Latest Updates
- Ribbon cut at Thrive Hydration and Wellness - 9:56 pm
- UHS cheerleaders compete at Wittenberg - 9:56 pm
- Urbana Band hosts 3rd Annual Mattress Fundraiser - 9:56 pm
- Barhorst to serve on the House Insurance Committee - 9:55 pm
- UHS DECA Students Advance to State Competition - 9:54 pm
- TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL - 8:33 pm
- Champaign County Career Expo is Feb. 22 - 8:31 pm
- Visit Mechanicsburg Public Library’s Story Walk at Goshen Park - 8:31 pm
- Snow returns to the area - 11:13 pm
- Urbana officer graduates from academy - 8:19 pm
- January is time to test homes for radon - 8:17 pm
- PETS OF THE WEEK - 10:38 pm
- CLUB NEWS - 8:18 pm
- Village effort seeks women who served in military - 7:57 pm
- Mechanicsburg Middle School Honor Roll - 7:56 pm
- King remembered locally - 7:56 pm
- UHS Students of Month - 7:56 pm
- FFA NOTES - 7:07 pm
- Looking Back: North Lewisburg - 7:07 pm
- PETS OF THE WEEK - 10:38 pm
- ‘Night at the Races’ March 10 - 9:43 pm
- Martin Luther King celebration is Sunday - 9:22 pm
- Library soup event returns - 9:16 pm
- WL-S SENIORS OF THE MONTH - 9:16 pm
- UJHS cheerleaders place 2nd - 7:58 pm
NEWS

Urbana officer graduates from academy
COLUMBUS – Friday afternoon, Jan. 20, 2023 was the graduation of the 147th Basic Police Officer School, held at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Ac...

January is time to test homes for radon
January is National Radon Action Month.Champaign Health District (CHD) promotes radon awareness along with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency an...

PETS OF THE WEEK
Barely Used PetsHi! My name is Major and I am a big 5-1/2 year old chocolate lab boy! I am all of these things: friendly, affectionate, loyal, playful...

CLUB NEWS
2023 West Liberty Business Association hosts annual dinnerWEST LIBERTY - The 2023 West Liberty Business Association Annual Dinner was held on Thursday...

Village effort seeks women who served in military
WEST LIBERTY - The Village of West Liberty is looking for women from Logan and Champaign counties who have served in the military that would be willin...
Mechanicsburg Middle School Honor Roll
MECHANICSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOLHIGH HONOR ROLL2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR(Second Quarter) 3.75 or Higher6th Grade: Willow Bradley, Kylie Hoewischer, Addison O...
SPORTS
Urbana, Graham fall in boys hoops
HILLIARD – Urbana lost to Hilliard Bradley, 47-36, in non-league boys basketball.The Hillclimbers trailed, 28-13, at the half.For UHS (6-2), Wil...
Falcons win GMVWA holiday tournament
VANDALIA – Graham won the Greater Miami Valley Wrestling Association’s Holiday Tournament small team and overall titles with 289.5 points,...
Falcons lead at GMVWA tournament
VANDALIA – Graham was leading the small school division of the GMVWA Holiday Wrestling Tournament at the Vandalia Butler Activity Center after T...

Graham defeats Versailles in wrestling
ST. PARIS – Graham defeated Versailles in a dual wrestling match on Senior Night.Varsity results:190 Chett Mannier (G) md 9-0 Ethan Stover (V)21...
Indians defeat New Bremen in girls hoops
NEW BREMEN – Mechanicsburg defeated New Bremen, 68-47, in non-league girls basketball.The Indians led, 29-22, at the half.For Mechanicsburg (8-3...
WL-S, Triad earn wins in boys basketball
DeGRAFF – Taran Logwood had a team-high 23 points as West Liberty-Salem beat Riverside, 56-51, in non-league boys basketball.For the Tigers (5-3...
LIFE

Purks mark 35th anniversary
Bill and Keri Petty Purk will celebrate their 35th anniversary on Dec. 24, 2022.They were married on that date in 1987 in Sidney, Ohio, at the home of...

Vernons mark 30th anniversary
Mr. & Mrs. David and Tammy Vernon celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary over the weekend.The couple was married on Nov. 27, 1992 in Bethany Un...

Marshes mark 25th anniversary
Gregg and Cynthia Tehan Marsh will be celebrating their 25th anniversary on Nov. 29, 2022. They were married on that date in 1997 by the Rev. Larry Po...

Vargos celebrate 49th
Charles and Beverly Vargo of Urbana will celebrate their 49th anniversary on Nov. 21.They have four children, 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchild...

Castles mark 65th
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Castle of Mechanicsburg recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a gathering of their close and loving family. The g...

Slones to mark 71st
James Erwin and Virginia Slone of Urbana will celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary on the September 29. They were married on that date in 1951 by ...
OPINION
Wishin’ and Hopin’ and Thinkin’ and Prayin’
A simple postage stamp recently sent me down “memory lane” again in search of “the good old days.” I’m never quite sure ...

Kitchen scrap gardening? Regrow your fruits and vegetables!
Looking for something to do different in 2023 besides the same ole boring “lose 5 pounds” or “exercise more” or any other asso...
’Tis the Season for Spectives!
To close out each year’s calendar, I indulge in a final pleasure that is retrospective in nature: a celebration of the accumulated achievements ...
Yes! Yes, We Do!
Thirty-some county fairs ago, I attended for the first and only time a demolition derby. I still don’t completely understand this motorsport, in...
The Magic of Christmas
Here is my favorite Christmas story, one I wrote as a gift for my parents several years ago. Perhaps my reminiscences will help you remember the magic...
Football, Soccer, Fussball: All the Same to Me!
It will amaze my family and friends that I’m even attempting to write about soccer, while my acquaintances in the land of Fussball will be appal...