Urbana Black Heritage Festival set for June 18
The life of Martha ‘Mattie’ Cunningham
Scholarship Bike Ride set for June 5
More experts set for Appraisal Fair
The legacy of Hill Street: David Leander ‘Bus’ Hill
Latest Updates
- PET OF THE WEEK - 10:34 pm
- Urbana Black Heritage Festival set for June 18 - 9:51 pm
- 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
- 4-H NEWS - 8:50 pm
- More experts set for Appraisal Fair - 8:49 pm
- The legacy of Hill Street: David Leander ‘Bus’ Hill - 7:06 pm
- VFW scholars - 8:12 pm
- ROAD WORK - 8:10 pm
- Cani wins top art prize - 8:09 pm
- Help CT COMM ‘Secure the Call’ - 9:54 pm
- YOUTH CORNER - 9:54 pm
- Graham HS choir ‘superior’ - 9:53 pm
- Honor Field seeks donors - 9:52 pm
- Looking Back: Miller Hardware - 9:52 pm
- Experts set for Antique Appraisal Fair - 9:51 pm
NEWS
UPD hosts state-mandated training
This week, the Urbana Police Division hosted training for local law enforcement officers to attend 24 hours of in-service training to complete the 202...
CCAC Summer Kickoff Concert Friday, June 10
Champaign County Arts Council (CCAC) is launching its annual summer concert series with a large kickoff event Friday, June 10 at 5 p.m. with bands, fo...
Scholarship Bike Ride set for June 5
Members of the Ohio State Alumni Club of Champaign County discussed plans for their upcoming Scholarship Bike Ride scheduled for Sunday, June 5 from 9...
UHS STUDENTS OF MONTH
The Urbana High School Students of the Month are freshmen Alizabeth Upchurch and Corynn Ryan. .neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px; } .neFileBlock p { ...
4-H NEWS
On Sunday, April 24, the Champaign County Shooting Sports 4-H Club met at the fairgrounds in the Merchant’s Building. The members of the club st...
More experts set for Appraisal Fair
When cleaning out your grandmother’s attic, what unusual item did you find?If you have no idea what it is, maybe one of the antique experts at t...
SPORTS
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...
WL-S nips Troy Christian in baseball
WEST LIBERTY – WL-S defeated Troy Christian, 1-0, in non-league action as two Tiger pitchers combined to throw a shutout.Logan Saylor was the wi...
Indians beat Trotwood Madison in baseball
MECHANICSBURG – The Indians defeated Trotwood Madison, 18-0, in 5 innings in non-league baseball.Mechanicsburg scored 12 runs in the first innin...
Rooney/Hoskins qualify for district tennis
TROY – The Urbana first doubles team of Kyle Rooney and Zach Hoskins have advanced to the sectional finals and have also qualified for the distr...
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
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 ...
Bail reform legislation has widespread bipartisan support
A recent Ohio Supreme Court decision reached by following existing law has prompted renewed focus on changing the state’s bail system for people...
