The Lima News

The Lima News is a daily newspaper that serves the communities in Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Putnam, Shelby, and Van Wert counties in Ohio. Its main office is situated in Lima, Ohio. Initially owned by Freedom Communications, a private company based in California known for the Orange County Register, The Lima News changed hands in 2012 when it was acquired by Ohio Community Media, linked to the private equity firm Versa Capital Management. During its time under Freedom Communications, the newspaper adopted a libertarian viewpoint on various topics.

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Lima board to vote on levy renewal

4 days ago | limaohio.com | Mackenzi Klemann

LIMA — The Lima schools district is expected to ask voters to renew a combined property tax levy used for operating expenses and renovation costs in November. The district intends to bring the renewal before voters one year before the current levy expires, but it will require board approval before the process can begin. The board will take a vote on the resolution when it meets Monday evening.
Track and Field: Locals shine at third day of New Balance Nationals

6 days ago | limaohio.com | Mark Altstaetter

PHILADELPHIA – On Saturday, the third day of the New Balance (Outdoor) Nationals at the University of Pennsylvania, several area athletes fared well in their respective events. In the freshman boys Shot Put, Leipsic’s Nolyn Lammers placed third with a mark of 50 feet, 3 ¼ inches. In the freshman boys 110-meter hurdles, Columbus Grove’s Gavin Baxter placed eighth with a time of 15.18 seconds. In his preliminaries, Baxter clocked a time of 14.99 to qualify for the finals.
Spencerville SummerFest returns with parade

6 days ago | limaohio.com | Mackenzi Klemann

SPENCERVILLE — The village of Spencerville briefly shut down Saturday afternoon, as residents gathered on the side of the road to watch the SummerFest parade descend down state Route 117. Children and their parents took turns resting in the shade to keep cool, with the heat index reaching 98 degrees on the festival’s final day.
Living in fear: Haitians in Lima worry about deportation

6 days ago | limaohio.com | Mackenzi Klemann

LIMA — Amos Marcelin tells his fellow migrants, “God is still keeping us under his grace.”The president of the Haitian Immigrants Council records inspirational messages in Haitian Creole to remind migrants in Lima they are not alone.
GLSCL: Locos rally but come up short in 7-6 loss to Copperheads

6 days ago | limaohio.com | Jim Naveau

LIMA — After falling behind 7-0, the Lima Locos came almost all the way back before the Southern Ohio Coppeheads held on for a 7-6 win in a Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League baseball game at Simmons Field on Friday night. It was the fifth loss in a row for the Locos (7-5), who started the season as the hottest team in the GLSCL.
Track and Field: Allen East’s Werling wins freshman national title

1 week ago | limaohio.com | Mark Altstaetter

PHILADELPHIA – Allen East freshman Jackson Werling was coming off an impressive fourth-place finish in the discus in Division III at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Track and Field State Tournament at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (June 6,7). However, Werling was not quite finished with his freshman track and field season.
Spencerville man recaptured after brief escape from Allen County Jail

1 week ago | limaohio.com | Craig Kelly

LIMA — After a brief escape Friday afternoon, an inmate at the Allen County Jail is back in custody, according to the Allen County Sheriff’s Office. According to the release, at approximately 4:58 p.m. Friday, Zeeke Blayne Clark, 21, of Spencerville, broke through a window with a chair while in an interview room at the jail. After escaping through the broken window, Clark then fled on foot.
Real Life Mama: Be the thermostat, not the thermometer

1 week ago | limaohio.com | Sarah W. Shrader

While listening to one of my podcast devotionals the other day, the speaker mentioned something she had been told years ago and it stuck with her. For some reason, when someone says that, my ears always perk up – it’s like okay, listen up, this is going to be big and important. And sometimes it is, and sometimes I forget it by lunch time. But this was definitely one of those times that has my brain has been replaying the advice over and over again. Be the thermostat, not the thermometer.
Prolonged heat wave bearing down on region

1 week ago | limaohio.com | Craig Kelly

LIMA — Mother Nature is cranking up the heat in the Lima region and those high temperatures will not be coming down for a while. The summer heat has arrived in full force in the region with daily high temperatures climbing above 90 degrees every day for the next week, according to the AccuWeather 10-day forecast.
Businesses look for immigration raid exemptions

1 week ago | limaohio.com | David Trinko

By Queenie Wong, Suhauna Hussain, Michael Wilner and Piper HeathLos Angeles Times (TNS)LOS ANGELES — Farms, hotels and restaurants that rely on immigrant workers are urging the Trump administration to spare their vital industries from immigration raids. The pressure comes as confusion swirls around whether President Donald Trump will exempt some businesses from efforts to arrest and deport immigrants living illegally in the United States.