NEWS

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Specified parcel list prepared for spring

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Manufacturing course scheduled for summer

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Sign-ups for summer playground program to begin

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Ahl Easter dinner draws hundreds

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Round 2 for liquor permits on council agenda

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Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

Carts help disabled Ohio dogs stay mobile

GALION — John Lizotte approached the makeshift pen with caution because the German shepherd was in full-on guard-dog mode, his deep-throated bar...

April 21st, 2019 |

Proposed law requires Ohioans be at least 16½ for driver’s license

DAYTON — A bill before the Ohio Legislature requiring teenage drivers under 18 years old to use their learner’s permits for a full year wo...

April 21st, 2019 |

Bluffton’s Garmatter ready for senior year

BLUFFTON — Baylor Garmatter, 17, a junior at Bluffton High School, is looking forward to his senior year.He is a standout on the football, baske...

April 21st, 2019 |

Fire damages home in Columbus Grove

COLUMBUS GROVE — The Columbus Grove Fire Department is investigating a fire that broke out around 10 p.m. Saturday night.Crews were dispatched t...

April 21st, 2019 |

Get This: Man returns home, finds naked stranger on couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a Tennessee man returned home to find a naked stranger sitting on his couch drinking juice. WKRN-TV cites a N...

April 21st, 2019 |

‘Flying Bank Robber’ arrested 60 years ago

HAMILTON, Ohio — It has been 60 years since the FBI took serial bank robber Frank Sprenz into custody after a crime spree across the country, in...

April 20th, 2019 |

SPORTS

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Pan rallies to win RBC Heritage for 1st PGA Tour title

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Marchand helps Bruins beat Maple Leafs 4-2 to force Game 7

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Celtics complete rare sweep by beating Pacers 110-106

Crew unable to extend Timbers’ losing streak

COLUMBUS — Larrys Mabiala and Jeremy Ebobisse scored in the first half and the Portland Timbers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 vic...

April 20th, 2019 |

NFL draft: Bengals need linebacker

CINCINNATI — Cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick looked around the locker room on the first day of the Bengals’ voluntary workouts and noted that n...

April 20th, 2019 |

NFL draft: Browns on outside without first-round pick

CLEVELAND — John Dorsey’s patience is about to be tested like never before.After having the No. 1 overall pick in each of the past two NFL...

April 20th, 2019 |

Baldwin departure leaves hole in Ohio State QB ranks

COLUMBUS — After last Saturday’s Ohio State spring football game coach Ryan Day said his biggest concern going into the season was OSUR...

April 20th, 2019 updated: April 20th, 2019. |

Indians’ Santana becomes US citizen

CLEVELAND — Not even a cold, rainy day could hinder Carlos Santana’s joyful smile.The Indians first baseman was sworn in as a U.S. citizen...

April 19th, 2019 |

Blue Jackets back at work

There are a number of hurdles for the newly minted Blue Jackets to deal with in the coming days. Fresh off the first playoff series win in team histor...

April 19th, 2019 |

MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

LIFESTYLE

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‘The Curse of La Llorona’ reigns over weekend box office

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Five generations: Burklo family

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Real Life Mama: Striving to do better

“Little” – PG-13

The Story“Were you always this way?” asks Stevie (Marley Taylor), a cute little girl with a magic wand. “What way?!” demands a...

April 20th, 2019 |

David Trinko: Finding our proper roles this Easter

I was Peter. I was Pilate. I was both the bad thief and the good thief.Last weekend, at our church’s Palm Sunday services, I had the role of ...

April 20th, 2019 |

‘All in the Family,’ ‘Jeffersons’ rebooted for live special

LOS ANGELES — “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” are coming back to TV, live and for one night only. Woody Harrels...

April 19th, 2019 |

Births

Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterApril 17 — Britny and Mark Zwiebel, Bluffton, girl.April 18 — Cayce and Shannon Archer, Ada, g...

April 19th, 2019 |

Easter egg hunts sprinkled across area

LIMA — April showers will bring down plenty of eggs for the community to hunt this weekend, and the Easter Bunny may even make a special appeara...

April 18th, 2019 |

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 |

OPINION

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Column: Four reasons I’m backing RTA

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Letter: Heartbeat bill a good thing

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Letter: Community backs RTA

Letter: Jim Jordan hard to understand

I am still wondering about the recent Jim Jordan article in The Lima News. Why would our congressman be so upset about someone trying to make voting b...

April 21st, 2019 |

Jim Krumel: 12 things you never may have cared to know

From the Department of Useless information:Poor McAllen, Texas. What a measurement to have wrapped around its belly. It’s being called the the f...

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

Letter: Words to song hold true today

A letter appeared in The Lima News titled, “Hello! Time for us to wake up.” It made me think of a song written by Victor Carstarphen, John...

April 21st, 2019 |

Did you know: The painful truth

“In 2017, a Brookings Institution report found that about half of the nearly 8 million men ages 25 to 54 not in the labor force acknowledge taki...

April 20th, 2019 |

Glenn Mollette: Easter: Think about life, death

Easter is an exciting day for Christians around the world. Churches around the globe look forward to celebrating the resurrection of Christ.Clergy per...

April 20th, 2019 |

An article in The Lima News quotes an ODOT official as saying the RTA will be getting money from the state of Ohio. In that same article, Sheila Haney...

April 20th, 2019 |