Fish for free on Father’s Day weekend
Home & Garden Tour 2022
Urbana Black Heritage Festival set for June 18
The life of Martha ‘Mattie’ Cunningham
Scholarship Bike Ride set for June 5
Latest Updates
- 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
- Special events help local pets, animals - 10:31 pm
- YOUTH CORNER - 9:44 pm
- Turning up the speed - 9:43 pm
- Local bureau participates in Ohio Tourism Day - 9:43 pm
- The life of Martha ‘Mattie’ Cunningham - 6:34 pm
- UPD hosts state-mandated training - 9:40 pm
- CCAC Summer Kickoff Concert Friday, June 10 - 9:35 pm
- Scholarship Bike Ride set for June 5 - 8:50 pm
- UHS STUDENTS OF MONTH - 8:50 pm
NEWS
ROAD WORK
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY: Weekly Construction UpdateWEEK OF May 16, 2022SIDNEY, Ohio (Friday, May 13, 2022) – The following construction projects are an...
Balloon Fest to be held Sept. 9-10
Planning for The Balloon Fest – A Hot Air Affair has begun.The event is returning to Grimes Field on Sept. 9-10 from 5-9 p.m. each day. Ticket p...
Home & Garden Tour 2022
A time-honored tradition is returning after 2 years of pandemic hiatus! The Champaign County Preservation Alliance (CCPA) is so pleased to announce th...
PET OF THE WEEK
Paws Animal ShelterMeet Pringle! Pringle is a very sweet kitten who would love to find a home where he’ll be loved and spoiled. He came in with ...
Urbana Black Heritage Festival set for June 18
Barbara Howell Park in Urbana will be the site of a new event this summer.The Urbana Black Heritage Festival will fill the park and two city blocks ne...
May 15th, 2022 updated: May 17th, 2022. |
UHS stadium upgrade proposed
At a recent meeting of the Urbana City School District Board of Education, the Hillclimber Stadium Committee presented information about the developme...
SPORTS
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...
WL-S track teams sweep OHC North titles
SPRINGFIELD – The West Liberty-Salem track teams swept the OHC North Championships.The Tiger boys won for the second consecutive year. This mark...
Indians defeat Emmanuel Christian in baseball
SPRINGFIELD – Aaron Conley was 3 for 4 with 4 RBI as Mechanicsburg routed Emmanuel Christian, 17-0, in 5 innings in non-league baseball.For the ...
WL-S athletes sign letters of intent
Three West Liberty-Salem volleyball players recently signed college letters of intent. (Left to right) Michele Smith is going to Clark State, Ally Gav...
Tigers fall in D-III softball sectional
CARLISLE – WL-S lost to top-seeded Carlisle, 16-5, in the Division III softball sectional.For the Tigers (6-13), Aubrey Williams went 3 for 3 wi...
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
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...
Hazel – No longer in a room down the hall
Tears persisted as I read Kendahl Throckmorton’s beautifully-compelling piece about her precious daughter’s kindergarten plans:Hazel will ...
