Latest Updates
- Hardesty’s candidacy stands - 8:32 am updated: 8:32 am.
- Judge blasts man for injuring infant - 8:31 am updated: 8:32 am.
- These vanity plates don’t cut it - 8:30 am updated: 8:33 am.
- Repeal of energy law moves forward - 8:29 am updated: 8:33 am.
- Lima couple injured in Wednesday evening traffic crash - 8:27 am updated: 8:33 am.
- Shawnee Township police chief stresses need for levy support - 8:26 am updated: 8:34 am.
- Get This: Doctor appears in court video call while performing surgery - 8:00 am
- Open house and fish fry planned in Harrod - 8:00 pm
- Kiwanis Club of Lima to hear amphitheater project update - 7:00 pm
- Lima school art faculty to be featured at ArtSpace/Lima - 7:00 pm
- Delphos drop-off recycling scheduled - 7:00 pm
- Elida High School to present ‘Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat’ - 7:00 pm
- Commissioners approve CARES Act dollars for security upgrade - 6:58 pm
- Today’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic - 6:51 pm
- Police calls - 6:47 pm
- Births - 6:45 pm
- Bargaining begins on relief bill - 6:35 pm
- Community Development Committee to meet - 6:00 pm
- Developmental Controls Committee to meet - 4:00 pm
- Lori Borgman: Redefining ‘Sweatin’ to the Oldies’ - 4:00 pm
- Allen East Board of Education to meet - 3:00 pm
- Spencerville fire department fish fry planned - 2:00 pm
- Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce hosting webinar on business growth - 1:00 pm
- Taking Off Pounds Sensibly Club meets Wednesdays - 12:00 pm
- Allen County 911 Board to meet - 11:00 am
NEWS

Get This: Doctor appears in court video call while performing surgery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Medical Board of California said it would investigate a plastic surgeon who appeared in a videoconference for his ...
March 5th, 2021 |

Open house and fish fry planned in Harrod
HARROD — An open house and fish fry will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 20 at the Harrod Event Center, 9520 Harrod Road, Harrod.Visit...
March 4th, 2021 |

Kiwanis Club of Lima to hear amphitheater project update
LIMA — The Kiwanis Club of Lima will meet at noon Tuesday, March 9 via Zoom.Tracie Sanchez, past president of the Lima Rotary Club, will give an...
March 4th, 2021 |

Lima school art faculty to be featured at ArtSpace/Lima
LIMA — “Better Together” will open March 9 and continue through March 27 at ArtSpace/Lima, 65 Town Square, Lima.The show features wo...
March 4th, 2021 |

Delphos drop-off recycling scheduled
DELPHOS — Drop-off recycling for the residents of Delphos will be held 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27 at the Delphos Fuel and Truck Wash, 1770 ...
March 4th, 2021 |

Elida High School to present ‘Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat’
ELIDA — The Elida High School Theater will present “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat” at 7:30 p.m. March 18-20, 3 p.m. March 20 ...
March 4th, 2021 |
SPORTS

Girls basketball: Crestview, Columbus Grove to play for spot in D-IV final four
ELIDA — Crestview knew it had a tough challenge Thursday night when it faced Toledo Christian.Toledo Christian not only had a very solid team, b...
March 4th, 2021 updated: March 5th, 2021. |

Elida’s Dancs picks Lourdes
Elida distance runner Sean Dancs will continue his cross country and track career next school year when he attends Lourdes University. The four-year l...
March 4th, 2021 |

Boys basketball: Big shot lifts Ottawa-Glandorf over Coldwater in OT; Bath falls to Wayne Trace
LIMA — Every kid dreams of hitting the key 3-pointer at the end of a game, even if you’re the tallest guy on the court.Owen Nichols, a 6-f...
March 4th, 2021 |

Roundup: Anderson defeats Bluffton in HCAC women’s basketball tourney
BLUFFTON — The Beavers fell 62-60 to Anderson in the quarterfinals of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball tour...
March 3rd, 2021 updated: March 4th, 2021. |

Ohio boys, girls high school basketball scores for Wednesday, March 3
BoysOHSAA PlayoffsDivision IRegion 1Bedford 61, Brunswick 47Cle. St. Ignatius def. Amherst Steele, forfeitLakewood St. Edward 72, Brecksville-Broadvie...
March 3rd, 2021 |

Shawnee stops Defiance
SPENCERVILLE – in the past several years, Defiance has had a knack of coming up with big wins in the postseason.So when the Bulldogs, sliced Sha...
March 3rd, 2021 updated: March 4th, 2021. |
LIFESTYLE

Historian Anne Beehler
LIMA — For a woman who spent much of her life chronicling Lima’s history, Anne Beehler’s obituary left few hints of her own.“A...
March 2nd, 2021 |

