MEDIA RELEASE__On August 4, Apollo Career Center announced a change to its policy for serving meals to children served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2025-2026 school year.
Schools qualifying to operate the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) provide breakfast and lunch to all children at no charge and eliminate the collection of meal applications for free, reduced-price and paid student meals.
Join the 2025 Soil Health and Water Management Field Day held at The Ohio State University at Lima.
Regenerative agriculture with the help of no-till, cover crops and water management technology and conservation practices will be the focus of a field day at The Ohio State University at Lima's Regenerative Agriculture Farm.
DATE August 28, 2025
TIME 8:30-4:00 p.m.
LOCATION The Ohio State University at Lima, 4240 Campus Dr, Lima, OH 45804, Galvin Hall
REGISTRATION COST $25.00
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By Paula Pyzik Scott
The Old Route 69 Brewery, restaurant and entertainment complex first announced in February 2022 has come to life at 120 E Buckeye Ave. in Ada. On August 1, the venue officially opened with celebrations including Ada and Hardin County chambers as well as state and local government representatives.
AUGUST 1 MEDIA RELEASE__August 7 through 9 marks the 21st annual Lincoln Highway Buy Way Yard Sales across the State of Ohio.
The historic Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental road for automobile travel in the United States, dedicated in 1913 and extending from New York City’s Times Square to San Francisco’s Lincoln Park. Combined, various routes across Ohio comprise over 400 miles today.
Past year’s sales have seen families, neighbors and groups of all kinds selling their wares from yards, porches, barns and garages; under tents and in open-air locations.
FROM FACEBOOK__The Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District is exploring a rebrand to MetroParks Allen County. Not because we’re changing who we are, but because we want our name to better reflect where and who we serve.
Why now? We’re updating park signage, investing in infrastructure, and planning for the future. We want a name that helps residents across Allen County and beyond instantly recognize us as their park system.
JULY 29 MEDIA RELEASE__Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Pamela Boratyn announced details of a new plan to address the shortage of safe, accessible commercial-truck parking in Ohio by adding at least 1,400 new truck parking spaces across the state.
Following an extensive review of ODOT property, Ohio has identified 33 sites in 19 counties where long-term truck parking lots will be created or expanded, more than doubling current truck parking capacity at ODOT-maintained sites including the following in Allen County.
