Search Sponsored
|
|
| Taking turns on the ‘Green Machine’ |  | | Elijah Barrett pushes Kaylene Rogan on a "green machine" outside an East Church Street home on Wednesday afternoon in Urbana. The children had been taking turns racing the trike up and down the sidewalk. (Citizen photo by Alex Howell) |
|
|
Airport manager promotes September MERFI event
| Grimes Field Manager Carol Hall reminded everyone at Tuesday's Urbana City Council meeting of the 44th annual Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In to be held Sept. 11-12 at Grimes Field. She added that volunteers will be needed for a variety of tasks.
Hall said about 500 planes of all sorts flew into the local airport for last year's event and that at least this many are expected this year. Those wishing to volunteer or to learn more about MERFI can visit merfi.com.
The council authorized a $7,953 purchase order to K&K Petroleum Maintenance Inc. so a deteriorating part of an airport fuel pump can be replaced. Currently, fuel must be pumped manually, which hampers after-hours sales, Hall said.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| News
| | Judge OKs sale of Ohio-based Brown newspaper chain | CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A federal bankruptcy court on Thursday approved the $26 million sale of Ohio-based newspaper chain Brown Publishing Co. to a group of company insiders led by current President and Chief Executive Roy Brown.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Dorothy Eisenberg ruled that a newly formed Brown Media Corp. could purchase the majority of the chain for $22.4 million.
Friday, July 30, 2010 |  | | Deputies investigate theft at St. Paris restaurant | ST. PARIS - The county Sheriff's Office is following leads on suspects believed to have stolen cash and other items from the Lakeland Golf Course Pub and Grill, 1772 Kiser Lake Road, St. Paris, according to Chief Deputy Matt Melvin.
Asked how much money was stolen, he said that information was unavailable.
"We know they came away with some cash, gift cards and some beer and wine items," he said.
The suspects are believed to have entered the restaurant between midnight and 7 a.m. July 26.
Lakeland is a public golf course owned by Ana and Ron Burns. The Pub and Grill opened for business in late June.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 | | | Library board meets Aug. 17 | MECHANICSBURG - Due to the Champaign County Fair, the regular meeting of the Mechanicsburg Public Library Board of Trustees will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17. The meeting will be held in the Library Meeting Room.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 | |
| Sports
| | Reds win | MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Brandon Phillips hit a 450-foot grand slam that landed in Bernie Brewer's slide in deep left field and Travis Wood earned his first win in the majors for the Cincinnati Reds, 10-2 over Milwaukee on Wednesday.
The Reds scored 10 unanswered runs, capped by Phillips' shot and Joey Votto's solo homer in the eighth.
With the win, Cincinnati kept the pressure on St. Louis for first in the NL Central after the teams entered play Wednesday in a virtual tie at the top.
Wood (1-1), who took a perfect game into the ninth inning on July 10, won in his sixth career start and the Reds piled on the runs, scoring five in the sixth off starter Chris Narveson and reliever Kameron Loe and five more off Carlos Villanueva in the eighth.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 | | | Bengals' top pick unsigned | GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) -- First-round draft pick Jermaine Gresham remains unsigned as the Cincinnati Bengals open training camp.
The Bengals signed second-round pick Carlos Dunlap, a defensive end from Florida, and receiver Jordan Shipley, a third-round choice from Texas, shortly after the rest of the team reported Wednesday.
That left Gresham, a tight end from Oklahoma, as the Bengals' only unsigned pick.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 | |
|
News Video
|
