NEWS

7:30 pm |

Local groomer competes in Wilmington

7:00 pm |

Elida Village Council to meet

6:43 pm |

Allen County Junior Fair Livestock Auction lively

6:25 pm |

Wynonna and The Big Noise to perform at Niswonger

6:25 pm |

A Night with Janis Joplin set at Niswonger

6:25 pm |

The Guess Who to perform at Niswonger

Opening ceremony set for Juvenile Detention Center

LIMA — Public tours will be offered at the opening ceremony of the Allen County Juvenile Detention Center at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at th...

August 23rd, 2019 |

Scotty McCreery to perform at Civic Center

LIMA — Scotty McCreery will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Veterans Memorial Civic Center, 7 Town Square, Lima.Tickets are $29 to $7...

August 23rd, 2019 |

Lima City Schools Board of Education to meet

LIMA — The Lima City Schools Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at the South Science Technology Magnet School, 755 St. John...

August 23rd, 2019 |

Serial killer pleads guilty in 4 slayings

CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who claims he has killed more than 90 women across the country pleaded guilty Friday to murdering four women in Ohio.Sam...

August 23rd, 2019 |

Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods as trade war escalates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Escalating his trade war with China, President Donald Trump bumped up his tariffs on Chinese imports Friday, lashing back afte...

August 23rd, 2019 |

Siferd Funeral Home under new ownership

LIMA — Siferd Funeral Home is under new management and ownership.Hanneman Family Funeral Homes, a family owned chain based in North Baltimore, O...

August 23rd, 2019 |

SPORTS

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Updated: 8:24 am. |

Continental edges LCC

1:42 am |

Bengals fall 25-23 to Giants

1:35 am |

Indians unable to prevent Mets sweep

Ohio State among elite four entering college football season

Four years of Alabama-Clemson dominance have made the college football season seem like a foregone conclusion.The Crimson Tide and Tigers have split t...

August 23rd, 2019 |

Bluffton defeats P-G in volleyball

BLUFFTON — The host Pirates improved to 2-0 on the season with a 21-25, 25-10, 25-15, 27-25 volleyball victory Thursday night against Pandora-Gi...

August 23rd, 2019 |

Davis, Mets helped by Indians’ mental lapse, win 4-3 in 10

NEW YORK (AP) — J.D. Davis lined an RBI single with two outs that capped a two-run rally in the 10th inning and the New York Mets, helped moment...

August 21st, 2019 |

Elida defeats LCC, Kalida in tri-meet

High SchoolBoys golfElida 157, Kalida 160, LCC 182KALIDA — Elida’s Carson Harmon was the medalist with a 36. Other Bulldog scores were Eth...

August 21st, 2019 |

Castillo rebounds as Reds beat Padres 4-2 to win series

CINCINNATI (AP) — Luis Castillo didn’t have his best stuff, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as his last start.Cincinnati’s All-Sta...

August 21st, 2019 |

Mayfield clarifies biting remarks

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield did some scrambling off the field.Claiming he was taken out of context in an interview cond...

August 21st, 2019 |

MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

LIFESTYLE

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Fans choose sides in the ‘Chicken Sandwich War’ of our time

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Births

6:00 pm |

Taylor Swift says she plans to re-record her songs’ masters

Births

Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterAug. 21 — Christine and Andrew Brickner, Ottawa, boy; Ashely and Scott Crossgrove, Cloverdale, boy; ...

August 22nd, 2019 |

Work of area natives on display throughout ArtSpace

LIMA — If you take a walk through ArtSpace/Lima’s current galleries, you just might come across a name or landscape you recognize.Through ...

August 22nd, 2019 |

The Menus returning to Rally in the Square

LIMA — One of the Rally in the Square favorites will return to Lima this weekend.Gates for The Menus will open at 5 p.m., and you should get the...

August 22nd, 2019 |

‘Dancing With the Stars’: See who’s who in the wild, weird 2019 cast

A “Queer Eye” host, a “Bachelorette” and a former White House press secretary walk into a dance studio …Only “Danc...

August 21st, 2019 |

Reminisce: Lima’s Oil King: W.L. Russell

LIMA — William Lockard Russell had made a very favorable impression on Lima since his arrival in 1902. In November 1918, as talk of the 1919 may...

August 21st, 2019 updated: August 21st, 2019. |

Joan Jett, Underwood to perform ‘Sunday Night Football’ open

Fred Gaudelli knew NBC would have to come up with something grand for this season’s “Sunday Night Football” opener given this is the...

August 20th, 2019 |

OPINION

7:23 pm |

Column: Volcker 2.0 is too little, too late for Wall Street’s traders

4:13 pm |

Raul Ascunce: Wally asks the classic question, ‘Where’s walleye?’

11:04 pm |

Editorial: Charter school drop in enrollment could signal stability

Dr. Jessica Johnson: Perspective key to how one fares in life

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”That is one of the resounding themes of the recently released movie, “Brian Banks.”...

August 22nd, 2019 |

Lori Borgman: To buy or not to buy souvenirs

Because the husband is more a kid at heart than I am, he says we need to find souvenirs for the grandkids while on a trip we are taking.I can be a kid...

August 22nd, 2019 |

Letter: Absurd behavior in White House

The latest episode of infantile behavior didn’t occur on the floor in Chief Supermarket nor did it occur in the aisleways of JC Penny. Where it ...

August 22nd, 2019 |

Letter: Help butterflies: Wait to mow

Beautiful Monarch butterflies will be migrating through Ohio over the next six weeks. They rely on milkweed and flowers, often found on grassy roadsid...

August 21st, 2019 |

Letter: Apple bandits strip my tree

I have a Mackintosh apple tree in my backyard which is now about 23 feet tall. Last year it had tiny nubbins and all fell to the ground. Thus, no appl...

August 21st, 2019 updated: August 22nd, 2019. |

George Will: ‘The Nickel Boys’: A searing reminder of what’s not unthinkable

WASHINGTON — Because of the investigation led by three University of South Florida researchers, and because of exemplary journalism by the Tampa...

August 21st, 2019 |

BUSINESS

7:30 pm |

Local groomer competes in Wilmington

6:09 pm |

Siferd Funeral Home under new ownership

5:30 pm |

Doctor joins Kettering Physician Network

Behind Taste of the Fair: Family businesses thrive

LIMA — Taste of the Fair is a family affair for Bare Bones BBQ.The family owned mobile barbecue stand is now a staple at the Allen County Fair, ...

August 20th, 2019 |

Region jobless rate continues rise

LIMA — Unemployment rose to 4.7% in Allen County in July, continuing a three-month upward trend that appears to be driven by a growing labor for...

August 20th, 2019 |

Can employers help relieve stress of opioid epidemic?

LIMA — Businesses are feeling the shocks of the opioid epidemic, which costs the U.S. billions of dollars each year in lost productivity and exp...

August 19th, 2019 updated: August 19th, 2019. |

How to bypass ATM fees while you’re on the road

If you find yourself short on cash while on vacation, it might seem easiest to hit up the nearest ATM. But if that handy machine is not in your bank&#...

August 17th, 2019 |

Cheryl Parson: Why you should not share a code sent to a phone

A friend of mine recently wanted to sell a baby crib and mattress. He posted it for sale on Craigslist and included his phone number to make contact w...

August 17th, 2019 |

Legal-Ease: Is it worth fighting over?

There are and always will be aspects of life about which people see and think differently and disagree.Sometimes, disagreements stem from an action or...

August 17th, 2019 |