Boys basketball: Sidney can’t hold onto 17-point lead at Fairborn
Newspaper opens Valentine contest
Dorothy Love to host hobby, craft show
Volunteer spotlight: Jannides serves community for 45 years
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- Ice causes power outages - 1:38 pm
- Out of the past - 12:25 am
- Jail fight injures inmate - 5:24 pm
- Newspaper opens Valentine contest - 4:16 pm
- Houston High School - 4:13 pm
- County record - 3:42 pm
- Digging for their dinner - 3:31 pm
- City record - 3:27 pm
- WSU-Lake offers business classes - 3:20 pm
- Dorothy Love to host hobby, craft show - 3:06 pm updated: 5:04 pm.
- Visitors Bureau reports activity - 2:11 pm
- Volunteer spotlight: Jannides serves community for 45 years - 1:59 pm
- Pickleball action - 1:55 pm
- UVMC Foundation names new president - 1:36 pm
- Pressure on opioid company grows - 1:31 pm
- Lottery - 1:30 pm
- Nominations open for Eclipse Awards - 1:02 pm
- Rhodes State offers manufacturing classes - 12:49 pm
- German train company buys commuter’s ‘delay scarf’ - 12:43 pm
- Walmart adds tech innovations - 12:18 pm
- Lincoln Electric acquires Coldwater Machine - 12:02 pm
- Walley joins Airstream marketing team - 11:58 am
- Out of the past - 12:25 am
- County budget just shy of $73 million for 2019 - 9:54 pm
- City, county preps for winter storm Harper - 4:47 pm
NEWS
Visitors Bureau reports activity
SIDNEY — Jeff Raible, director of the Sidney Visitors Bureau, recently released promotional statistics for November and December.The bureau̵...
Volunteer spotlight: Jannides serves community for 45 years
I spent some time recently with long-time volunteer and well-known community member Mary Jannides to talk with her about her volunteer work on the cit...
Pickleball action
Dave Bell, left, prepares to swing as his pickleball partner, Ron Argabright, watches at the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County, Friday, Jan. 18. B...
UVMC Foundation names new president
TROY — Craig Bundschuh, of Covington, is the UVMC Foundation’s new board chairman, effective Jan. 1.Bundschuh assumes the chairmanship fro...
Pressure on opioid company grows
BOSTON, Mass. — The legal pressure on the prominent family behind the company that makes OxyContin, the prescription painkiller that helped fuel...
SPORTS
Yellow Jackets ranked in state poll
By David FongRegional Sports EditorSHELBY COUNTY — All season long, the Sidney boys basketball team has been one of the best in the region.The r...
The day the numbers changed
By Jack KramerFor the Sidney Daily NewsFORT LORAMIE — Despite a west central Ohio snowstorm on Saturday, more than 2,000 fans were rewarded with...
Anna pulls away from Botkins for win
By Robert BillingFor the Sidney Daily NewsBOTKINS — Botkins stayed close to hot-shooting Anna in the first half of a Shelby County Athletic Leag...
Fort Loramie boys top Minster in overtime
By David FongRegional Sports EditorMINSTER — While the Fort Loramie vs. Minster girls basketball game went to double overtime in the afternoon, ...
Girls basketball: Russia pulls away late for 52-37 win over Jackson Center
JACKSON CENTER — Inconsistent defensive play has plagued Russia’s girls basketball team and made the squad have to rally often.The Raiders...
LIFE
Houston names homecoming court
HOUSTON — Houston High School will host its homecoming dance on Saturday, Jan. 26. The theme for the evening is “homecoming knight.”...
60-year Mason honored
NEW BREMEN — Benjamin Frasure, of New Bremen, was surprised at Elmwood Assisted Living, Jan. 11, when family members and fellow Masons showed up...
Edison to audition for ‘Romeo and Juliet’
PIQUA — The Edison Stagelight Players will have open auditions for William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Jan. 28 and 29 at...
Today in history
Today is Friday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2019. There are 347 days left in the year.Today’s Highlights in History:On Jan. 18, 1957, a trio of B-...
“Socks for Surgery” donation made to hospital
ST. MARYS — “Socks for Surgery” is an idea which came as the result of a conversation had by Dr. James and Peggy Kemmler, along with...
OPINION
Just Doc and Old Tom
It was strange, Doc thought. All these years. All these people. It still hurts.Old Tom had died around midnight, and Doc didn’t get more than an...
Butchering days yield yummy sausage
Since our move here to “the home place,” which is an Amish term used for the homestead where the parents used to live, we have been blesse...
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To our readers
Opinions expressed in items on this page labeled “Their View” and “Your View” and other columns throughout the newspaper submi...
‘The wall’ will pay for itself
To the editor:With all the financial “geniuses” at Fox Business and the White House, why aren’t we talking about the return on inves...
Stopping the madness at four way stops
My grasp of the workings of a four-way stop are as follows: all four ways stop. On the face of it, this does not seem to be too complicated. Nor does ...
BUSINESS
UVMC Foundation names new president
TROY — Craig Bundschuh, of Covington, is the UVMC Foundation’s new board chairman, effective Jan. 1.Bundschuh assumes the chairmanship fro...
Nominations open for Eclipse Awards
DAYTON — The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has opened nominations for the 2019 Eclipse Integrity Awards.The public is invited to nominate organiz...
Rhodes State offers manufacturing classes
LIMA — The West Central Ohio Manufacturing Consortium (WCOMC) will offer Basic Manufacturing Pathway classes February through March, at Rhodes S...
Walmart adds tech innovations
COLUMBUS — 2018 was an important year of innovation in Ohio Walmart stores, as the company made good on its promise to make shopping easier for ...
Lincoln Electric acquires Coldwater Machine
COLDWATER — Coldwater Machine Co. recently joined Fort Loramie’s Wayne Trail Wayne Technologies as part of Cleveland-based Lincoln Electri...
