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
Black History Month quiz
Latest Updates
- 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
- St. John’s United Methodist hosting fellowship meal - 4:00 pm
- Mental Health and Recovery Services Board to meet - 3:30 pm
- Lima Economic and Community Development to meet - 3:00 pm
- Bluffton University to host forum on workplace communication - 2:30 pm
- Bluffton University to host forum ‘The Witness of Conversational Bodies’ - 2:00 pm
- Putnam County lifts Level 1 road advisory - 1:34 pm updated: 1:35 pm.
NEWS
OSU-Lima hosting 2019 Honors Colloquium
LIMA — Ohio State Lima is hosting the 2019 Honors Colloquium featuring American literary scholar Jonathan Gottschall, author of “The Story...
February 18th, 2019 |
World stocks mostly rise ahead of more China-US trade talks
SINGAPORE (AP) — World stocks mostly rose on Monday ahead of more trade talks between Chinese and American officials in Washington this week.Aft...
February 18th, 2019 |
Jennings Board of Education to meet
FORT JENNINGS — The Jennings Local School District Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Fort Jennings H...
February 18th, 2019 |
Assistant prosecutor speaks at Rotary Presidents Day lunch
LIMA — Perhaps it was an appropriate topic for a Presidents Day gathering.On a day set aside to honor some of the pillars of a democratic societ...
February 18th, 2019 |
Heir Force Community School board to meet
LIMA — The Heir Force Community School will hold a special board meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Impact Center, 2000 N. Cole St., Li...
February 18th, 2019 |
Illinois massacre victim’s text: ‘I love you, I’ve been shot at work’
AURORA, Ill. — For Terra Pinkard, the nightmare began with an ominous text from her husband: “I love you, I’ve been shot at work....
February 18th, 2019 |
SPORTS
Updated: 9:31 pm. |
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 |
Boys basketball roundup: Perry notches 16th victory
PERRY — The Commodores improved to 16-3 on the season with a 62-45 boys basketball victory Saturday night against Botkins.Chazz Jackson had 22 p...
February 17th, 2019 updated: February 17th, 2019. |
Wrestling: Wapakoneta wins WBL again
WAPAKONETA — Winning a league title is a goal for every high school wrestling program.However, winning a league title is not an easy task. There...
February 17th, 2019 updated: February 17th, 2019. |
Wrestling: Bluffton’s Nassar a four-time NWC champ
HARROD – Bluffton senior Deandre Nassar finished fourth at the 2017-18 Ohio High School Athletic Association State wrestling tournament in the 1...
February 17th, 2019 updated: February 17th, 2019. |
Boys basketball: LCC uses pressure to extract victory against Celina
LIMA — Celina was making it tough on Lima Central Catholic to get on a roll.Then, the T-Birds’ leading scorer on the night, Tre Garner, we...
February 17th, 2019 updated: 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
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 |
Michael Reagan: Damning the Do-Nothings of Congress
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the looniest lefty I’ve seen elected to Congress in my lifetime.But Ilhan Omar, her fellow rookie House member from ...
February 16th, 2019 |
Glenn Mollette: Holding my stillborn son
My wife and I got the news on May 30, 1989. Our full term nine-month old son was dead. Karen had not felt the baby move in a couple of days and when s...
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 |
