NEWS

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3-year-old from Texas drowns in Auglaize County, officials report

11:49 am |

Lima man serving as his own attorney is ready for trial

7:51 am
Updated: 7:54 am. |

A bicycle adventure: WOBA riders cycle through region

7:50 am
Updated: 7:55 am. |

Jim Krumel: ‘Go to’ person ending 47-year career at paper

7:49 am
Updated: 7:55 am. |

Two-car garage destroyed in Lima fire

7:48 am
Updated: 7:56 am. |

National Weather Service verifies Ft. Recovery tornado

Sheriff’s car stolen from her driveway

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — A vehicle stolen from the driveway of an Ohio sheriff was later recovered but her duty weapon remains missing, authoriti...

June 20th, 2021 updated: June 21st, 2021. |

ODOT has a bridge for sale

WATERVILLE, Ohio —The Ohio Department of Transportation has a bridge it’d like to sell you.Really.Except that under ODOT rules, the Roche ...

June 20th, 2021 |

National study: Lima ranks No. 3 in manufacturing

LIMA — Lima is ranked No. 3 in the nation in manufacturing among cities with a population of 150,000 or less, a new study by AdvisorSmith Soluti...

June 20th, 2021 updated: June 21st, 2021. |

Holy Cow! History: 111 prostitutes and the original Love Boat

Poor William Rosecrans was having a tough time in 1863.He was a Union general during the Civil War with two pressing problems. First, Abraham Lincoln ...

June 20th, 2021 |

Today’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic

Allen CountyCases ` 11,914 ` +1Deaths ` 239 ` 0Recovered ` 11,571 ` +4Auglaize CountyCases ` 5,021 ` 0Deaths ` 87 ` 0Recovered ` 4,863 ` +3Hardin Coun...

June 20th, 2021 |

Bluffton Streets, Alleys, Lights and Sidewalk Committee to meet

BLUFFTON — The Bluffton Streets, Alleys, Lights and Sidewalk Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 at Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Mai...

June 20th, 2021 |

SPORTS

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Late birdies make Rahm U.S. Open champion

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Updated: 7:56 pm. |

Lima City Men’s Golf Championship returns this week after 2020 COVID cancelation

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Locos defeat Graders

Duo’s homers power Pirates past Indians

PITTSBURGH — Michael Perez and Bryan Reynolds hit three-run home runs during the seventh inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a 6-3 vic...

June 19th, 2021 |

Pair use eagles to gain share of Open lead

SAN DIEGO — The eagle putts looked familiar for a Saturday at Torrey Pines in June, even with Tiger Woods nowhere in sight.Mackenzie Hughes watc...

June 19th, 2021 |

Mees pursues three-peat at Lima Half Mile

After having to wait a year, fans will get the opportunity to see if Jared Mees can three-peat at the Johnny K’s Indian Motorcycle Lima Half-Mil...

June 19th, 2021 updated: June 19th, 2021. |

Roundup: Locos fall to Ice Haulers

SANDUSKY — The Lima Locos were held scoreless through the first eight innings in a 7-2 Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League game Friday night ag...

June 19th, 2021 |

Indians fall short against Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Gregory Polanco hit a two-run homer in a five-run first inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates nearly squandered a 10-run lead in the la...

June 18th, 2021 |

Bland tastes top of Open leaderboard

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Open prides itself on being the most open of all majors with some 9,000 players from all walks of golf having a chance to c...

June 18th, 2021 |

MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

LIFESTYLE

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Lima Public Library Book Reviews

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Pop culture

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Rita Moreno on never giving up

Real Life Mama: To the father of my children: Thank you

To the father of my children, Paul,Thank you.Not only because it is Father’s day, but because I do not always tell you enough just how much I ap...

June 19th, 2021 |

Living With Children: The better the husband, the better the dad

Several columns past, I took to my bully pulpit and excoriated men who are married with children for being fathers first and husbands a distant second...

June 19th, 2021 |

Margaret and Robert Rettig

LIMA — Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rettig are celebrating 65 years of marriage with a private family dinner.Rettig and the former Margaret Ann Cira were...

June 19th, 2021 |

Art exhibits in the Lima area

COLUMBUSColumbus Museum of Art480 E. Broad St.Open to all visitors 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday with timed ticke...

June 19th, 2021 |

David Trinko: What a dad will do for a giggle

One of my daughters couldn’t hold in her laughter when I mentioned that most of the world sees her dad as a serious, respectable journalist.She ...

June 19th, 2021 |

Ex-Etiquette: How to problem-solve when met with spite

Q. I am getting married in a year and we are struggling with the guest list. My parents are divorced, and that makes the guest list complicated. My da...

June 19th, 2021 |

OPINION

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Updated: 7:55 am. |

Jim Krumel: ‘Go to’ person ending 47-year career at paper

5:30 pm |

Holy Cow! History: 111 prostitutes and the original Love Boat

7:02 pm |

Letter: Make a difference, get the vaccine

Letter: Biden performance was presidential

What a difference it was to see an actual adult president being on the world stage in Switzerland. And what a difference it was to see the change in d...

June 19th, 2021 |

Letter: Don’t let refinery kill Ohio jobs

Dear Ohio Workers:I regret to inform you that your Ohio jobs have been shot in the back by the Cenovus/Husky Energy management at the Lima Refinery. T...

June 19th, 2021 |

Letter:All of Lima not considered

I am responding to Mayor Berger’s Pride Month proclamation in the June 10th edition of The Lima News.Certainly no one wants to see the LGBTQ com...

June 19th, 2021 |

Letter: Nothing like a newspaper

As I was about to board my plane in Cincinnati, I noticed it on a nearby chair.“Could it be?” I wondered.I walked over. Ah, it was —...

June 19th, 2021 |

Letter: The ignored story of Juneteenth

I agree with Biden on Juneteenth and white supremacy.This is the time that the Black Americans can celebrate their freedom from slavery from the Democ...

June 19th, 2021 |

You don’t play nice with a killer

Editorial: Realism plus?Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

June 19th, 2021 |

BUSINESS

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Updated: 11:46 am. |

National study: Lima ranks No. 3 in manufacturing

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Leaving family business not easy

7:00 pm |

Retirement a bad word to 81-year-old

Hand off to the next generation

LIMA — Jim Yarger followed a path familiar to many family-business owners when building his successful automobile body shop.He began learning th...

June 19th, 2021 |

Can robots speed up drug discovery?

At Biosero’s San Diego headquarters, a mobile robot named Yoda wheels down the hallway to personally escort visitors to the company’s Acce...

June 19th, 2021 |

National eviction moratorium set to expire

With the federal eviction moratorium set to end June 30, millions of renters could be at risk of losing their homes.Although it’s possible that ...

June 19th, 2021 |

Bourbon tourism shaking off pandemic slump in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With tourists flocking to distilleries, concerns about a pandemic hangover for Kentucky’s world-famous bourbon industry ...

June 19th, 2021 |

Many are to blame, who has to pay for water damage?

Q: A few weeks ago, another apartment in our condo was having their hot water heater replaced. The management company only placed signs in one section...

June 19th, 2021 |