Time to test homes for radon
Guard members arrive at SRMC
Reasor honored by MHDAS group
Urbana, Triad earn wins in boys hoops
UHS cheer to compete at OSU
Latest Updates
- Oasis of Mercy now serves 5 counties - 8:08 pm
- Time to test homes for radon - 8:08 pm
- Guard members arrive at SRMC - 8:56 pm
- WL-S girls team gives back on holiday - 7:19 pm
- WL-S names Seniors of the Month - 7:19 pm
- Local theatre group seeks permanent location - 7:17 pm
- View Story - 9:57 pm
- Soil health class offered Feb. 24 - 9:57 pm
- Reasor honored by MHDAS group - 11:04 am
- PET OF THE WEEK - 9:28 pm
- UHS cheer to compete at OSU - 9:50 pm
- WL-S Middle School students of the month - 9:50 pm
- ‘No surprise’ medical billing law goes into effect - 9:48 pm
- Triad’s 2022 Snowball Court - 1:18 pm
- UJH wins OAC State Cheer Championship - 8:22 pm
- Pesticide applicator exams offered in Urbana - 8:21 pm
- Great ski resorts closer than you think - 8:21 pm
- Auditor launches new website - 8:20 pm
- M’burg library offers digital skills resource - 9:53 pm
- UHS names students of month - 9:53 pm
- Ag Outlook Breakfast is January 28 - 9:52 pm
- Aspiring truck drivers eligible for aid - 8:09 pm
- PET OF THE WEEK - 8:08 pm
- Country Legends set for Sept. 3 - 8:06 pm
- ‘Try the Y’ extended through Jan. 12 at the Champaign Family YMCA - 9:38 pm
NEWS
PET OF THE WEEK
PAWS Animal ShelterMeet Independence! She is a 1 1/2-year-old gray tabby who is already spayed and up to date on her shots. Independence loves being p...
UHS cheer to compete at OSU
The Urbana High School competition cheer team recently competed at the Ohio Athletic Committee (OAC) State Championships, held at Marysville High Scho...
WL-S Middle School students of the month
West Liberty-Salem Middle School has awarded their December Students of the Month. Pictured left to right, 8th grade: Addison Hutton and Carson Poppe;...
‘No surprise’ medical billing law goes into effect
COLUMBUS – A new Ohio law went into effect on Wednesday that shields patients from receiving and paying surprise medical bills after certain una...
Triad’s 2022 Snowball Court
Triad honored its 2022 Snowball Court on Friday night. Pictured are (front row - left to right): Hailey Hunter, Luke Ford, Paige Davis, Kylie Hunter, ...
UJH wins OAC State Cheer Championship
Urbana Junior High traveled to Marysville this past weekend for the OAC State Cheerleading Championships.“It was a great weekend and amazing vic...
SPORTS
Graham sweeps North Union in bowling
Graham defeated visiting North Union, 2,729-1,904, in CBC boys bowling.For the Falcons (11-1, 11-1), Peyton Schwierking rolled a 230-248 478, Daniel E...
Cardinals place 6th at Triad Invitational
NORTH LEWISBURG – Triad placed 6th at its own Triad Wrestling Invitational on Saturday.Placing for the Cardinals were Awsom Mitchell (164 pounds...
Urbana knocks off Graham in girls hoops
Peyton Mounce had 22 points, 12 rebounds and 6 steals as Urbana beat visiting Graham, 59-22, in CBC/MRD girls basketball on Saturday.The Hillclimbers ...
Indians sweep Northeastern in bowling
The Mechanicsburg boys bowling team beat Northeastern, 3,096-1,383, in OHC action.The Indians were led by Peyton Leeson, who rolled games of 223, 290 ...
Urbana, Triad earn wins in boys hoops
SPRINGFIELD – Urbana defeated Northwestern, 70-21, in CBC/MRD boys basketball on Friday.UHS led, 40-7, at the half.The Hillclimbers are now 9-3,...
January 14th, 2022 updated: January 15th, 2022. |
LIFE
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...
Looking Back: Bob Martin Band
This photo of the Bob Martin Band was taken at the Urbana Country Club on New Year’s Eve, 1951, and submitted to this newspaper 50 years later b...
CLUB NEWS
Urbana Chapter DARDecember 8, 2021The Urbana Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. at BrownRidge ...
CCHS hosts Christmas festivities
The Champaign County Historical Society, with the generous support of Farmers and Merchants State Bank, recently hosted a Christmas gathering for thei...
Looking Back: Brush Lake
This is a 1909 photo (#A416) of the Brush Lake railroad tower. Unfortunately, the Champaign County Historical Society does not have a photo of the Bru...
5 generations of Wrights
The Wright family of Urbana is marking five generations. In front and center is the eldest member, Connie Rice, holding the youngest member, Roman Wri...
OPINION
The tiring part of retirement
While I was teaching, I rarely entertained the thought of retirement. I did, however, observe those latter years of life as my parents experienced the...
Back to the future going forward
Regular readers know I have fairly untraditional ways of poking around on the internet for intriguing nuggets of historical information. I most often ...
On the wings of a song
Annually anticipating The Kennedy Center Honors as the old year closes out, I thoroughly enjoyed the return of the star-studded program last week in a...
Group disputes AP story
On Thursday, December 23, the Urbana Daily Citizen carried an article by Julie Carr Smyth on DeWine’s “born alive” bill (pp. 1-2). T...
Merry Christmas, even if you’re a dog
(Translated from meow to English by her servant.)I’d rather be hiding in the dark woods right now under a pile of brush listening to the neighbo...
How my father and I shared Cnristmas
Years ago my father, for the first of several times, quietly stated to me: “Christmas was spoiled for me the year my mother asked me to put the ...
