Garden Club Flower Show selects winners
Schipfer is 2022 fair queen
OSU Alumni host send-off
Champaign Co. Fair opens Friday
Barhorst wins 85th District GOP primary
Latest Updates
- Champaign County Fair winners - 10:02 pm
- Garden Club Flower Show selects winners - 10:01 pm
- ‘Free Range Day’ is August 20 - 10:01 pm
- AREA BRIEFS - 10:00 pm
- 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
NEWS
David’s Place opens its doors
MECHANICSBURG - A non-profit organization called To Whom it May Concern Ohio (TWIMC Ohio, www.twimcohio.org) recently opened The Resource Center at Da...
‘Summer Breeze’ benefits local cancer patients
The Cancer Association of Champaign County will be hosting its second “Summer Breeze” event on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 6-10 p.m. at Bauer S...
CLUB NEWS
The Champaign County Retired Teachers Association will be splitting their next meeting between the Gloria Theatre and the Urbana Youth Center. The Aug...
School supplies program returns
The 30th annual School Supplies for Kids program is now being organized by Messiah Lutheran Church, at 1013 East Lawn Avenue in Urbana. Over 750 Champ...
Champaign Co. Fair opens Friday
The Champaign County Fair opens Friday, Aug. 5 and will continue through Friday, Aug. 12.Livestock shows, equestrian competition, garden shows and oth...
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...
SPORTS
NIL likely in Ohio prep sports
COLUMBUS – Doug Ute, the executive director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, believes name, image and likeness (NIL) is coming to O...
Parker wins wild Sceva Memorial at Shady Bowl
DeGRAFF – Shady Bowl Speedway honored the memory of its most popular driver and his son Saturday night.The annual Neal Sceva Memorial unfortunat...
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...
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...
