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Members of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team line up and...

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:16:37 -0500

Members of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team line up and wait for the start of the welcome home ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Civic Center Friday afternoon.

Angie Burkholder points out her husband, SFC Michael Burkholder,...

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:16:18 -0500

Angie Burkholder points out her husband, SFC Michael Burkholder, to her son Keith, 15 months old, as her husband walks off the bus outside the Veterans Memorial Civic Center Friday afternoon just before the welcome home ceremony for the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Angie and Keith hadn’t seen Michael since July.

Ice-laden branches lay in the grass in Cairo after an ice storm...

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:15:53 -0500

Ice-laden branches lay in the grass in Cairo after an ice storm hit the area early Friday morning, taking down trees and causing 15,000 residents to lose power.

Rebecca Larimore, of Lima, grabs for a second American Plastics...

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:16:17 -0500

Rebecca Larimore, of Lima, grabs for a second American Plastics Kitchen Set just after 5 a.m. Friday at Meijer. The toys were were marked down from $39.99 to $19.99.

Shoppers huddle around the door at Meijer just before 5 a.m....

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:15:57 -0500

Shoppers huddle around the door at Meijer just before 5 a.m. Friday waiting for employees to bring out American Plastics Kitchen Sets that were marked down from $39.99 to $19.99.

Happy Thanksgiving from Lima, Ohio.

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:02:47 -0500

Happy Thanksgiving from Lima, Ohio.

Ava, 2, cries out and reaches for her mother as she and her...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:04:03 -0500

Ava, 2, cries out and reaches for her mother as she and her brother Jordan, 3, sit on Santa’s lap Saturday afternoon at the Lima Mall. Santa arrived at the mall - making his first appearance this season - by horse-drawn carriage.

Liberty-Benton junior defensive back Aaron Craft intercepts a...

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:35:56 -0500

Liberty-Benton junior defensive back Aaron Craft intercepts a pass meant for Marion Local senior wide receiver Marcus Moeller - making the pass incomplete - during the first half of Saturday night’s Division V state semifinal tournament at Findlay’s Donnell Stadium

YWCA supporters hold signs during a meeting held by the YWCA...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:59:13 -0500

YWCA supporters hold signs during a meeting held by the YWCA board of directors in response to the board’s recent decision to close the aquatic center.

A Unity Elementary fourth grader, with help from a Lima Senior...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:58:52 -0500

A Unity Elementary fourth grader, with help from a Lima Senior High Performance JumpStart student, picks items off a table to assemble Christmas shoe boxes filled with toys and toiletries to send to international hospitals, orphanages, shelters and children in impoverished neighborhoods.

Ohio Northern fans cheer after the Polar Bears scored their...

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:22:15 -0500

Ohio Northern fans cheer after the Polar Bears scored their second touchdown during the Polar Bear’s final home game against Wilmington Saturday afternoon.

Game workers look over the last ONU home game from a slightly...

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:22:00 -0500

Game workers look over the last ONU home game from a slightly higher vantage point.

Ohio Northern players try to keep warm under the bleachers next...

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:21:55 -0500

Ohio Northern players try to keep warm under the bleachers next to Ann Donnelly, ONU alumni director, during the Polar Bear’s final home game Saturday afternoon.

Diane Comer preps a wall that will be covered in mirror at the...

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:05:53 -0500

Diane Comer preps a wall that will be covered in mirror at the Ohio Theatre, formerly Rave Club, in downtown Lima.

Chris Dingledine and his wife Stephanie (not pictured) walk...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:23:00 -0400

Chris Dingledine and his wife Stephanie (not pictured) walk their son Jacob along Lima Lake Wednesday afternoon.

Penny and her son, Wayne, speak to one another through a window...

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:00:09 -0400

Penny and her son, Wayne, speak to one another through a window in the neighborhood center. Wayne comes with Penny to the center and helps with clean-up.

Penny, the president of the Midway East Neighborhood Association...

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:59:53 -0400

Penny, the president of the Midway East Neighborhood Association and manager of the Midway East Neighborhood Center, finds a chicken in a back freezer and takes it to a woman collecting food for her family.

Frank unloads boxes of apples from the West Ohio Food Bank....

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:59:32 -0400

Frank unloads boxes of apples from the West Ohio Food Bank. Frank - who had a liver transplant two years ago from a 22-year-old Columbus man who died in a car accident - can no longer work so he volunteers at Midway East every day.

Volunteers unload produce - potatoes, apples, carrots, cabbage -...

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:59:15 -0400

Volunteers unload produce - potatoes, apples, carrots, cabbage - donated by the West Ohio Food Bank. The neighborhood center gives out produce to families in Midway East every week.

Rico Williams, 8, cheers for the state of Pennsylvania - which...

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:26:54 -0400

Rico Williams, 8, cheers for the state of Pennsylvania - which his third grade class is representing - during Wednesday afternoon’s mock political convention at Unity Elementary School, where each class chose a state to represent and students spoke on behalf of political candidates running in the Nov. 4 election.