Latest Updates
- Heritage: Robert Morton Duncan born in Urbana - 7:07 pm
- New restaurant in Urbana - 11:46 am
- Urbana residents involved in Clark Co. crash - 10:03 pm
- FFA NEWS - 10:01 pm
- Memorial Day weekend at Piatt Castle Mac-A-Cheek - 10:45 pm
- Splash Pad to open - 8:00 pm
- Memorial Day event info requested - 7:59 pm
- View Story - 7:58 pm
- The legacy of Mary Ann and Benjamin Dickerson - 6:36 pm
- FFA NEWS - 9:53 pm
- Urbana Summer Feed program begins in June - 9:53 pm
- WL-S hosts a senior signing reception - 9:53 pm
- An expert’s opinion - 9:50 pm
- Remains of soldier to be buried in Urbana - 6:08 pm
- 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
NEWS

FFA NEWS
The A.B. Graham Ohio Hi-Point FFA chapter recently had members compete in the State Grain Merchandising Career Development Event.The purpose of the Gr...
Urbana Summer Feed program begins in June
Urbana City Schools offers great summer meals at no cost! The district’s Summer Feed Program, which offers breakfast and lunch, Monday through F...

WL-S hosts a senior signing reception
WEST LIBERTY - West Liberty-Salem Athletic Director Jake Vitt hosted a Senior Signing Reception for seven athletes committed to continuing their athle...

An expert’s opinion
Daniel E. Gilbert listens as appraiser Harter Jackson values his .22 Single-Six Revolver at $2,800 during the Antiques Appraisal Fair at the Champaign...

Remains of soldier to be buried in Urbana
The remains of a soldier killed during the Korean War will be interred Saturday, May 28 at 10 a.m. at Oak Dale Cemetery.Graveside services for Army Cp...
Catholic Social Services to host focus groups
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley (CSSMV) has been selected by the National Aging & Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) to host th...
SPORTS

UHS baseball wins, softball loses in sectional
ST. PARIS – Urbana scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to beat Graham, 6-4, in the Division II baseball sectional.For the Hillcli...
All-CBC teams announced
Urbana’s Will Donahoe and Graham’s Ben Sells and Eli Hollingsworth have each been named first-team All-CBC/MRD in baseball.Urbana’s ...
Lewis wins first leg of Ohio 300 at Shady Bowl
DeGRAFF – Shady Bowl Speedway played host to the first leg of the Ohio 300 on Saturday night.The series consists of four 75-lap features for the...

UHS, Graham compete in CBC/MRD track meet
BELLEFONTAINE – The Graham girls team was fourth and Urbana was sixth at the CBC/MRD Track Championships.For the Falcons, Taylor Aldredge placed...
Indians knock off Triad in baseball
MECHANICSBURG – Aaron Conley and Brennin Eyink each had 2 RBI as Mechanicsburg downed Triad, 7-0, in OHC baseball on Friday.Conley also earned t...
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

Library board decides not to seek levy renewal
Thank you, Champaign County citizens and taxpayers, for supporting the Champaign County Library over the years. Your support has allowed the library t...

Learning to love math in the elementary years
Editor’s note: Mechanicsburg has a history of mathematical proficiency. Named after the 19th century settlement of mechanics working at the loca...
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...