Get This: Man charged with taking Burger King’s grease
Medical marijuana program still growing
Trump laces into ex-advisers who spoke with Mueller
Dougie John’s Pizza opens in Ottawa
Right place at the right time
Latest Updates
- Land transfers, April 11-17 - 10:30 am
- Get This: Man charged with taking Burger King’s grease - 8:00 am
- Medical marijuana program still growing - 8:33 pm
- Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce hosting annual Awards Royal Gala - 8:00 pm
- Museum of Postal History offering informational session on fall trip - 7:00 pm
- Trump laces into ex-advisers who spoke with Mueller - 6:39 pm
- Dougie John’s Pizza opens in Ottawa - 6:21 pm
- Wapak Theatre Arts Group presenting Murder at the Luau - 6:00 pm
- ArtSpace/Lima hosting ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ - 5:00 pm
- Housing development proposed at Lost Creek Golfers Club - 4:53 pm
- 20 years after Columbine: Polls show parents’ growing fears of school dangers - 4:43 pm updated: 6:43 pm.
- US judge blocks part of Ohio ban on abortion procedure - 4:36 pm
- Earth Day celebration moved to April 28 - 4:15 pm updated: 4:13 pm.
- Real Wheels: Revamped truck goes everywhere - 4:00 pm
- Heidi Stevens: Most of us don’t tip our hotel housekeepers - 4:00 pm
- Brumback Library hosting Symphony Storytime - 4:00 pm
- Car shows and more - 3:00 pm
- Individual arrested after ‘making a scene’ at Lima Social Security office - 3:00 pm
- Police calls - 2:05 pm
- Births - 2:05 pm
- Lima man charged with raping young party-goer - 2:03 pm updated: 2:05 pm.
- Lima man indicted on manslaughter charge in drug-related death - 2:01 pm
- Cadillac CT5 sedan chases younger buyers - 2:00 pm
- 65-year-old Lima man charged with 10 counts of rape - 1:02 pm updated: 1:02 pm.
- Car Talk: A blizzard of complaints for Toyota’s Blizzard Pearl paint - 1:00 pm
NEWS
Dougie John’s Pizza opens in Ottawa
OTTAWA — Dougie John’s Pizza opened a location in Ottawa Tuesday and employees have been so busy keeping up with orders, the business has ...
April 19th, 2019 |
Wapak Theatre Arts Group presenting Murder at the Luau
WAPAKONETA — The Wapak Theatre Arts Group will present Murder at the Luau at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Eagles, 25 E. Auglaize St., Wapak...
April 19th, 2019 |
ArtSpace/Lima hosting ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’
LIMA — “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a musical event tracing the development of African American music, will be held at 7 p.m. Friday...
April 19th, 2019 |
Housing development proposed at Lost Creek Golfers Club
BATH TOWNSHIP — A new housing development is planned to replace the 111 acres of the Lost Creek Golfers Club with mid-range, or “workforce...
April 19th, 2019 |
20 years after Columbine: Polls show parents’ growing fears of school dangers
The deadly attack at Columbine High School in 1999 seemed to usher in a new era of school shootings.Two decades later, polls consistently capture grow...
April 19th, 2019 updated: April 19th, 2019. |
US judge blocks part of Ohio ban on abortion procedure
COLUMBUS — A federal judge blocked part of an Ohio law late Thursday that bans the abortion method of dilation and evacuation in most cases, add...
April 19th, 2019 |
SPORTS
Lima area sports calendar
Each week, The Lima News publishes a calendar of events of local interest. Events should be submitted by noon Wednesday of each week to The Lima News....
April 19th, 2019 |
Right place at the right time
The old adage of being in the right place at the right time has been a boon for myself and members of my family while viewing wildlife.I have been spe...
April 19th, 2019 |
Girls high school basketball: New Ottoville coach knows tradition
OTTOVILLE – It’s not the family business but Ottoville High School’s girls basketball program feels like family to its new coach, Mi...
April 19th, 2019 updated: April 19th, 2019. |
Roundup: Bluffton’s Schaadt records perfect game in softball
BLUFFTON — Libby Schaadt (12-1) allowed no hits or walks while striking out 11 in throwing a perfect five-inning game for the host Pirates in a ...
April 18th, 2019 updated: April 19th, 2019. |
High school track and field: Wapakoneta’s Redskin Relays offer change of pace
WAPAKONETA — Sometimes a change in the routine can be a good thing.Thursday’s Wapakoneta Redskin Relays at Harmon Field provided that reli...
April 18th, 2019 updated: April 18th, 2019. |
Lima Senior grad Simpson named Michigan’s MVP
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Xavier Simpson has been named the Most Valuable Player of Michigan’s men’s basketball team.The Lima Senior High S...
