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On November 25, 2025, Wilmington City Council held a special meeting at 6pm to discuss a proposed 471-acre Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center, located at 1488 South US Route 68. The meeting began with a presentation from Alex Beres, Executive Director of the Clinton County Port Authority (CCPA), and Josh Roth, Economic Development Director at the CCPA, who said that the data center would essentially help act as a "backbone of the internet" to process, organize, and store d

Dale Kinnison Leesburg, OH (November 21, 2025)— RoofX, a family-owned residential roofing company located in Leesburg, is installing a new shingle roof for a central Ohio veteran at no cost to them. This is the second year that the local, residential roofer has provided a new roof for a hometown hero. Last year, RoofX surprised a U.S. Marine Corps veteran in Hillsboro with a complete roof replacement for his home. This year, the company has selected Dale Kinnison, a U.S. Army

Sophomore Parker Besener extends his leather glove-covered arm for the Harris' hawk to land during Friday's raptor demonstration for a Wilmington College history class. Wilmington, OH (November 21, 2025)— Wilmington College Professor Carly Maris brought her history class to life Friday (Nov. 21) when officials with the Ohio School of Falconry introduced several birds of prey to students learning about Animals of the Ancient World. Indeed, a barn owl, a Peregrine falcon, Euras

Jamie and her family "Jamie’s story is one of profound resilience, faith, and transformation. Her journey through hardships—domestic violence, homelessness, and the devastating loss of her husband—could have broken her, but instead, it became the catalyst for her ultimate healing and renewal. The pain of being abandoned by her husband and losing contact with her daughter left her feeling lost and isolated. Yet, in the midst of this overwhelming despair, Jamie found solace in

Pictured with the three horses, from the left are WC equestrians, Isabella Bruss, Braylee Burkitt, and Scout Meyer, the filly Tipsy, equestrian Lauren Murphy, and Hadssah Oliver, Daren Wright (equine program director), the filly Mabel, equestrian Maegan Pearson, President Corey Cockerill, the filly Tito, equestrian Hattie Hobbs, Pam McCory (Board of Trustee Member), and Tammy Shadley (vice president for advancement) Wilmington, OH (November 20, 2025)— Cathy Linderman always w

Wilmington, OH— Step into a storybook Christmas as you wander through the historic downtown streets, which sparkle with twinkling lights and festive storefront windows, that fill the air with holiday magic and cheer! On Saturday, November 29th, at 7pm, the 18th annual HomeTown HoliDazzle Illuminated Parade begins the Christmas holiday season in Downtown Wilmington Along with the parade, there will be a train ride and other activities for the children, band and choir concerts,

Jonathan McKay On October 6, 2025, Jonathan McKay, Wilmington Transit Director, spoke at the 3M Club at Ohio Living Cape May. McKay began his presentation by sharing that in August, Wilmington Transit System (WTS) transported 12,540 riders, roughly equivalent to the population of Wilmington. He stated, "We haul all walks of life... We haul from the extremely wealthy to two dollar or one dollar is all that people have in their savings." According to McKay, prior to his start

Pictured from left to right: Kirby Keltner (Cemetery Superintendent), Kelly Hopkins (Clinton County Veterans Service Commission Secretary), and John Walker (Clinton County Veterans Service Commission President Wilmington, OH (November 17, 2025)—The Clinton County Veterans Service Commission would like to thank Cemetery Superintendent Kirby Keltner and the staff of Sugar Grove Cemetery and Jack Rose for all their assistance in helping the Clinton County Veterans Service Commis

Photo from the June 14, 2025, Books In Bags event Wilmington, OH (November 18, 2025)—Just in time to get some last-minute stocking stuffers, the Friends of the Wilmington Public Library (FOL) will give you another opportunity to bag some books at the library from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. Mark your calendars for Books in Bags in the basement of the library, 268 N. South St., Wilmington, Ohio. Those attending need to provide their own bags and may also register for

Wilmington High School 2025 Boys Soccer Team "Fall is always a fun time, for our kids, for our athletes... We've certainly had some exciting times... We've had a lot of success...," stated Troy Diels, Athletic Director at Wilmington City Schools. Troy shared all the fall sports teams' successes, highlighting that the Boys Soccer team went undefeated in their regular season for the first time in school history and were league champions for the second time in the last three yea

Wilmington, OH (November 11, 2025)— The Cycling Without Age, Clinton County Chapter, celebrated its first season of providing trail rides to people who would not otherwise be able to access the trail. The Clinton County Chapter, in cooperation with Clinton County Trails Coalition, has two tri-shaws. The first tri-shaw that was funded by Clinton County Health First, arrived in September of 2024. The second tri-shaw that was funded by the National Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a

Tom Dreyer Wilmington, OHIO—The National Christian Foundation (NCF) is pleased to announce that Tom Dreyer has joined the organization as Vice President for Southwest Ohio, where he will lead efforts to inspire and mobilize biblical generosity across the region. Dreyer, a respected leader in both the senior living and nonprofit sectors, previously served as Director of Business Development for Ohio Living Cape May, a leading life-plan community in Wilmington, Ohio. In that ro

Left to Right: Dustin Pearce, Tony Testa, Sharon Testa Tony and Sharon Testa join the podcast to share their family’s story of running The Mediterranean Restaurant & Cafe, Wilmington’s favorite Greek and Italian restaurant for nearly 20 years and counting. Listen to episode 76 of the Real Change Wilmington Podcast, ' The Mediterranean Restaurant & Cafe’s Founding Family Story ' with Tony & Sharon Testa , on your favorite podcast player below: 🍎 Apple: bit.ly/rcwp-apple 🟢 Sp

The 2025 Clinton County Veterans Day Program was held inside of the Clinton County Courthouse. Opening Ceremony was led by Clinton County Veterans Service Commissioner, Kelly Hopkins , who also announced the 2025 Veterans Day Awardees: Veterans Employer of the Year, Connection Community Veterans AW Awareness and/or Care Volunteer of the Year Award, Sean Denehy Clinton County Veteran of the Year, Harold R. Bolin Invocation was led by American Legion Post 49 Chaplin, Dr. Anthon

Simon Heys "I was excited. I definitely had a goal to try and compete to win... At any race, you have no idea who's going to be there... When I knew the weather was going to be really bad, I just wanted to go out there, and compete, and put myself in a position to try and win... The fact that that's what ended up happening was super exciting," stated Simon Heys, Wilmington College Graduate, Class of 2024, and 2025 Columbus Marathon Winner. Heys competed in the Nationwide Chil