Latest Updates
- Best of the midway: Most thrilling rides at the 2016 Allen County Fair - 10:25 pm
- Republicans to query firms that ran Clinton’s private server - 10:14 pm
- Medical board asked to drop anti-abortion boss as president - 9:53 pm
- Lima budget right on track - 9:29 pm
- Ohio Lottery Results for Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 - 8:15 pm
- DeWine touts experience, record - 7:41 pm updated: 7:53 pm.
- 3 men arrested for Aug. 9 vehicle vandalism in Wapakoneta - 7:32 pm
- Police officals warn elderly to be aware of latest scams - 7:30 pm
- Equestrian Therapy Program seeks volunteers for training - 7:27 pm
- Births - 6:15 pm
- Stocks end mostly lower in quiet trade; oil prices decline - 6:13 pm
- New housing development coming to Bluffton - 6:11 pm
- Gas prices jump nearly 20 cents in Lima region - 2:19 pm updated: 5:46 pm.
- Delphos schools adopts new tobacco-free policy - 1:51 pm updated: 7:26 pm.
- Church Women United giving away food at Mizpah Center on Tuesday - 1:47 pm updated: 7:24 pm.
- Vandal releases 20 hogs from Michigan fair - 1:44 pm
- 70 dogs, cats recovered from Bluffton animal rescue, home - 11:57 am updated: 7:49 pm.
- Photos: Cheer competition at Allen County Fair - 7:23 am
- Car talk: ‘Magic’ oil plug probably comprised mostly of snake oil - 10:37 pm
- A slice of the pie: 30-plus businesses line up to make pizzas for Lima area - 9:39 pm updated: 9:56 pm.
- Lima City council sets busy Monday meeting - 9:27 pm
- Delphos edges Spencerville for cheerleading crown at the fair - 9:24 pm updated: 7:20 am.
- Ohio Lottery Results for Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016 - 9:00 pm
- YOUTH PROFILE: Shawnee pupil participates in state fair band - 6:36 pm
- Road construction and maintenance projects - 5:47 pm
- Mark Phelan: Aging gracefully: The case for unrestored classic cars - 5:43 pm
- Jim Krumel: Soon to be 103, Lima man enjoys life - 5:39 pm
- ODD: Homeless awareness campaign breaks fist-bumping record - 4:08 pm updated: 4:08 pm.
- ‘Ben-Hur’ crashes, ‘Suicide Squad’ stays on top for 3rd week - 4:04 pm updated: 4:05 pm.
- Auto thieves love Hondas - 3:54 pm
- Camaro an attention-getter - 3:09 pm
- Why your next car should be yellow - 2:23 pm
- Photos: Saturday at the Allen County Fair - 7:07 am
- Dad struggles with fatal crash on way to water polo match - 10:06 pm
- Demolition derby at Allen County Fair a smashing good time regardless of rain - 10:05 pm updated: 7:03 am.
- Fort Fest brings War of 1812 back to life - 9:51 pm
- Ohio Lottery Results for Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 - 9:40 pm
- All the rage: AAA study finds lots of angry drivers on the road - 7:51 pm
- Flood-weary Louisiana cleans house while search continues - 7:26 pm
- Repeal or retain? Election opens final act for ‘Obamacare’ - 7:16 pm
- Column: If Hillary would speak, she’d say … - 6:59 pm
- 5 arrested for drunken driving near police checkpoint in Lima - 6:56 pm
- Allen County Marriages and Divorces - 6:05 pm
- Editorial: Democrats could sell a side of beef to a vegetarian - 5:58 pm
- Lima/Allen County Crime Stoppers - 5:52 pm
- Legislative roundup: Latta focusing on ‘Internet of Things’ - 5:43 pm
- In the Military - 5:25 pm
- ODD: Police find ‘elderly man’ is young fugitive in Massachusetts - 4:46 pm
- ‘He’s San Francisco’: Tony Bennett honored for 90th birthday - 4:42 pm
- David Trinko: Unlocking the stresses of going back to school - 4:22 pm
NEWS
3 men arrested for Aug. 9 vehicle vandalism in Wapakoneta
WAPAKONETA — The Wapakoneta Police Department has caught three suspects involved in vehicle vandalism that occurred in the early hours of Aug. 9...
Police officals warn elderly to be aware of latest scams
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — The Shawnee Township Police Department reminds senior citizens to be aware of recent scams.Numerous scams have been targeting...
Equestrian Therapy Program seeks volunteers for training
CRIDERSVILLE — The Equestrian Therapy Program is holding a volunteer orientation and training session from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Fassett F...
Births
Lima Memorial Health SystemAug. 19 — Angel McDowell and Jockquaveus Freeman, Lima, boy.Aug. 20 — Courtney Elsasser and Addam Hale, Kenton,...
Stocks end mostly lower in quiet trade; oil prices decline
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed slightly lower in quiet trading Monday after drifting most of the day between gains and losses. Energy companies f...
SPORTS
Harvick wins rain-delayed NASCAR race at Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Kevin Harvick passed Denny Hamlin for the lead with 70 laps to go and held to win at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, end...
Buckeyes ranked sixth in AP poll
In a way, the 2016 season will pick up where 2015 left off: Alabama is No. 1 and Clemson is 2.The defending national champion Crimson Tide is the No. ...
Dodgers blank Reds, 4-0
CINCINNATI (AP) — Anthony DeSclafani is struggling after a strong start.Chase Utley homered on DeSclafani’s fourth pitch of the game to ba...
