BREAKING NEWS

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Lima News e-edition open after printing delayed

LIMA — Issues at the printing plant will delay the delivery of your newspaper today.Problems at the press facility in Indianapolis led to newspa...

January 24th, 2021 |  

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NEWS

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Upper Scioto Valley school board sets meetings

McGUFFEY — The Upper Scioto Valley school board will meet at 6 p.m. second Mondays of each month in the board room, 510 S. Courtright St., McGuf...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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The words they tweet: The messaging behind federal politicians in 2020

LIMA — Sen. Rob Portman sure likes to talk about “Ohio.” Sen. Sherrod Brown seems to be always focusing on “workers,” an...

January 23rd, 2021 updated: January 23rd, 2021. |  

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Dominion Energy awards environmental grants

LIMA — Two Lima area organizations, Girl Scouts of Western Ohio and Ohio Energy & Advanced Manufacturing Center, each recently received $5,0...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Shawnee residents recognized for holiday cheer

SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — Shawnee Township recently held a Deck Your House Contest as part of the Shawnee Luminary Night.In first place was the Johnson...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Delphos couple hopes tracking devices keep children with autism from ‘running’

DELPHOS — Weeks after Nick and Katie Goergens volunteered to look for a young Fort Jennings boy who wandered away from home last May, the couple...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Coronavirus cases slowly trending down in Lima region

LIMA — The holiday season, once feared as a potential super-spreader event, did not usher in a major resurgence of coronavirus cases in the Lima...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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SPORTS

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Boys basketball: Perry defeats Elida for 12th victory

ELIDA — Perry’s running game was too much for Elida as the Commodores notched a 71-49 boys basketball victory over Elida Saturday night at...

January 23rd, 2021 updated: January 24th, 2021. |  

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Bath rolls past No. 1 Fort Loramie

BATH TOWNSHIP — Longtime Bath girls head basketball coach Greg Mauk has been preaching to his team the importance of being focused and locked in...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Ohio Northern opens men’s basketball season with win

WILMINGTON — Sophomore C.J. Napier had his second career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Ohio Northern men’s bask...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Roundup: Perry stays unbeaten in NWCC with win against Ridgemont

Boys BasketballPerry 67, Ridgemont 46MOUNT VICTORY — Perry outscored Ridgemont 23-9 in the fourth quarter to secure the win and remain atop the ...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Boys basketball: Lincolnview runs past Allen East

MIDDLE POINT — Lincolnview wants to get out in transition as much as possible.In Friday’s Northwest Conference boys basketball matchup wit...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

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LIFESTYLE

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Monster truck show won’t return to Lima

LIMA — The 4-Wheel Jamboree, which brought 30,000-plus people and $6.5 million in tourism to Lima each year, won’t be returning to the All...

January 22nd, 2021 |  

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Art exhibits, educational talks and pancakes this weekend

REGION — From learning opportunities to opportunities to have some else cook your breakfast, there are a few options this weekend:• A driv...

January 21st, 2021 |  

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Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’

NEW YORK — The country has a new president and a new literary star. In one of the inauguration’s most talked about moments, poet Amanda Go...

January 21st, 2021 |  

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Lima’s Crawford Shoes

LIMA — Kenneth Crawford knew what counted when it came to selling shoes — what The Lima News described as “an unwavering attention&#...

January 19th, 2021 |  

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Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” ...

January 17th, 2021 |  

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Real Life Mama: Please go to sleep

Isn’t it amazing how quickly kids can jump from school schedule to holiday break and yet how long it takes to get them back into a school schedu...

January 17th, 2021 |  

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OPINION

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Letter: Not the same ol’ Browns

The Cleveland Browns lost to the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, but we gave them one hell of a scare.The Browns proved they belonge...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Letter: Huge debt has consequence

In a column by Cal Thomas on the Opinion page some months back, he quoted a former Congressional Budget Office director who said the national debt is ...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Letter: A gentleman and a fool

To former Vice President Pence:Thank you for being a real American. Fullfilling your duties you undertook when your were placed into office, you did i...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Jim Krumel: With Trump gone, what’s the future for Jim Jordan?

Not surprisingly there is all kind of speculation about Jim Jordan’s future.A few weeks ago The (Columbus) Dispatch reported there is talk of th...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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David Trinko: We all belong to something important

Our 7-year-old daughter was so excited about something that looked like junk mail to me.“It’s addressed to the Trinko family!” she k...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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BUSINESS

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Judge Willamowski named Presiding Judge

LIMA — John R. Willamowski, judge with the Third District Court of Appeals in Lima, has been designated as presiding judge of that court for 202...

January 22nd, 2021 |  

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Versa-Pak receives Ohio Rail Development Commission grant

CELINA — Versa-Pak Ltd. has received an Ohio Rail Development Commission grant for $125,000.That money will be used to help with the expansion o...

January 20th, 2021 |  

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Federal pandemic unemployment compensation payments issued

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has begun issuing supplemental weekly $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation ...

January 20th, 2021 |  

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Dominion Energy purchases Hardin County solar project

RICHMOND, Va. — Ownership of a new solar generating facility in Hardin County has changed.According to a news release from officials from Domini...

January 19th, 2021 updated: January 21st, 2021. |  

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Stately Richfield has comfortable living

An artful arrangement of brick and glass blends to give the Richfield a look that’s at once stately and welcoming. Handsome masonry columns supp...

January 16th, 2021 |  

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Cheryl Parson: 2020’s top 5 scams

It’s pretty much a consensus the best thing about 2020 was seeing it in our rearview mirrors. It was a year packed with tumult. COVID-19 dominat...

January 16th, 2021 |  

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STATE NEWS

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Insurers add food to coverage menu as way to improve health

When COVID-19 first swarmed the United States, one health insurer called some customers with a question: Do you have enough to eat? Oscar Health wante...

January 23rd, 2021 |  

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Magistrate denies bond for Ohio man in Capitol breach case

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A federal magistrate refused Friday to set bond for an Ohio man charged with helping plot the attack on the U.S. Capitol.The...

January 22nd, 2021 |  

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Legislator who questioned Black hygiene to lead health panel

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Republican lawmaker and doctor who questioned whether members of “the colored population” were disproportion...

January 22nd, 2021 |  

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Ohio’s quick pardon program off to slow start

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine has granted nine pardons a year after his administration created a faster path to a gubernatorial pardon ̵...

January 21st, 2021 |  

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Chief: Man who killed officer had vowed not to go to jail

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A man who charged out of his house and shot and killed an Ohio police officer after a two-hour standoff had repeatedly made ...

January 20th, 2021 |  

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DeWine rejects list of nominees for Ohio utility commission

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine faced swift criticism from consumer advocates Wednesday after he rejected the entire slate of candid...

January 20th, 2021 |  

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E-EDITION AND SPECIAL SECTIONS

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