NEWS

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Midmark opens café during construction of new hotel, restaurant

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Out of the past

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BBB offers tips to avoid weight-loss scams

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The perfect spot for a pot

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Lehman Catholic senior named Kiwanis Teen of the Month

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Lottery players have chance at 2 giant jackpots

Lehman Catholic senior named Kiwanis Teen of the Month

SIDNEY — The Sidney Noon Kiwanis Club named Maximilian “Max” Schmiesing their January 2021 Teen of the Month. Schmiesing is a senior...

January 15th, 2021 |

Trustee positions available at Houston Community Association

HOUSTON — The Houston Community Association will not have their Annual Dinner Meeting this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Association is ...

January 15th, 2021 |

Making a mooove

A cow peaks out from inside an animal trailer in the parking lot of Custenborder Field on Friday, Jan. 15. The trailer, being driven by Mike Zoldak, o...

January 15th, 2021 |

Dancing to the music

Paula Coder, far right, of Houston, teaches a line dancing class at the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County on Thursday, Jan. 14. .neFileBlock { ma...

January 15th, 2021 |

Shelby County has state’s highest COVID-19 occurrence rate

SIDNEY – Shelby County has the highest occurrence rate of COVID-19 among Ohio’s 88 counties over the past two weeks, according to data rel...

January 15th, 2021 |

SPORTS

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SCORES to cover pair of Fort Loramie games Saturday

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Wednesday/Thursday roundup: Sidney beats Vandalia-Butler for 8th straight win

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Girls basketball: Russia beats rusty Fairlawn 56-27

Sports Extra with Dave Ross: Back on the air with a family tie

The Fish Report website out of Russia (just north of Bloomer, not the foreign country) first got my attention early in its 16+ year existence. They ra...

January 15th, 2021 |

Botkins at Anna battle Friday to be covered by SCORES, WMVR

If the 12-contest boys race for the Shelby County Athletic League title is going to the wire, one of Botkins’ league foes needs to pull off an u...

January 14th, 2021 |

Boys basketball: Taborn’s big night helps Sidney beat Piqua

PIQUA — Sidney couldn’t keep up with Piqua at half strength when the teams played in their first Miami Valley League matchup.The Yellow Ja...

January 14th, 2021 |

Tuesday roundup: Fairlawn girls earn 1st win in over a month

SIDNEY — Before Tuesday, Fairlawn’s girls basketball team had played one game in a month’s time due to two COVID-19 shutdowns: a 61-...

January 13th, 2021 updated: January 13th, 2021. |

Girls basketball: Houston rally attempt falls short at Covington

COVINGTON — In a wild girls basketball team where Houston had rallied from a 16-point deficit and trailed Covington 43-42 in the final 30 second...

January 13th, 2021 |

Monday roundup: Russia, Botkins, Jackson Center earn nonconference wins

RUSSIA — Russia’s girls basketball team earned its second consecutive victory by beating Newton 52-34 on Monday at Clair C. Naveau Gymnasi...

January 13th, 2021 updated: January 13th, 2021. |

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LIFE

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Deschambeau announces retirement

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Knapke, Paulus to wed

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Gerstner, Rhodehamel exchange vows

Morris

FORT LORAMIE — Aaron and Gwen Morris, of Fort Loramie, announce the birth of their daughter, Elise Joy Morris, born at 9:56 a.m. on Dec. 13, 202...

December 25th, 2020 |

SIDNEY — Vera Piper will celebrated her 95th birthday on Dec. 14.Vera has resided at Ohio Living Dorothy Love for the past four years.Vera is th...

December 14th, 2020 updated: December 14th, 2020. |

Fullenkamp

SIDNEY — Alex and Kirsten Fullenkamp, of Sidney, announce the birth of their daughter, Ellie Marie Fullenkamp, born at 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 2, 2020...

December 10th, 2020 |

Fullenkamp celebrates 90th birthday

BOTKINS — Shirley Fullenkamp will celebrate her 90th birthday on Sunday, Dec. 13 with a mass and family celebration held at Immaculate Conceptio...

December 9th, 2020 |

Sniders celebrate 50 years

SIDNEY — Richard and Linda Snider, of Sidney, will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Dec. 12, 2020.Richard and the former Linda Musgnug were mar...

December 3rd, 2020 |

OPINION

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Lottery

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‘We get from life exactly what we put in’

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Getting ready for Arbor Day 2021

Technique is everything with pie

I do not come from a family of pie makers. My mother made beautiful cakes — county fair prize-winning cakes. But no pies, except for the occasio...

January 13th, 2021 |

Early intervention still a vital service

Even through a pandemic, the Shelby County Board of Developmental Disabilities is working to ensure all people are receiving the services they need. T...

January 12th, 2021 |

Wilson, Rotary blood drive set for Jan. 19

To the editor:Please mark your calendar for next Tuesday, January 19 to donate your precious blood. The Sidney American Legion, located at 1265 North ...

January 12th, 2021 |

Memories of Tommy Lasorda

Each year, the Lehman High School Foundation hosts a fundraising banquet. Typically there is a featured speaker who would not normally pass through th...

January 11th, 2021 |

Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol

Was I surprised at the events that occurred at the United States Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021? Yes.I never thought I’d see a mob of Americ...

January 11th, 2021 |

‘Enough is enough;’ we need to move forward

To the editor:Like others, I watched the events that unfolded at the Capitol with a mixture of horror, disbelief, sadness, and anger.When I began read...

January 11th, 2021 |