John Grindrod: Pandemic times and travel, long time between visits
Vernon Jordan, civil rights champion, dies at 85
Lima woman, 63, pleads guilty in assault on neighbor
Lima drug dealer gets 6-year prison sentence
Lima teen sentenced as adult for felonious assault
Latest Updates
- Dungeons & Dragons game day slated for library’s teen club - 4:00 pm
- John Grindrod: Pandemic times and travel, long time between visits - 4:00 pm
- Marriages - 3:48 pm
- Columbus State Community College releases dean’s list - 3:30 pm
- Vernon Jordan, civil rights champion, dies at 85 - 3:20 pm
- Putnam County library offers bilingual storytime - 3:00 pm
- Six Dr. Seuss books to stop being published over ‘hurtful and wrong’ portrayals - 2:44 pm
- Mortimer make’s dean’s list at Manchester University - 2:30 pm
- Bluffton library plans virtual family trivia night - 2:00 pm
- Western Ohio Bicycle Adventure replaces GOBA, going through Wapakoneta in ‘21 - 1:30 pm
- Lima woman, 63, pleads guilty in assault on neighbor - 12:24 pm
- Putnam County District Library to hold trustee duties webinar - 12:00 pm
- Allen Soil and Water Conservation District to meet - 11:00 am
- Elida school board sets meeting - 10:00 am
- Game day slated for Putnam library’s teen club - 10:00 am
- Perry Township financial reports available - 9:50 am
- Jackson Township drop off recycling scheduled - 9:22 am
- Lima drug dealer gets 6-year prison sentence - 9:02 am updated: 9:02 am.
- Lima teen sentenced as adult for felonious assault - 9:01 am updated: 9:02 am.
- Lima receives recognition for economic development efforts - 9:00 am updated: 9:02 am.
- Salary increase sought for deputy fire chief - 8:59 am updated: 9:02 am.
- Armed robbery of Lima taxi driver nets 5-year prison sentence - 8:58 am updated: 9:03 am.
- Today’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic - 8:57 am updated: 9:03 am.
- Pandora Police Department certified for adopting standards - 8:30 pm
- Auglaize Township drop-off recycling scheduled - 8:00 pm
NEWS
Mortimer make’s dean’s list at Manchester University
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. — Manchester University has released its dean’s list for the fall term.Local students who were honored include Shay...
March 2nd, 2021 |
Bluffton library plans virtual family trivia night
BLUFFTON — The Bluffton Public Library is holding a virtual family trivia night at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23.To play, you need to be able to u...
March 2nd, 2021 |
Western Ohio Bicycle Adventure replaces GOBA, going through Wapakoneta in ‘21
WAPAKONETA — The Western Ohio Bicycle Adventure tour, a seven-day bike tour through Wapakoneta, Sidney, Versailles and Troy, will be held June 1...
March 2nd, 2021 |
Lima woman, 63, pleads guilty in assault on neighbor
LIMA — A Lima woman who attacked her neighbor while holding a knife in her hand will be sentenced in April following her guilty plea to a reduce...
March 2nd, 2021 |
Putnam County District Library to hold trustee duties webinar
OTTAWA — The Putnam County District Library will hold a seminar on the duties of a trustee at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 17 via Zoom.The event will...
March 2nd, 2021 |
SPORTS
Updated: 10:31 pm. |
Reds’ Suarez healthier, lighter and expecting a big season
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — No more arepas. No more beer. No sugars, sauces or salsa.That summed up the offseason for Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugeni...
February 28th, 2021 |
Ohio State has no answer for Iowa and Garza
COLUMBUS (AP) — Luka Garza rushed through a national TV interview after No. 9 Iowa routed No. 4 Ohio State on Sunday because he couldn’t w...
February 28th, 2021 updated: February 28th, 2021. |
Girls basketball: Columbus Grove stops Kalida
VAN WERT — Last year, Kalida sent Columbus Grove packing in the Division IV district final in an overtime thriller. This year the Bulldogs made ...
February 27th, 2021 |
Ohio boys, girls high school basketball scores for Saturday, Feb. 27
BoysAthens 76, Wellston 64Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 73, Utica 55N. Olmsted 76, Elyria Open Door 47OHSAA PlayoffsDivision IRegion 1Amherst Steele 6...