Lima Public Library Book Reviews
FictionIn the Company of Men by Véronique TadjoTwo boys venture from their village to hunt in a nearby forest, where they shoot down bats with gl...
February 28th, 2021 |

Real Life Mama: Building relationships
March. Even typing that out almost makes me cringe. Before last year, March used to represent hope, spring, new life. However, now I am not sure that ...
February 27th, 2021 |

103rd birthday: Charolette Hatfield
RUSHSYLVANIA — Charolette Hatfield is celebrating her 103rd birthday. A card shower would be appreciated at 671 Township Road 51E, Rushsylvania,...
February 27th, 2021 |

David Trinko: The pandemic and the paper
A few months before the coronavirus pandemic hit, we moved our newsroom into a different part of our building on Elida Road in Lima that was a little ...
February 27th, 2021 |

Ta-Nehisi Coates to write new ‘Superman’ film
NEW YORK (AP) — Ta-Nehisi Coates, the acclaimed essayist and novelist who expanded the world of Wakanda for Marvel comics, will write the script...
February 26th, 2021 |
OPINION

Leonard Pitts Jr.: For a nation that supposedly believes in democracy, America spends a lot of time trying to kill it.
In the postbellum era, white Democrats — the conservatives of that day — murdered hundreds of African Americans and forcibly seized state ...
March 3rd, 2021 |

Christine Flowers: Speech standards must be same to all
I was once fired by an employer because they did not like the way that I tweeted.They had no problem with the way that other people at this same enter...
March 3rd, 2021 |

Letter: Paper boy loves his job
I am the independent distributor (paper boy) of The Lima News in Ottawa, Glandorf, the north side of Kalida, Cloverdale and Dupont. I am overwhelmed a...
March 3rd, 2021 |

Cal Thomas: Contrast between Trump’s high energy and Biden’s near-empty tank is stark
Former president Donald Trump emerged from 38 days of self-enforced silence for a lengthy speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC...
March 2nd, 2021 |

Letter: Spectrum wants more, gives less
I am wondering why Spectrum cable does not carry ME tv? I requested they add the channel and get no response. They have the channel in Dayton and Fort...
March 2nd, 2021 |
BUSINESS

Pandora Police Department certified for adopting standards
PANDORA — The Pandora Police Department has received certification for adopting and implementing state standards established by the Ohio Collabo...
March 1st, 2021 |

Celebrating Our Spirit: Fitness centers emerge from pandemic as community centers
LIMA — Mobile fitness and nutrition apps. Zoom sessions with personal trainers. When fitness centers were forced to shut down last spring, frequ...
February 27th, 2021 |

Celebrating Our Spirit: Educators adjust to pandemic
LIMA — Area educators on every level had to swiftly change plans when COVID-19 hit the region last March.For Lima schools, the changes were prof...
February 27th, 2021 |

Celebrating Our Spirit: Healthcare providers work to conquer COVID
LIMA — Where would we be without the skilled healthcare professions in the community? Probably in a lot worse shape in light of the ongoing pand...
February 27th, 2021 |

Celebrating Our Spirit: Smaller gatherings challenge grieving process for funeral homes
CRIDERSVILLE — Even the grieving process had to change once coronavirus reached the region.“We see definitely lower numbers as far as peop...
February 27th, 2021 |

Celebrating Our Spirit: Pandemic left libraries scrambling for options
LIMA — If you thought the Dewey Decimal System was hard, try running a public library during a nationwide health crisis.The current coronavirus ...
February 27th, 2021 |
STATE NEWS

LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill is back in the Ohio General Assembly for the 10th time
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Bipartisan bills will be introduced in the Ohio Senate and House seeking to extend nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ Ohioa...
March 4th, 2021 |

Goodyear names executive to oversee Cooper Tire integration ahead of $2.8 billion planned acquisition
AKRON, Ohio — The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. on Thursday named Ryan Patterson as a senior vice president of business integration to integrate ...
March 4th, 2021 |

As soybean prices and demand soars, Cargill expands soy processing sites
Cargill Inc. said it will spend $475 million to expand and update soybean processing plants in seven states, raising capacity at a moment when demand ...
March 4th, 2021 |

Different police approach favored for nonviolent 911 calls
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Social service and mental health professionals could respond to many non-violent 911 calls in Ohio’s capital and lar...
March 4th, 2021 |

Indicted lawmaker introduces bills for govt accountability
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A disgraced Republican lawmaker on Thursday introduced a pair of pandemic-related bills aimed at bringing checks and balan...
March 4th, 2021 |

Forensic evidence helps investigators solve 1974 murder of 15-year-old girl in Reynoldsburg
Investigators say they have solved a 47-year-old cold case after new forensic evidence led to identification of two men they believe murdered a 15-yea...
March 4th, 2021 updated: March 4th, 2021. |