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- BV to return to five-day education - 6:00 am
- Berlin Township aiming to keep up with development - 10:50 am
- Series to focus on growing healthy trees - 6:00 am
- Learning continues at BW despite pandemic - 6:00 am
- Mohio project approved - 6:00 am
- Tiberi earns top honor in MLK contest - 6:00 am
- City of Dublin seeks input on downtown DORAs - 6:00 am
- MORPC releases 2020 air quality report - 6:00 am
- DPHD: Delaware County coronavirus deaths now 97 - 3:26 pm
- Juvenile court offering training - 6:00 am
- Extension granted, project shown at Sunbury P&Z - 6:00 am
- Member sought for county board - 6:00 am
- Hiddleson: Virus numbers ‘looking better’ - 6:00 am
- Annual festival canceled - 6:00 am
- DPHD: 96% of doses used so far - 3:40 pm
- 4-H holds recognition event - 1:25 pm
- Treasurer steps down to accept position at auditor’s office - 6:00 am
- Parks seeking input on projects - 6:00 am
- Brown creeper makes appearance - 6:00 am
- Delaware Public Health District: Delaware County coronavirus deaths now 91 - 3:12 pm
- Big Walnut students can take ‘super electives’ at DACC - 6:00 am
NEWS

Tiberi earns top honor in MLK contest
Olentangy Berkshire Middle School student Gabriela Tiberi took home first place in the sixth grade art category of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King J...

City of Dublin seeks input on downtown DORAs
The City of Dublin is seeking input from its residents regarding a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) for its downtown.“The DORA designa...

MORPC releases 2020 air quality report
COLUMBUS — The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission released its annual air quality report Tuesday. The report provides a summary of air qualit...

DPHD: Delaware County coronavirus deaths now 97
Ninety-seven Delaware County residents have died to date from the coronavirus, the Delaware Public Health District notes in its latest COVID-19 number...

Juvenile court offering training
Starting this spring, the Delaware County Juvenile Court hopes to offer “Reimagining Juvenile Justice” training to local agencies and orga...

Extension granted, project shown at Sunbury P&Z
SUNBURY — The village’s Planning and Zoning Commission recently granted an extension to reconstruct a small home, and heard about a large ...
SPORTS

Pioneer pressure catches up to Eagles
The Olentangy Orange boys basketball team’s seemingly relentless pressure paid off late as it used its press, both full-court and half-court var...
OWU celebrates the courage, character and life of Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas, a Black student from Zanesville, played fullback on OWU’s football team and was a standout catcher on the baseball team for thre...

Logan holds off Olentangy in district semifinal
Kennedie Doup banked in a deep three-pointer to give the 12th-seeded Olentangy girls basketball team a lead early in the fourth quarter, but it didn...

Bears clip Panthers for 1st tourney win
The Olentangy Berlin boys basketball team shook off a slow start and made just enough plays down the stretch to pick up its first tournament win in pr...

Orange’s Martin wins 2nd straight state title
For the second straight year, Olentangy Orange senior Taryn Martin is on top of the Ohio high school girls wrestling world.After a perfect regular sea...

Area swimmers, divers punch tickets to state showcase
Olentangy junior Martina Peroni won a pair of events on the girls’ side and Olentangy Liberty’s Hudson Williams won for the boys to highli...
LIFE

DPHD: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in county top 10,000
The Delaware Public Health District reported Monday afternoon 10,104 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county, exceeding the 10,000 mark.Confirmed ca...

Seitzes to celebrate 65th anniversary
Robert E. and Joyce (Tuller) Seitz will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on Dec. 30. They were married at the Sunbury United Methodist Church ...

Carters celebrate 60th anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Carter are celebrating 60 years of marriage today. On Dec. 17, 1960, they eloped to a justice of the peace and later on had a church...
December 17th, 2020 updated: December 18th, 2020. |
Galena cancels tree lighting
GALENA — The Village of Galena has canceled its annual tree lighting ceremony previously scheduled for December 6.The following statement was is...

Yoder family prepares for baby
We’re working on organizing closets, cleaning out neglected corners, and getting things in order before the baby comes. I’m enjoying every...
OPINION

US draft remains in place on contingency basis
Editor’s note: This is part one of a six-part series on conscription (the draft).Conscription in the United States, commonly known as the draft,...

Stratford Ecological Center to unveil Storybook Trail
This month last year at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road, the fields were water-logged, the lane to the pond was a mass of ruts filled with...

T Tauri helps tell important story
Buried in the bright stars of Taurus’ V-shaped head is a star that, at its brightest, is visible only in a medium-sized amateur telescope. At it...

Options for filing federal taxes aplenty
This time of year our Delaware County District Library reference desks see an uptick in tax questions of all kinds. If you are required to file a 2020...

‘MumBet’ helped bring an end to slavery
“All men are born free and equal.”— Massachusetts Constitution of 1780“I heard that paper read yesterday. Won’t the law ...

Refuse to eat dish best served cold
They say, “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” In the film ‘The Princess Bride,” there is a line at the end of the movie that...