Tribe down Jays
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona was relieved following Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.Jose Rami...
Express leaving Lima, relocating to Illinois
ST. LOUIS — The Lima Express are heading out of town and going west after the Midwest Professional Basketball Association (MPBA) announced Sunda...
LIFESTYLE
Dunahay/Tenwalde
LIMA — Rachel Alizabeth Dunahay and Corey Adam Tenwalde announce their engagement.Dunahay is the daughter of Steve and Becky Dunahay, of Lima.Te...
August 20th, 2016 updated: August 22nd, 2016. |
Andrea and Thor Murphy
LIMA — Andrea M. and Thor M. Murphy were married at 3:30 p.m. July 30 in Lima....
August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |
Sherran and Jason Batdorf
CRIDERSVILLE — Sherran Ann Centers and Jason Batdorf were married at 3 p.m. June 7 on Myrtle Beach by Marty Shirah.Parents of the bride are Ronn...
August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |
Mixing business with pleasure
Unfortunately, I missed my deadline six weeks ago for my last column. I blame it on writer’s block brought on primarily by our vacation that we ...
August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |
Sandra and Thomas Harrison
WAPAKONETA — Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Harrison are celebrating 50 years of marriage with a dinner for family and friends.Harrison and the former S...
August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |
OPINION
Chicago Tribune: A novel approach: Bringing books into the 21st century
AUG. 18, 2016 — In the ongoing war for our attention, books are losing. Badly.That’s not new. It’s well-known that most people prefe...
August 22nd, 2016 updated: August 22nd, 2016. |
Dan Thomasson: Trump continues to alienate
WASHINGTON — It’s clear now that Donald Trump intends to continue the in-your-face, loose-cannon, make-it-up-as-he-goes kind of campaignin...
August 22nd, 2016 updated: August 22nd, 2016. |
Car talk: ‘Magic’ oil plug probably comprised mostly of snake oil
Dear Car Talk:I write to you today about a mystery that has been bugging me for about 60 years. Growing up in Buffalo, New York, I had never been fart...
Jim Krumel: Soon to be 103, Lima man enjoys life
If anyone in Allen County has firsthand knowledge of what it takes to live a long life, ring up Mr. Robert Blake — a guy who admittedly says he&...
Letter: Stop abuse from animal farms
Not a single federal law protects chickens from abuse. Male chicks are ground up alive or tossed into bags to suffocate right after hatching because t...
August 21st, 2016 updated: August 23rd, 2016. |
BUSINESS
Car talk: ‘Magic’ oil plug probably comprised mostly of snake oil
Dear Car Talk:I write to you today about a mystery that has been bugging me for about 60 years. Growing up in Buffalo, New York, I had never been fart...
Mark Phelan: Aging gracefully: The case for unrestored classic cars
DETROIT — With its sun-scoured paint, exposed metal and rumbling engine, you may think the Dream Cruiser that just passed you is headed to the b...
Auto thieves love Hondas
BC-AUTO-MOSTSTOLEN:TB _ business (350 words)Honda models top most stolen vehicle listThe National Insurance Crime Bureau released its annual “Ho...
Camaro an attention-getter
DEFIANCE — For Ken Griffith and his wife Kay, of Defiance, owning a Camaro was a way of life when they were younger.“I owned three differe...
Why your next car should be yellow
As odd as it may seem, orange, yellow and green vehicles depreciate less than conventional white, silver and black ones, according to a recent study.I...
OK not to be a superhero in work-life balance
PITTSBURGH — Even though he’s the chief executive of Tobii Dynavox, a maker of devices and software that help people with disabilities com...
August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |
STATE NEWS
Divided America: Diverse millennials are no voting monolith
The oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City's Twin Towers — are old enough to remember the relative economic pro...
Ohio Daybook
Associated Press Ohio Daybook for Monday, Aug. 22.The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You shou...
Police: Cop kills suspect holding pharmacist at knifepoint
CINCINNATI (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a suspect who was holding a knife to a pharmacist's throat in a southwest Ohio drugstore, a police c...
Winning numbers drawn in ‘Pick 3 Midday’ game
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:3-7-6(three, seven, six)...
Winning numbers drawn in ‘Pick 4 Midday’ game
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:2-1-7-6(two, one, seven, six)...
Winning numbers drawn in ‘Pick 5 Midday’ game
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 5 Midday" game were:6-3-8-2-5(six, three, eight, two, f...
NATIONAL NEWS
California firefighters stretched thin as blazes sweep state
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's state fire department is stretched thin just as the bone-dry state enters the peak of its wildfire season, wi...
Woman pleads no contest to helping man dump body in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A woman has pleaded no contest to helping her boyfriend dump his mother's body in southeast Omaha in 2015.The Omaha World-Herald ...
The Latest: Milwaukee mayor lifts emergency curfew rules
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black man by police in Milwaukee (all times local):7:45 p.m.Milwaukee Mayor Tom Ba...
Feds: Church shooting suspect ‘self-radicalized’ pre-attack
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A white man charged with the shooting deaths of nine black churchgoers in Charleston "self-radicalized" in the months before t...
10 Things to Know for Tuesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:1. WHO MAY BE SHIFTING HIS TONE ON IMMIGRATIO...
AG: Ex-Milwaukee officers investigate fatal police shooting
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin's attorney general acknowledged Monday that former Milwaukee police officers, now working for the state Department of Jus...























