Schipfer is 2022 fair queen
OSU Alumni host send-off
Champaign Co. Fair opens Friday
Barhorst wins 85th District GOP primary
CT COMM seeking donations for Urbana City Schools Backpack Program
Latest Updates
- Schipfer is 2022 fair queen - 10:25 pm
- OSU Alumni host send-off - 11:57 pm
- Presbyterian church hosts music series - 11:10 pm
- PET OF THE WEEK - 8:57 pm
- Fair time is fun time - 8:56 pm
- David’s Place opens its doors - 9:14 pm
- ‘Summer Breeze’ benefits local cancer patients - 9:14 pm
- CLUB NEWS - 11:31 pm
- School supplies program returns - 9:37 pm
- Champaign Co. Fair opens Friday - 9:30 pm
- Barhorst wins 85th District GOP primary - 10:47 pm
- CT COMM seeking donations for Urbana City Schools Backpack Program - 9:14 pm
- Master Gardeners ready for fair - 9:14 pm
- Looking Back: Harness racing at the fair - 9:14 pm
- Church volunteers help trail - 9:14 pm
- Pony Wagon Days Parade set for Sept. 8 - 11:52 pm
- FFA NOTES - 11:34 pm
- Your Hometown Techs cuts ribbon - 11:33 pm
- Willman Furniture closing after 87 years - 9:07 pm
- Mechanicsburg Public Library August activities - 1:46 pm
- YOUTH CORNER - 11:53 pm
- Several Champaign County roads affected by closures, maintenance - 11:45 pm
- PET OF THE WEEK - 10:38 pm
- Asphalt project begins Tuesday in Urbana - 9:50 pm
- Precious Baby Contest entries accepted - 9:50 pm
NEWS
Barhorst wins 85th District GOP primary
In unofficial results Tuesday night, in the Republican primary for the 85th District representative seat, Tim Barhorst of Shelby County defeated Urban...
CT COMM seeking donations for Urbana City Schools Backpack Program
Now that the Fourth of July is over, one can almost smell the school supplies in the air as people gear up to go back-to-school. But, instead of numbe...
Master Gardeners ready for fair
The Champaign County Master Gardeners have been busy at the fairgrounds getting the raised beds prepared for the fair.The group has six new interns wh...
Looking Back: Harness racing at the fair
This Looking Back features harness racing at the Champaign County Fair. Photo #1 (#A1743) is an 1891 photo of a harness racehorse on the race track of...
Church volunteers help trail
Members of the Urbana United Methodist Church recently performed some community service by doing a clean-up project along the Simon Kenton Trail (SKT)...
SPORTS
Shady Bowl to host Sceva Memorial
DeGRAFF – Saturday night, Shady Bowl Speedway will pay tribute to perhaps the most popular driver to race at the rural oval.It will be the ̶...
Racing postponed due to inclement weather
DeGRAFF – Heavy rains, high winds and lightning forced Shady Bowl Speedway promoter Rick Young to cancel Saturday night’s racing program.I...
Blackford Memorial tonight at Shady Bowl
DeGRAFF – Shady Bowl Speedway will remember two drivers in a special program tonight.The Blackford Memorial, a 55-lap feature for the Dave Nagel...
Sprint to the finish line
WL-S’s Ashley Yoder sprints to the finish line just ahead of teammate Addie McAuley (left) during the third annual Midnight Mile race Saturday n...
Smith earns second Ohio 300 win
DeGRAFF – Shady Bowl Speedway hosted the third leg of the Ohio 300 late model series Saturday night.A full field of 22 Dave Nagel Excavating LLC...
LIFE
Burroughs, Henry engaged
William Whitt of Springfield and Heidi (Ty) Burroughs of St. Paris proudly announce the engagement of their daughter Kali Whitt to Tristen Henry. Tris...
Garveys celebrate 65th anniversary
John Frederick and Patricia Ann Garvey of Urbana will celebrate their 65th anniversary on May 21. They were married on that date in 1960 by the Revere...
Roberts, Profitt wed
Mallory Ranee Roberts of Urbana and Ryan James Robert Profitt of Fairborn were married by family friend, Josh VanNorstran, at 2:30 p.m. October 2, 202...
Looking Back – Douglas Inn Barbershop
First is a circa 1930 photo (#0207) of the Douglas Inn barbershop. The barbershop was in the Douglas Inn at 26 Monument Square, also pictured (#0048) ...
Free Maximizing Home Health Care Workshop for Family Caregivers: February 24
Maximizing Home Health Care is a free, small-group, online workshop from 10:00-11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, by presenter Kathy Kilpatrick. Reg...
OPINION
Just yesterday … several decades ago
On Sunday, trying to overcome protracted procrastination to write this week’s article, I checked Facebook one more time – and suddenly cha...
Working hard all summer long
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of outreach columns from the Champaign County Board of Developmental Disabilities.Summer 2022 is just as ...
Living layer by layer
How does a girl celebrate her birth? With family photos, of course! Anna Joyce Passarelli was posing with Daddy David, Mommy Kelsey, and Brother Sam, ...
The very best summers
There has been no need to check the calendar to know that summer is now firmly in charge. With oppressive levels of heat and humidity waving around, I...
Books I have read by authors I know
Several years ago, during my early Boomer Blog days, I also had one of the seminal reading experiences of my life - I absolutely devoured Team of Riva...
There was really a real-life person …
Recent news that the original Gerber baby had passed away predictably piqued my curiosity. Within the hour I recalled a dozen company mascots based on...