February 27th, 2021 |
Roundup: Bath defeats LCC for sectional title in boys basketball
LIMA — Bath wouldn’t go down three times in a row to Lima Central Catholic.Bath knocked off LCC 57-52 to win the Division III boys section...
February 27th, 2021 updated: February 27th, 2021. |
Allen East wins wrestling sectional title
LIMA — Ten for 10.That’s what Allen East was at this weekend’s Division III sectional wrestling tournament at Lima Central Catholic....
February 27th, 2021 updated: February 27th, 2021. |
LIFESTYLE
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 |
Weekend for fine art
REGION — It’s a weekend for fine art:• Encore Theatre will present “The Diaries of Adam and Eve,” by Mark Twain and adap...
February 25th, 2021 |
Lady Gaga’s dog walker shot, French bulldogs stolen in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Gaga’s dog walker was shot and two of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during an armed ...
February 25th, 2021 |
Quinn on Nutrition: Good for your heart
It’s only about the size of your fist. Yet every day your heart pumps the amount of blood that could fill a 2,000 gallon tank. Its job? To keep ...
February 24th, 2021 |
The O’Neal family
LIMA — Robert Nelson was born in 1841 in the slave state of Virginia and was one of the approximately 180,000 Black men who served in the Union ...
February 23rd, 2021 |
OPINION
Jim Krumel: Meteorologist: February was cruel, a nasty spring is aheadMarch may be worse
Goodbye. Adios. Sayõnara. Toodle-oo.However you want to say it, we are happy the month of February is over.Toasting to that are those carriers wh...
February 28th, 2021 |
Liz Cheney says Republicans need to recognize damage done by Trump
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said the GOP needs to acknowledge the damage done by former President Donald Trump’s unfounded cla...
February 27th, 2021 |
Mark Figley: Biden is just getting warmed up
On day one of his administration, Joe Biden appointed the law partner of his son Hunter’s defense attorney as the head of the Justice Department...
February 27th, 2021 |
Letter: Wages for police not adequate
It doesn’t surprise me that the city of Lima is struggling to find applicants for the open positions on the police department considering what t...
February 27th, 2021 |
Letter: Nothing funny about fake order
I recently witnessed a most despicable act. I had gone to a local Wapak fast-food restaurant to pick up food for lunch. Everybody knows that at noon o...
February 27th, 2021 |
Michael Reagan: So far, Biden all gloom, no sunshine
Say what you will about the personal and political failings of Donald Trump, at least he was an optimist.Along with being a cheerleader for America, h...
February 27th, 2021 |
BUSINESS
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 |
Celebrating Our Spirit: Serving through the pandemic
LIMA — A pandemic didn’t stop the Kiwanis Club of Lima from finishing its first all-abilities playground at Camp Robin Rogers. It didnR...
February 27th, 2021 |
Unique Coronado focuses on family pool
It’s just a few steps to the pool from almost anywhere in the Coronado.You can get there from the family room, owners’ bath, and guest sui...
February 27th, 2021 |
STATE NEWS
Online charter school renews resistance to repaying $60M in state subsidies
COLUMBUS — Three years after going dark, what was once Ohio’s largest online charter school on Tuesday will urge the Ohio Supreme Court to...
February 28th, 2021 |
BGSU student newspaper move generates controversy
BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University administrators’ plan to move the student media organizations, including the student newspap...
February 28th, 2021 |
‘Small hole’ leads to Monroe draining 350,000 gallons from water tower
City workers found a “small hole” in a water tower pipe after draining 350,000 gallons of water from one of the city’s three water t...
February 28th, 2021 |
Woman honored at company after seven decades of service
VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman who started on a company’s assembly line at age 18 has been honored for 70 years of service through fi...
February 28th, 2021 |
Governor touts investments in foster care
COLUMBUS — After nearly doubling state funding for county child-services agencies in the current budget, Gov. Mike DeWine has proposed boosting ...
February 27th, 2021 |
Cleveland church where King, Malcolm X spoke on proposed civil rights trail
CLEVELAND, Ohio – In the beginning, nearly a century ago, the imposing red-brick building on Cleveland’s East Side was a synagogue. Not ju...
February 27th, 2021 |
