Fish for free on Father’s Day weekend
Home & Garden Tour 2022
Urbana Black Heritage Festival set for June 18
The life of Martha ‘Mattie’ Cunningham
Scholarship Bike Ride set for June 5
Latest Updates
- Catholic Social Services to host focus groups - 12:24 pm
- Fish for free on Father’s Day weekend - 11:20 am
- Fifth-graders welcomed ‘Home!’ - 11:19 am
- New restaurant in Urbana - 10:55 pm
- ROAD WORK - 10:53 pm
- Balloon Fest to be held Sept. 9-10 - 10:51 pm
- Home & Garden Tour 2022 - 10:51 pm
- PET OF THE WEEK - 10:34 pm
- Urbana Black Heritage Festival set for June 18 - 9:51 pm updated: 12:52 am.
- UHS stadium upgrade proposed - 11:01 am
- Urbana awarded $542,000 by ODOT - 7:41 pm
- Special events help local pets, animals - 10:31 pm
- YOUTH CORNER - 9:44 pm
- Turning up the speed - 9:43 pm
- Local bureau participates in Ohio Tourism Day - 9:43 pm
- The life of Martha ‘Mattie’ Cunningham - 6:34 pm
- UPD hosts state-mandated training - 9:40 pm
- CCAC Summer Kickoff Concert Friday, June 10 - 9:35 pm
- Scholarship Bike Ride set for June 5 - 8:50 pm
- UHS STUDENTS OF MONTH - 8:50 pm
- 4-H NEWS - 8:50 pm
- More experts set for Appraisal Fair - 8:49 pm
- The legacy of Hill Street: David Leander ‘Bus’ Hill - 7:06 pm
- VFW scholars - 8:12 pm
- ROAD WORK - 8:10 pm
NEWS
UHS stadium upgrade proposed
At a recent meeting of the Urbana City School District Board of Education, the Hillclimber Stadium Committee presented information about the developme...
Urbana awarded $542,000 by ODOT
Users of the Simon Kenton Trail will benefit from $525,000 in funds awarded to the city of Urbana from the Ohio Department of Transportation.The funds...
Special events help local pets, animals
A garage sale to support the spaying and neutering of stray and “strayish” cats will be held on Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4 from 9...
YOUTH CORNER
Urbana Youth Center160 W. Market St. Urbana, OH 43078UrbanaYouthCenter.org937-772-4022Youth Corner for the week of May 17th & 19thTuesday, May 17t...
Turning up the speed
Christian H and Denver C (Champaign County team) and Casey W (Logan County team) compete in the Men’s 100M run during a Special Olympics track m...
Local bureau participates in Ohio Tourism Day
Summer is just around the corner, and everyone is ready to travel.To help spur tourism in Champaign County, the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Burea...
SPORTS
WL-S track teams sweep OHC North titles
SPRINGFIELD – The West Liberty-Salem track teams swept the OHC North Championships.The Tiger boys won for the second consecutive year. This mark...
Indians advance in D-IV softball sectional
MECHANICSBURG – Jensen Patterson had a home run and 3 RBI as Mechanicsburg routed Botkins, 18-0, in 5 innings in the Division IV softball sectio...
Indians defeat Emmanuel Christian in baseball
SPRINGFIELD – Aaron Conley was 3 for 4 with 4 RBI as Mechanicsburg routed Emmanuel Christian, 17-0, in 5 innings in non-league baseball.For the ...
Tigers fall in D-III softball sectional
CARLISLE – WL-S lost to top-seeded Carlisle, 16-5, in the Division III softball sectional.For the Tigers (6-13), Aubrey Williams went 3 for 3 wi...
WL-S nips Troy Christian in baseball
WEST LIBERTY – WL-S defeated Troy Christian, 1-0, in non-league action as two Tiger pitchers combined to throw a shutout.Logan Saylor was the wi...
LIFE
Looking Back – Runkle Family Singers
This looking back features the Runkle Family Singers of St. Paris. The photos are from a 1923 promotional brochure outlining “A Tentative Progra...
Looking Back – Cable
This is a 1900 postcard photo (#A1364) of the Cable Pennsylvania Railroad depot. Cable was the next stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad west of Brush La...
WL-S grads excel at University of Cincinnati
Two 2021 West Liberty-Salem graduates, Kaylee Levan and Luke Hudson, now attend the University of Cincinnati. Both are freshmen at UC and part of the ...
Wares celebrate 60 years
Alan and Antoinette Ware, residents of Urbana, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on December 31.Alan was born and raised in Urbana an...
First baby of 2022
The obstetrics team at the Memorial Hospital Miracle Life Center was excited to welcome the first baby of 2022 – Adariah Billie Rose McCarty was...
OPINION
Figuring out their futures
I reach for the HIDE button whenever this Facebook share reappears: NORMALIZE SENDING KIDS TO TRADE SCHOOLS WITHOUT MAKING THEM FEEL LESS THAN FOUR-YE...
April is Autism Acceptance Month
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of outreach columns from the Champaign County Board of Developmental Disabilities.April is Autism Accepta...
It’s raining violets!
In the 64 years my mother and I shared an earthly presence, I became accustomed to her personal style of oral communication, filled as it was with a u...
Questions, I have questions
These questions probably sound quite familiar: Where’s the beef? Do you know the way to San Jose? Et tu, Brute? Do you want to be Queen for a Da...
Hazel – No longer in a room down the hall
Tears persisted as I read Kendahl Throckmorton’s beautifully-compelling piece about her precious daughter’s kindergarten plans:Hazel will ...
Bail reform legislation has widespread bipartisan support
A recent Ohio Supreme Court decision reached by following existing law has prompted renewed focus on changing the state’s bail system for people...
