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Downtown Lima filled with live music and vendors for July's First Friday
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Lima residents gathered downtown for a free night out. This month's First Friday featured a performance by the band Probable Cause. There were also several vendors selling things like handmade soaps or jewelry, pottery, and prints for sale from Art/Space Lima, and organizations like Johnny Appleseed Metro Parks and WOCAP Headstart talking to visitors about what they have to offer. The event gives the city something fun to do over the summer, and it helps small businesses by getting them some face-time with customers who may not have heard of them.
Annual 'Veterans Appreciation Cruise-In' puts the Vet in Corvette
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - A car show tradition at the Star Spangled Spectacular puts the spotlight on veterans and car enthusiasts for their years of service. The "Veterans appreciation cruise-in" at Faurot Park featured close to 100 cars with a variety of makes and models, with some cars dating back to as early as 1920.
Changing of the Guard 2024
The Lima Rotary Club welcomes new leadership. The Lima Rotary Club said a fond goodbye to President Lesley Fry and welcomed President Demi Burden during Monday's Changing of the Guard. "It's been a very humbling experience and I thank each one of you for allowing me to be part of such an incredible organization," said President Lesley. President Demi says she is looking forward to the road ahead, "When I look at this club I see all my favorite people, I see all my favorite friends and I'm just really thankful that I'm going to be your leader this year and I hope I can serve our club well."
More than $8M in regional infrastructure projects approved
Jul. 3—COLUMBUS — Allen, Auglaize and Putnam counties will receive more than $7.5 million collectively as their share in more than $328 million in infrastructure funding statewide. That figure eclipses $8.5 million when Mercer and Van Wert counties are factored in. The Ohio Public Works Commission earlier this week released project agreements for the most recent round of annual infrastructure ...
Ohio prison hosts full symphony concert behind bars
LIMA, Ohio — Incarceration is intended to punish those who break the law by separating them from the rest of the world and the beauty it contains. On Sunday afternoon, however, some of that beauty broke through as the Lima Symphony Orchestra filled a state prison with the beauty and emotion that can only come through music.
Fireworks shows around the region
The following is a list of fireworks shows around the area taking place throughout the Fourth of July season. The Delphos Kiwanis July Fourth Celebration will start its fireworks show at 10 p.m. Thursday, July 4 at Delphos Stadium Park at 1101 N. Jefferson St. in Delphos. Star Spangled Spectacular.
Crews ready to wow the crowds with fireworks display at the Star Spangled Spectacular
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - People from all over the region are looking forward to Lima's Star Spangled Spectacular, especially the fireworks show. Crews from Rozzi began setting up Thursday night's show on Wednesday. A little more than 900 shells are packed into the mortars and secured for the 20-minute synchronized show with the Lima Area Concert Band. They will be shot from just south of Safety City to explode over Faurot Park in a dazzling show. Some shells have been imported from several foreign countries to give more variety.
The Delphos Kiwanis Club begin Fourth of July Firework Show festivities
DELPHOS, OH (WLIO) - The Delphos Kiwanis Club is gearing up to host the area's largest fireworks show on the Fourth of July. The two-day event, beginning Wednesday evening, is free for the public to enjoy with entertainment, food, and amusement park rides. Wednesday's festivities were headlined by the Beyond Expectations baseball game and the Kiwanis Duck Races, followed by a performance by the Big Caddy Daddy band to wrap up the night. All proceeds and donations gathered from the event will be put towards the Delphos Kiwanis Club's big project to build a new shelter house.
Lima Area Concert Band puts on patriotic show before fireworks
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Plenty of families refused to let a little rain keep them from one of Lima's favorite 4th of July traditions. Every year, the Lima Area Concert Band performs patriotic music to get everyone in the mood for the fireworks display right after their show. They played songs like the Marine Corps march and mashups of classics like "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag."
Lima Symphony Orchestra is changing inmates' lives through music
LIMA, Ohio (WKEF) -- Lima Symphony Orchestra made history the afternoon on Sunday, June 30, as the first full orchestra to perform inside an Ohio prison. The orchestra performed alongside the prison choir of more than 100 incarcerated men in the prison yard of Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution (AOCI). The Patriotic Pops concert was the first time the Ohio Department of Corrections had ever allowed a full symphony orchestra to perform in a prison.
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