NEWS

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Bluffton village council to meet

11:00 am |

Church of the Good Shepherd plans musical

8:00 am |

Get This: Man who rammed cars to flee ‘zombies’ gets 15 years

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Updated: 10:07 am. |

Juvenile, probate courts closed in Allen County today

9:05 pm |

Miller City solar farm proposal discussed

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Updated: 10:06 am. |

Allen County seeks new building contract

Bishop honors Mercy Health at anniversary mass

LIMA — A century of providing “comfort” to those who need it — that was the legacy mentioned by Diocese of Toledo Bishop Danie...

December 11th, 2018 updated: December 12th, 2018. |

Landeck Elementary likely to close

DELPHOS — Landeck Elementary School could sit empty after the school year ends.The school board is considering the probable closing of the build...

December 11th, 2018 updated: December 11th, 2018. |

Rhodes State career day is Friday

LIMA — Rhodes State College is hosting a Career Day this Friday.Nearly 1,600 high school juniors from 32 area schools will be getting the chance...

December 11th, 2018 |

Fire damages Buckeye Road business

SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — Crews from Shawnee Township were assisted by fire departments from American Township and the city of Lima in battling a blaze...

December 11th, 2018 |

Ottawa Council continues dog park proposal discussion

OTTAWA — Discussion on a proposed dog park in Ottawa continued Monday night with residents neighboring the proposed area voicing their concerns ...

December 11th, 2018 |

Alleged drug dealer seeks to withdraw plea

LIMA — Nearly two hours of testimony was heard in Allen County Common Pleas Court Tuesday morning after a Lima man awaiting sentencing on felony...

December 11th, 2018 |

SPORTS

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Updated: 10:03 am. |

Boys basketball: Kalida’s inside game too much for Pandora-Gilboa

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Updated: 10:04 am. |

Boys basketball: LCC pulls away from Bath

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Roundup: Kenton improves to 4-0 in boys basketball

Ohio high school boys, girls basketball scores for Tuesday, Dec. 11

BoysAkr. Ellet 78, Akr. Firestone 72Andover Pymatuning Valley 76, Brookfield 74Antwerp 58, Ottoville 41Apple Creek Waynedale 83, Akr. Manchester 33Ash...

December 11th, 2018 |

Kluber among those part of trade buzz at winter meetings

LAS VEGAS — Andrew McCutchen moving into Philadelphia’s outfield, more talk about a megadeal involving Noah Syndergaard and J.T. Realmuto ...

December 11th, 2018 |

Spartans stop St. Ursula Academy

High SchoolGirls BasketballLima Senior 68, St. Ursula Academy 34TOLEDO — Lima Senior’s Destiny McDonald led the Spartans with 18 points fo...

December 11th, 2018 |

Spencerville stops Van Wert, 55-37

VAN WERT – Spencerville keeps finding ways to win.In Monday’s non-conference girls basketball game at Van Wert, Spencerville worked throug...

December 10th, 2018 updated: December 11th, 2018. |

Heading to KC

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals and speedy outfielder Billy Hamilton have agreed to a $5.25 million contract for next season that...

December 10th, 2018 |

Austin and Shepler at the helm

It was during the first shift of the Lima City Singles that I had a great chat with one of my favorite members of the Lima Bowling Association, a fan ...

December 10th, 2018 |

MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

LIFESTYLE

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Lima Beane Chorus

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Births

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4 journalists, newspaper are Time’s Person of the Year

Oscars struggle to find the perfect host

LOS ANGELES — The “most thankless job in town” just got even more difficult.The Oscars have a longstanding host problem, but Kevin H...

December 10th, 2018 |

102nd birthday: Genevieve Emerson

KALIDA — Genevieve Emerson is celebrating her 102nd birthday with family.She was born Dec. 11, 1916, near Kalida, to Chester and Ida Campbell. O...

December 8th, 2018 |

Real Life Mama: Make time for it

As a parent of young children, Christmas can be exhausting — like completely overwhelming leaving you almost longing for the holidays to end and...

December 8th, 2018 |

Janice and Alfred Siebeneck

KALIDA — Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Siebeneck are celebrating 50 years of marriage with a family dinner.Siebeneck and the former Janice Recker were mar...

December 8th, 2018 |

Dorothy and Roger Leiber

BLUFFTON — Mr. and Mrs. Roger Leiber are celebrating 50 years of marriage by spending time with family.Leiber and the former Dorothy Pore were m...

December 8th, 2018 |

David Trinko: Finding resilience when you’re down by 18

The fifth-grade girls looked back at me from the bench, breathless and beaten.They’d just finished their seventh quarter of basketball in the la...

December 8th, 2018 updated: December 10th, 2018. |

OPINION

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Los Angeles Times: Multilateralism remains crucial to global peace and stability

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Kathleen Parker: Epstein accusers deserve due process

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John Grindrod: A tip of the cap to the New England mom and pops

Congress could help Trump address high prices of drugs

One reason the Rio Grande Valley is so popular among Winter Texans is the access to lower-priced drugs across the border. The same drugs can be found ...

December 11th, 2018 |

Letter: Think twice about closing Landeck school

As I will not be able to be there for at least the beginning of the meeting on the Landeck school closure Thursday night, let me say that I understand...

December 10th, 2018 |

Letter: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

In the wake of George Bush’s death, there’s been a lot of comparisons between him and Donald Trump — all to Bush’s advantage. ...

December 10th, 2018 |

Letter: Area helps provide voice for children

CASA of Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio wishes to thank our community for their generosity on #GivingTuesday. As we participated in our second #giving...

December 10th, 2018 |

Jerry Zezima: The Zezimas’ 2019 Christmas letter

Since I am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday spirits are in me), ...

December 10th, 2018 |

BUSINESS

6:23 pm |

With new board in place, CBS to decide Moonves’ exit pay

6:10 pm |

Wild ride to nowhere: US stocks rise, fall and repeat

7:56 pm |

GM fights government to retain tax credit for electric cars

Stocks struggle higher as markets remain volatile; oil drops

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks remained volatile Monday as the market took a dive in early trading only to erase those losses later and end slightl...

December 10th, 2018 |

Liz Weston: New scoring could help credit-shy millennials

Millennials’ aversion to credit cards can make it hard for them to build good credit scores. A recently announced scoring system, the UltraFICO,...

December 8th, 2018 |

Cheryl Parson: Social Security scams are aplenty

Illegal activity! Compromised! Fraudulent use! Suspended! Canceled! Revoked! Used for tax purposes! Illegal action filed! All of these terms have been...

December 8th, 2018 |

Land transfers, Nov. 29-Dec. 5

The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running Nov. 15 through Nov. 21. Figures reflect th...

December 8th, 2018 |

Home loan rates

Rates for 30-year and 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages with zero points as of noon, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018:30 YR / 15 YR RATE %First National Bank5.0 / 4.3...

December 8th, 2018 |

Legal-Ease: Safety deposit box law in Ohio

Traditionally, almost every American family had a safety deposit box, often called a lockbox. Lockboxes were usually physical, metal-box drawers in lo...

December 8th, 2018 |