Latest Updates
- PET OF THE WEEK - 10:38 pm
- WL-S’s Legge wins Schrand volunteer award - 11:26 pm
- Urbana students tour D.C. - 10:04 pm
- 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
NEWS

Memorial Day event info requested
The Urbana Daily Citizen is currently compiling a preview story about Memorial Day events in the local community.Organizers of such events are asked t...

During this year’s national Click It or Ticket seat belt campaign, which will take place May 23 through June 5, the Champaign County SheriffR...

The legacy of Mary Ann and Benjamin Dickerson
Editor’s note: The Urbana Black Heritage Festival will be held at Barbara Howell Park on June 18 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 213 E. Market St. Thi...

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...
SPORTS

Edwards leads Indians to sectional win
MECHANICSBURG – Jake Edwards earned the win and went 2 for 4 with a home run and 4 RBI as Mechanicsburg beat National Trail, 12-2, in five innin...
WL-S’s 4×800 relay team claims district title
ST. PARIS – The West Liberty-Salem girls track and field team wrapped up day one of the Division III district meet at Graham tied for fourth pla...
Indians advance in D-IV softball tourney
CASSTOWN – Emily Conley was 2 for 3 with a home run as Mechanicsburg defeated Franklin-Monroe, 11-0, in five innings in the Division IV softball...
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 ...

WL-S advances in D-III baseball sectional
WEST LIBERTY – Will Motzko threw a two-hit shutout to lead West Liberty-Salem over Triad, 5-0, in the Division III baseball sectional. The lefth...
LIFE
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...

Grahams celebrate 50th
Jack and Deborah Graham of North Lewisburg are celebrating 50 years of marriage. They were married on February 4, 1972 in the Mechanicsburg United Met...

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...
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...