Urbana News

A contest launched to show drawing common-sense congressional districts is possible proved its point.

To earn money while a Wright State University education major in the late 1960s, Bobbie Predmore snapped photos of newborns as keepsakes for their proud parents.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer Fourteen young people and eight adults from Ohio followed the footsteps of The Carpenter this week and repaired a Kentucky widow's home.

A local community may soon get bigger. Champaign County commissioners are considering a request to annex some 500 acres to Urbana.

Urbana native Jeff Kelch sat behind the wheel of his 1934 Chrysler waiting patiently as the driver of the car in front of him learned to maneuver a clutch.

City leaders and Urbana University officials gathered Tuesday, June 23, to celebrate addition of a four-year university to the city's array of educational opportunities.

A sorrel Quarter Horse gelding named Doc Rancher , has been reported as stolen June 20 between 2:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. from his stall at the Champagne County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Ohio.

URBANA, Ohio a ' The Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a minor plane crash that happened around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at Grimes Air Field.

It is arguably the most significant and useful diploma to be awarded at a June graduation.

Some local residents are being asked to cut back on water usage. Urbana city officials want residents east of Jefferson Street to voluntarily conserve water because of mechanical problems at the Water Street booster station.

Last year proved busy at Urbana, Ohio-based Michael Farms Inc., and so far, 2009 is shaping up to be another one, with several new products and projects already completed or in the works, said Todd Michael, vice president.

A 26-year-old man was killed in a crash early Tuesday when he struck a fence and two trees.

Dustin Leonard got a call last week from a friend saying Meadow Lake Resort, a popular campground they use in Urbana, Ohio, had suddenly closed.

Ron Smith and Kent Parker head to Otterbein, Danny Russell to Urbana and Alex Grow to pull double duty at Capital.

There is no substitute for a parent's loving touch. Through touch, babies first learn the comfort and security of loving and of being loved.

Authorities said a van crashed head-on into a school bus, killing two people inside the van and causing minor injuries to 10 students and the bus driver.

Two people were reportedly killed when a Graham Local Schools bus and a van collided on Route 36 and Zimmerman Road this afternoon, May 21.

URBANA - Urbana University is recruiting student athletes who excel on the lanes and in the classroom.

Cedar Bog has a new $850,000 visitors and learning center. There's a special place in Ohio that provides a glimpse of what the land looked like soon after the Ice Age glaciers retreated thousands of years ago.

A few very lucky people came home with more than just good memories of the cool, brand-new vehicles they saw at the 2009 Dayton Auto Show, held March 26-29 at the Dayton Convention Center.