basketball Player of the Year in the Putnam County League and Adam Huber, coach of PCL champion Kalida, i...
February 18th, 2019 |
Team LeBron wins NBA All-Star game
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Durant had 31 points and seven rebounds, LeBron James added 19 points and Team LeBron overcame a big game from Gian...
February 17th, 2019 |
Hamlin gets emotional win at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Denny Hamlin came to the Daytona 500 determined to honor his late car owner with a victory.He delivered with a storyb...
February 17th, 2019 |
Ottawa-Glandorf grad Myers directs stadium operations at Reds, Indians spring training site
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Pitchers and catchers for the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians reported last week to the shared spring training site of t...
February 17th, 2019 updated: February 17th, 2019. |
Michigan State loses big man but still rolls over OSU 62-44
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State shut down Ohio State in the second half despite an injury to Nick Ward.Now the Spartans may be without...
February 17th, 2019 |
Puig wants to be in Reds everyday lineup.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The prospects gathered in the outfield grass around the veteran. For more than an hour Wednesday, as the rest of the Cincinnat...
February 17th, 2019 |
LIFESTYLE
Connie Sue and H. Dean French
BLUFFTON — Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean French are celebrating 60 years of marriage. A trip out west is planned, and a family celebration will be held a...
February 16th, 2019 |
101st birthday: Martha Boogher
LIMA — Martha Boogher is celebrating her 101st birthday with a party at 11:30 a.m. today at First Baptist Church, 451 N. Cable Road. A card show...
February 16th, 2019 |
Real Life Mama:
Do you ever just stop in the middle of an ordinary night, look at your babies and think, “Whoa, when did they get so big?” I’m not t...
February 16th, 2019 |
David Trinko: The value in seeing positive traits
The fifth-grade basketball team I coached headed into its first tournament game, and the girls were nervous.Their self-doubt was clearly the biggest i...
February 16th, 2019 |
Already a King, but maybe president?
NEW YORK — So, Regina King walked into a 99-cent store. And what’d she get? A prophecy on her life.No joke. King was shopping around ̵...
February 15th, 2019 |
Births
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterFeb. 14 — Paige and Brandon Hovest, Columbus Grove, girl; Bailey Ripke and Drew DuCheney, Oakwood, b...
February 15th, 2019 |
OPINION
Rediscovering America: A Presidents Day Quiz on U.S. Presidents
Today is Presidents Day. It became an official holiday in 1971 after an executive order by then President Richard Nixon. The quiz below, from the Ashb...
February 18th, 2019 |
Letter: Refusing to see the truth
Mr. Larry Donaldson most recent letter once again proves the old adage,” There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.” He states th...
February 17th, 2019 |
Jim Krumel: A $20 table with a story behind it
Some people have the ability to pull out a treasure from what others believe to be a pile of junk.Lawrence Huffman Sr. was reminded about that when he...
February 17th, 2019 |
Drug sentencing, more school building money, abortion among Senate GOP priorities
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Reducing state regulations, criminal sentencing overhauls, $100 million for school facilities and making most abortions illegal...
February 17th, 2019 |
Leonard Pitts: Black History Month that explains why we need Black History Month
I keep hearing that I have an obligation to “bring us together.”That’s something white people tell me all the time whenever I write ...
February 16th, 2019 |
Letter: Aces of asphalt retire in Lima
Asphalt? Nobody’s fault.Yes, it was no one’s fault but two great local guys decided this winter to call it a career. Mike Fritchie and Den...
February 16th, 2019 |
BUSINESS
Lima News staying on Elida Road, looking for tenants
LIMA — After evaluating all options, The Lima News decided it didn’t need to relocate its business operations after all. One of Allen Coun...
February 16th, 2019 |
Smaller refunds surprise early tax filers
LIMA — Those who filed their taxes early have likely encountered an unwelcome surprise: A lower-than-expected refund, or even an unexpected tax ...
February 16th, 2019 |
Electric co-op donates to charities
PAULDING — Paulding Putnam Electric members donated $12,300 to nine organizations through the co-op’s operation roundup, through which mem...
February 16th, 2019 |
Investors face taxes for funds that fell in 2018
NEW YORK — As if the worst year for stocks in nearly a decade weren’t bad enough, many investors now have to pay a tax bill on top of it.T...
February 16th, 2019 |
Putnam County hospice receives CHAP accreditation
OTTAWA — Putnam County Homecare & Hospice announced that it has received accreditation renewal under Community Health Accreditation Partner,...
February 16th, 2019 |
Delphos Chamber unveils award nominees
DELPHOS — The Delphos Chamber of Commerce on Friday unveiled nominations for the 2019 Chamber awards. The nominees are:Nonprofit business or clu...
February 16th, 2019 |
STATE NEWS
Owner of pit bull that killed Dayton man convicted
DAYTON — A Dayton man was convicted Friday for failing to control a pit bull that killed a 60-year-old Air Force veteran in 2017.Anthony D. Aust...
February 16th, 2019 |
Ohio lawmaker seeks to reform welfare programs
HAMILTON — Operators of Butler County public assistance programs say a bill introduced by a local lawmaker meant to streamline some welfare prog...
February 16th, 2019 |
Report: Congressman suspects theft from campaign account
CLEVELAND (AP) — The re-election committee for an Ohio Republican congressman told the Federal Election Commission it suspects the campaign̵...
February 16th, 2019 |
Ohio’s income tax revenue slumps in past two months
COLUMBUS — For two consecutive months, Ohio income tax collections have fallen noticeably short of estimates, although overall tax revenue remai...
February 16th, 2019 |
Ohio sends incorrect tax form to about 9,000 people
COLUMBUS — About 9,000 people who collected money last year from Ohio’s unclaimed-funds operation have received a tax form that includes i...
February 16th, 2019 |
Sherrod Brown defends decision not to endorse Green New Deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Sherrod Brown, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential contender, shrugged off arguments from liberals on Tuesday that s...
February 12th, 2019 |