April 18th, 2019 updated: April 18th, 2019. |
LIFESTYLE
Johnny Appleseed Parks hosting back-to-back spring activities
LIMA — The Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District will provide two opportunities to enjoy spring this weekend with a Good Friday Hike and a...
April 18th, 2019 |
Births
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterApril 17 — Angela Lehman and Jay Swink, Lima, boy; Rachel and Ryan Robey, Delphos, boy. .neFileBlock...
April 18th, 2019 |
Quinn on Nutrition: Living with one kidney
A reader who read a recent column about caring for our kidneys, writes: “I did not realize that the kidneys provided so much to our bodies. My g...
April 17th, 2019 |
Monty Python celebrate ‘Life of Brian,’ honor ailing Jones
LONDON — Celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the Monty Python comedy classic “Life of Brian” are being somewhat overshadowed by...
April 17th, 2019 |
Births
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterApril 16 — Katlin and Micah Brown, Elida, boy; Ashley Kitchen and Joseph Estle, Delphos, girl; Brean...
April 17th, 2019 |
Christopher Stark Wood
LIMA — It was April 1824, and Christopher Stark Wood was on the move.Wood was always on the move; had been since picking up his Kentucky long ri...
April 17th, 2019 updated: April 17th, 2019. |
OPINION
Cal Thomas: Let communities that support immigrant detainees take them in
In the category of Mad magazine’s “scenes we’d like to see,” comes President Trump’s threat to transport migrants to cit...
April 19th, 2019 |
Kathleen Parker: Really? Tankers of water …
WASHINGTON — At least he recognized the urgency.As the world gasped in horror at the sight of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral burning in a cat...
April 19th, 2019 |
Letter: RTA not perfect, but its helpful
I am writing about the current ACRTA tax that we will vote on in May.When ACRTA started this program I was a proponent against it. My son is special n...
April 19th, 2019 |
Letter: Libs live a life of total hypocrisy
The recent shift of the Democrat party to the far left has me wondering what type of person would still support them.• First: You would have to ...
April 19th, 2019 |
Letter: A sweet for the sweet tooth
After reading the feature story on the Ark of Sweet, I felt compelled to share some information to my fellow “penuche lovers.”I found a st...
April 19th, 2019 |
Heidi Stevens: Most of us don’t tip our hotel housekeepers
Here’s a small, easy way to make the world a tiny bit better: Tip your hotel housekeeper.Most of us — around 70 percent of hotel guests &#...
April 19th, 2019 |
BUSINESS
Ohio’s milking business going dry
LOUISVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A dairy farm operated for four generations by one Ohio family is set to run dry.Dwight Raber, of Raber Dairy Farms in no...
April 17th, 2019 updated: April 17th, 2019. |
Unions urge Democrats to focus on kitchen table economics
LAS VEGAS — Ardently liberal, pro-labor and anti-corporate cash, the field of Democrats running for president may look like a union activistR...
April 15th, 2019 |
Honda opens $1.9 million training center
BELLEFONTAINE — Honda of America Mfg. has opened a 40,000 square-foot training center in Bellefontaine to help train new production associates.T...
April 15th, 2019 |
First National Bank marks 100-year anniversary
PANDORA — First National Bank of Pandora was chartered 100 years ago on April 23, an occasion which the community bank is celebrating throughout...
April 13th, 2019 |
Farming for the next generation
WAYNESFIELD — Brothers Lee and Brandon Turner are springing into their first fiscal year operating Scioto Prairie Farms in Auglaize County. Alth...
April 13th, 2019 |
Mercer County farmer brings concerns to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 100 Ohio Farm Bureau members, many of them farmers, visited Capitol Hill to speak with their district representativ...
April 13th, 2019 |
STATE NEWS
Man pleads not guilty in missing child hoax
CINCINNATI (AP) — A 23-year-old man authorities say impersonated a long-missing child pleaded not guilty Friday to lying to federal agents.Brian...
April 19th, 2019 |
US judge blocks part of Ohio ban on abortion procedure
COLUMBUS — A federal judge blocked part of an Ohio law late Thursday that bans the abortion method of dilation and evacuation in most cases, add...
April 19th, 2019 |
More charges for man accused of claiming to be missing child
CINCINNATI — A federal grand jury indictment that was filed Thursday accuses an Ohio man who claimed to be a missing child from Illinois of lyin...
April 18th, 2019 |
Inmate pleads guilty in stabbing attack on prison guard
PORTSMOUTH — A man already convicted in three slayings and serving a life sentence has pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated murder and other c...
April 18th, 2019 |
Doctor’s dosing prompts a look at more hospital regulation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — How might Ohio better regulate hospitals following allegations that an intensive care doctor ordered excessive painkiller ...
April 17th, 2019 |
Competing proposals could dictate sports betting in Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — While questions remain about whether sports betting can be legalized in Ohio without a statewide vote, competing proposals i...
April 17th, 2019 |
