NEWS

10:38 pm |

Economic test awaits Biden

6:00 pm |

Virtual chapel service includes bishop sermon, ‘Restless for Justice’

5:00 pm |

Allen County Board of Elections to meet

4:25 pm |

Lima event honors service, remembers MLK’s legacy

4:01 pm |

Bluffton planning commission to meet

3:58 pm
Updated: 4:00 pm. |

Increase in email, text ‘phishing’ scams reported

Today’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic

• Health Partners of Western Ohio will be administering COVID-19 vaccines at the Bradfield Community Center to seniors 80 years and older this T...

January 18th, 2021 |

Man hid 3 months in Chicago airport

CHICAGO (AP) — A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in...

January 18th, 2021 |

Police calls

LIMA POLICE500 block of Calumet Avenue, Lima — A theft was reported Sunday.200 block of West Grand Avenue, Lima — A domestic violence inci...

January 18th, 2021 |

Juvenile charged as adult in year-old murder outside Pappy’s bar

LIMA — One of two juveniles who police say shot and killed Lima resident Danielle Jackson during a robbery attempt nearly a year ago outside Pap...

January 18th, 2021 |

Rhodes State trustees plan regular meeting

LIMA — The Rhodes State College Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 via Zoom.__JAMES A. RHODES STATE C...

January 18th, 2021 |

Bluffton parks and recreation committee to meet

BLUFFTON — The Village of Bluffton Parks and Recreation Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 via Zoom.Receive an invitation to the Zoo...

January 18th, 2021 |

SPORTS

9:09 pm |

LCC names court after Bob Seggerson

7:51 pm |

Browns expecting to build upon 2020 successes

4:55 pm |

Blue Jackets hold on, defeat Red Wings 3-2 for their 1st win

Brady and Buccs move on; is Brees calling it a career?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tom Brady’s best game in three tries against New Orleans kept the Buccaneers moving on in the NFL playoffs, and has Sai...

January 17th, 2021 |

Browns are different now, but playoffs didn’t get the message

KANSAS CITY — Just like so many painful playoff losses in their past, the Browns came up achingly short — inches from a game-swinging play...

January 17th, 2021 |

Versatile Buckeyes winning without a big man

COLUMBUS — While the Ohio State football team was busy making its way to the National Championship Game amid a global pandemic, the Ohio State b...

January 17th, 2021 |

Bluffton’s Schriner named soccer All-American

Bluffton High School’s Jonathan Schriner was among 59 players named an All-American during Saturday’s United Soccer Coaches National Conve...

January 17th, 2021 |

Ohio high school boys, girls basketball scores for Saturday, Jan. 16

BoysAmherst Steele 53, Avon Lake 51Andrews Osborne Academy 63, Cle. Cent. Cath. 26Antwerp 52, Van Wert Lincolnview 47Attica Seneca E. 50, Arcadia 28Ba...

January 16th, 2021 |

Roundup: Bluffton converts school record 25 3-pointers

BLUFFTON – Bluffton set a boys basketball school record with 25 3-pointers in a 101-46 boys basketball steamrolling of Cory-Rawson Saturday nigh...

January 16th, 2021 updated: January 17th, 2021. |

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LIFESTYLE

3:22 pm |

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

12:36 pm |

Real Life Mama: Please go to sleep

7:00 am |

Lima Public Library Book Reviews

Gloria and John Boop

UNIOPOLIS — Mr. and Mrs. John Boop are celebrating 50 years of marriage. A quiet dinner for the couple is planned.Boop and the former Gloria Mih...

January 16th, 2021 |

Mary Margaret and Robert Stolly

LIMA — Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Stolly are celebrating 65 years of marriage.Stolly and the former Mary Margaret Winkler were married Jan. 21, 1956...

January 16th, 2021 |

A changing church: Pandemic spurs faith groups to learn technology

LIMA — Kris Browning, lead pastor of Shawnee Alliance Church, laughs when he thinks about retiring in 35 years or so and helping a new pastor tr...

January 16th, 2021 |

David Trinko: Lessons learned from labels on salad dressing

Two of my daughters were sitting at the dinner table, looking at the nutrition facts on the back of a bottle of ranch salad dressing.They started talk...

January 16th, 2021 |

J.Lo, Gaga to perform at inauguration

The A-list is back. How A-list? Try Lady Gaga and J. Lo. Inauguration officials announced Thursday that the glittery duo would appear in person on Jan...

January 15th, 2021 |

MLK honored with events this weekend

REGION — There are a few events to choose from this weekend:• An event to honor Martin Luther King Jr. will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at the ...

January 14th, 2021 updated: January 15th, 2021. |

OPINION

8:00 pm |

Ron Lora: Biden calls climate change a top priority

6:03 pm |

Letter: Truth matters, Jim Jordan

4:01 pm |

Jerry Zezima: It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad tooth

Dr. Jessica Johnson: The fierce urgency of now.

“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.”As we celebrate Martin Luther Ki...

January 17th, 2021 |

Letter: Enough is enough

This is a letter to the children running our government.Almost without exception, and no matter if they have an ‘R’ or ‘D’ beh...

January 17th, 2021 |

Letter: Answer to double-standard

I watched as the protest at the Capitol turned into a riot. In no way do I blame President Trump for this any more than I blame Kamala Harris for the ...

January 17th, 2021 |

Jim Krumel column: Non-violence remains a potent weapon

What is it that America has failed to hear?That was one of the questions Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. posed to an overflow crowd of more than 2,000 peop...

January 17th, 2021 |

Michael Reagan: It’s time for Trump, Biden to suck it up

Everyone should be outraged at Democrats and Republicans for the damage they’ve done to the country during the last year.But right now, as the c...

January 16th, 2021 |

Letter: How big is the solar farm?

After reading all of the pros and cons of the solar panel fields, no one that I recall brought this up:The amount of acres it would take up is over 2,...

January 16th, 2021 |

BUSINESS

2:00 pm |

Stately Richfield has comfortable living

10:30 am |

Cheryl Parson: 2020’s top 5 scams

10:30 am |

Land transfers, Jan. 7-13

Legal-Ease: Waking the sleeping dogs of rural septic systems

Sewage is generally classified into two categories. The first category is storm sewage, sometimes called stormwater sewage. This is sewage that result...

January 16th, 2021 |

Hyundai, Ford F-150, Mustang Mach-E take North American Car, Truck, Utility of Year Awards

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. took two of three of the 2021 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards announced Monday.The Hyu...

January 15th, 2021 |

Allen County companies land $250K in JobsOhio inclusion grants

LIMA — Seven Allen County companies are set to receive $25,000 and $50,000 grants for manufacturing development projects through a new JobsOhio ...

January 12th, 2021 updated: January 12th, 2021. |

Lima Stock + Field store among closures

LIMA — Stock + Field on Cable Road will close later this year, becoming the latest major retailer to vacate a storefront in Lima.Stock + Field C...

January 12th, 2021 updated: January 12th, 2021. |

Guardian Lima talks ethanol production

LIMA — Each day, Guardian Lima grinds roughly 420 acres of corn. The ethanol plant is known for its production of fuel-grade ethanol, an alterna...

January 11th, 2021 |

Another big year for fake meat

Jimmy Dean, the quintessential breakfast sausage brand, is adding plant-based patties in a product debut that is as sure a sign as any that America is...

January 9th, 2021 |