Chili fest postponed a year
Bank donates to protect first responders
Champaign County Library offers curbside service
Ohio campgrounds may fully open May 21
UFD responds to fire alarm at TSC
Latest Updates
- 4-H NEWS - 7:31 pm
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 7:30 pm
- A.B. GRAHAM CENTER - 11:14 am
- Arts Council cancels summer concerts - 9:48 pm
- Help wildlife stay wild - 9:48 pm
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 9:47 pm
- Plenty of places to camp - 9:47 pm
- Library continues online, curbside services - 9:47 pm
- St. Paris cancels summer 2020 fireworks - 9:41 pm
- Mechanicsburg Alumni Assn. awards scholarships - 9:40 pm
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 9:39 pm
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 7:46 pm
- PETS OF THE WEEK - 7:46 pm
- STUDENTS OF THE MONTH - 7:46 pm
- Ohio 4-H adapts to serve youth amid pandemic - 8:39 pm
- 4-H News - 8:39 pm
- Pool at Melvin Miller Park staying closed this summer - 8:39 pm
- Insurer donates to local food bank - 8:39 pm
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 8:38 pm
- Chili fest postponed a year - 10:12 pm
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 7:17 pm
- STUDENT NEWS - 9:36 pm
- STUDENTS OF THE MONTH - 9:35 pm
- THEN & NOW – St. Mary School - 9:35 pm
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 9:34 pm
NEWS
Mechanicsburg Alumni Assn. awards scholarships
MECHANICSBURG - The Mechanicsburg Alumni Association is awarding scholarships to seniors of the class of 2020.The Homer R. Evans Scholarship is awarde...
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Contact event organizers for updates before attending events/meetings during the COVID-19 restrictions.Wednesday, May 27Mechanicsburg Street Committee...
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Contact event organizers for updates before attending events/meetings during the COVID-19 restrictions.Saturday, May 23West Liberty Splash Pad Grand O...
PETS OF THE WEEK
Barely Used PetsMeet Shelly, a 4-year-old Hound Mix who came from another shelter with her 2 daughters. She is a friendly girl who needs someone with ...
STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
West Liberty-Salem Middle School’s May Students of the Month are, from left, 8th graders Abby Harris and Gabe McGill, 7th graders Lilly Guyan an...
Ohio 4-H adapts to serve youth amid pandemic
COLUMBUS - Ohio 4-H camp has been called “the best week of summer.” It’s all about tie-dyeing T-shirts, learning new line dances, si...
SPORTS
OHSAA updates schools on status of spring sports
COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released an update sent to its member schools on the status of the delayed spring sports se...
Racing at Shady Bowl halted by coronavirus
DeGRAFF – Shady Bowl Speedway is complying with orders from President Trump and Governor DeWine that has brought racing to a halt.The orders lim...
Ohio suspends sale of non-resident fishing & hunting licenses
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, if you live outside of Ohio you will no longer be able to purchase an Ohio fishing or hunting license until further n...
OHSAA officially cancels winter tournaments
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday that the winter sports tournaments of wrestling, basketball and ic...
Prep sports still in holding pattern
COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association left open the possibility of resuming the postponed winter sports tournaments, as well as m...
Reds’ employee in Arizona tests positive
CINCINNATI (AP) — An employee who works year-round at the Reds spring training complex in Goodyear, Arizona, has tested positive for the new cor...
LIFE
ME senior donates $3K to shelter
MIAMI COUNTY — While it may be awhile before she can again enjoy the peanut butter and chocolate dessert, Miami East High School senior Kearsten...
Baldwins celebrate 50th
Frank and Nancy (Lokai) Baldwin of Urbana are celebrating their 50th anniversary. They were married on Jan. 31, 1970, in Urbana.They have two sons, Ma...
BIRTHS
Luke Harrison ErwinLuke Harrison Erwin was born Aug. 26, 2019, at 1:16 a.m. in Madison County Hospital to Heather Hurley Erwin and Alek D. Erwin. Mate...
BIRTHS
Emily Grace LickfeltEmily Grace Lickfelt was born Dec. 9, 2019, at 12:39 p.m. at Memorial Hospital in Marysville to Dawna and Jeffrey Lickfelt of Bell...
Vargos celebrate 46th
Charles and Beverly Vargo of Urbana will celebrate their 46th anniversary Nov. 21.They have four children, 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren...
OPINION
Friends, community provide needed support
Experts in the longevity field tell us that living alone doesn’t support optimal health. If we’re smart, the experts say, we will find lik...
Info on nursing home safety should be transparent
The headlines have been grim. Seventeen bodies piled up in the morgue at a New Jersey nursing home. Fifty-five residents dead in Brooklyn, N.Y. In one...
Reader: Coronavirus could surface here dramatically
The most recent Urbana City Council meeting Mayor Bean announced the cancellation of the fireworks and the popular chili cook-off. These are not easy ...
Is meat safe during COVID-19 pandemic?
QUESTION: Is it safe to eat food or meat if it has been handled by someone who has COVID-19?ANSWER: According to food safety and meat science experts,...
Commencement has been/will be commencement
Longtime Graham math teacher Howard Pickering declared to an entire generation of Falcon Boomers – including me - that COMMENCEMENT IS COMMENCEM...
Changing how we respond to dementia
As adult children of aging parents and the owners of an in-home senior care company, my wife and I have experienced the joys and struggles of caring f...
