Chamber welcomes H. Holding and Co. downtown
The Champaign County Chamber hosted a ribbon-cutting Feb. 2 to welcome H. Holding and Co. to its downtown Urbana location at 15 Monument Square....
Students of the Month
The West Liberty-Salem Students of the Month in February were 8th graders Katie Rollins and Adam Watkins, 7th graders Ali Gault and Ayden Estep...
Ohio News Briefs
Ohio unemployment rate rises to 5.1 percent, above US rateCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State officials say Ohio’s unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent in...
Ohio school-funding suit leaves mark after 20 years
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Twenty years after the first decision in Ohio’s landmark school-funding lawsuit, hundreds of new school buildings dot the landscape and...
Champaign County Farmer Josh Yoder cultivates connections during trip to Washington D.C.
By Gary [email protected] D.C. — For Champaign County farmer Josh Yoder, the three-day trip to Washington D.C. last week was enlightening and informative.Above all,...
Future Chefs move on to Nationals
Fourth and fifth grade students from Urbana City Schools and Mechanicsburg Exempted Village Schools competed in the annual “Future Chef Culinary Competition” sponsored by...
4-H News
The Darby Creek Swine 4-H Club met for our first 4-H meeting of the year on Feb. 26. In our meeting, our enrollment forms...
UJHS students move to national History Day competition
Sixteen students from Urbana Junior High School competed at the Region 7 National History Day competition on Saturday, March 4, at Piqua Junior High.History...
WL-S board approves teacher contract, school calendar
WEST LIBERTY – The West Liberty-Salem Local Schools board approved a new four-year contract with its teachers union Tuesday.The board unanimously approved the contract,...
Urbana school construction underway
Construction continues on the new Urbana High School, next door to the existing school. Students are expected to begin using the new school next...