Composer Day honors David Karp
SIDNEY — Composer Dr. David Karp, of Dallas, Texas, and Bremen, Maine, was honored Saturday by local piano teacher Kathleen Jendrusik, owner of Ka-Jens...
Amazing Gracie: Pet therapist
PIQUA — Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County recently arranged for a special visitor to hospice patient Dr. Marvin Cain. The noted veterinarian from Versailles...
On the agendas
Anna Board of EducationANNA — The Anna Local School Board of Education will meet Monday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 209 at...
Advocates say First Amendment can withstand Trump attacks
NEW YORK (AP) — Whenever Donald Trump fumes about “fake news” or labels the press “the enemy of the people,” First Amendment scholar David...
Sidney boy crowned champion speller
LIMA — After 39 rounds and what seemed like two unbreakable spellers, Adith Joshua George won the fifth annual Lima News Regional Spelling Bee...
Out of the past
125 YearsMarch 11, 1892A statistical map of Ohio, compiled from reports of the 11th Census, shows Shelby county with gain of 570 in population...
Trash collection sites set
SIDNEY — The Sidney-Shelby County Health Department has scheduled two solid-waste collection sites for April 8.This community effort is being organized by the Health...
New dam construction makes progress
An excavator removes mud from a drained section of Lake Loramie just a short distance from the old Lake Loramie Dam, which can be...
Pestke chosen as queen at annual dairy banquet, top herds named
BOTKINS – A Fairlawn High School sophomore was chosen as the 2017 Queen of the Shelby County Dairyman’s Association at their annual banquet Thursday...
Inquiring photographerWhen does a person become an adult?
Brittany Phillips, 18, of Sidney, daughter of Tonya Chaffin and Rodney Phillips. “Probably after you move out of your family’s house and start your...
