Latest Updates
- Midmark opens café during construction of new hotel, restaurant - 6:01 am
- Out of the past - 12:25 am
- On the agendas - 10:23 pm
- BBB offers tips to avoid weight-loss scams - 9:01 pm
- BBB offers tips for avoiding vaccine scams - 6:01 pm
- SCS announces more staff reductions - 5:35 pm
- County record - 5:27 pm
- City record - 5:19 pm
- The perfect spot for a pot - 5:15 pm
- Lehman Catholic senior named Kiwanis Teen of the Month - 2:18 pm
- Trustee positions available at Houston Community Association - 2:16 pm
- Lottery players have chance at 2 giant jackpots - 1:55 pm updated: 2:01 pm.
- Making a mooove - 1:51 pm
- Dancing to the music - 1:19 pm
- Shelby County has state’s highest COVID-19 occurrence rate - 1:17 pm
- Midwest Electric budgets $5 million for investments in 2021 - 10:12 am
- Jackson Center Local Board of Education hosts organizational meeting - 9:50 am
- Auditor: Real estate values increased - 9:49 am
- Out of the past - 12:25 am
- County record - 4:54 pm
- City record - 4:39 pm
- Rec Board hears Sidney Waterpark updates - 4:12 pm
- Dorothy Love celebrates vaccine’s arrival - 3:46 pm
- ‘Almost nothing good happens after midnight’ - 2:23 pm
- City employees receive service awards - 2:05 pm
NEWS

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...
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 ...

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...

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...
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...
SPORTS

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. |
LIFE
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...

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...

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...

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...
OPINION

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...

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...
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 ...

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...

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...
‘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...
BUSINESS
State Farm matches donations to the Red Cross
BOONE, Iowa – To help the American Red Cross respond to disasters and emergencies big and small, State Farm is matching donations to the Red Cro...
OOGEEP announces 2021 scholarship application period
GRANVILLE – The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program and the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Foundation announced they now are accepting ...

New pet store coming to Sidney
SIDNEY – Chow Hound Pet Supplies is expanding beyond Michigan for the first time, and Sidney will be home to one of its first three stores locat...
DRMA releases its 2021 manufacturing top issues list
DAYTON – The Dayton Region Manufacturers Association has released its 2021 top issues list.DRMA’s Government Relations Committee conducts ...

ServiceMaster by Case wins Achiever Award
WAPAKONETA – ServiceMaster Brands recently honored ServiceMaster by Case with a ServiceMaster Restore Achiever Award at the annual awards ceremo...