LIMA — The Talk.

LIMA — Ford Motor Co. is at manufacturing capacity at many plants across North America, so the company carved out a bit more today.

LIMA — Unemployment rates for April in the region fell from March, according to numbers released Tuesday by the state.

LIMA — Wanting to boost the momentum of a developing downtown, Lima is adding a tax incentive for creating jobs there.

LIMA — The city’s General Fund is strong post-recession, Finance Director Steve Cleaves said Monday.

LIMA — City Council will see legislation Monday authorizing part of a renovation at Lima Municipal Court.

LIMA — The Ohio Energy & Advanced Manufacturing Center had a chance this week to return the favor of hosting.

LIMA — If the Blue Caboose is open, it must be tourism season in Allen County.

LIMA — Anheuser-Busch has purchased Lima’s C&G Distributing Co. Inc., the two companies announced Friday.

LIMA — It’s not only monster truck time this weekend; it’s monster traffic jam time.

LEIPSIC — Pro-Tec Coating Co. celebrated the opening of a new $400 million line Monday that will add 500,000 tons of capacity for high-strength, lighter-weight steel.

LIMA — A City Council committee is getting serious about junk autos and soon will seek landlords’ help with the issue.

LIMA — Task force members trying to keep the Abrams tank program running have long believed visits to the facility are the best negotiating tool they have.

LIMA — After a slow start, the spring planting season is finally underway.

LIMA — Just because no one’s paving doesn’t mean there isn’t significant work happening on the Interstate 75 project.

BLUFFTON — After several years of antiquing, Judy Bronson has outgrown her previous spot and is now in a new building with a new business name.

LIMA —The turn of the calendar will mean lots of changes for businesses and health care consumers, resulting from implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

WASHINGTON — In 2005, Task Force LIMA successfully lobbied with Congress and the Pentagon against closing the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center.

LIMA — In its day, it was part of a retail revolution: the enclosed shopping mall. Today, long vacant, it’s being demolished.

LIMA — Sixth Ward Councilman Derry Glenn is hoping some grassroots activism will help combat a result of automatic federal budget cuts.

LIMA — Husky Energy reported net earnings Tuesday of $535 million for the first quarter, compared with $591 million in the first quarter of 2012.

LIMA — Value-conscious shoppers. Those going green, thinking of upcyling and recyling. Looking for home decor with character and history.

LIMA — Officials from the city of Lima and Allen County said they hope to restart the Plant Pride Not Litter campaign with an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Litter Collection and Prevention Grant.

LIMA — City Council will be asked to approve two pieces of economic development-related legislation at its meeting Monday.

LIMA — The pickup has picked up.

LIMA — Among many other changes and openings, dressbarn will hold its grand opening Saturday at Lima Mall.

LIMA — All the nominees have a passion for what they do.

LIMA — The city has spent more than a year filling its newest reservoir, and now it will start using the water.

LIMA — Over the nearly 10 years the city has been a member of the Center for Automotive Research, the expertise has been of value to the community many times.

CONVOY — A Van Wert County man will pay restitution and was sentenced to probation after he pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud.

LIMA — By the end of May, the Ohio Senate plans to finish its work on a bill already passed by the House banning Internet cafés.

LIMA — These businesses aren’t just by women, they’re for women.

LIMA — Three area businesses — Ford Motor Co., Tom Ahl Chrysler and Tracy’s Appliances — have received Energy Efficiency Champion Awards from AEP Ohio.

BLUFFTON — A founding member of the village’s business incubator, Dick McGarrity thought he should take the matter into his own hands and create some jobs.

LIMA — Saying he wants to be governor for everyone, in every corner of the state, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald brought his campaign to Allen County on Thursday.

LIMA — Two of the region’s top employers, Ford Motor Co. and Procter & Gamble, posted strong earnings reports Wednesday.

LIMA — A new program will use volunteers to staff the front reception area of the city Municipal Center, Mayor David Berger announced Wednesday.

LIMA — It’s been 10 years of getting to know each other.

LIMA — Two of the region’s top employers, Ford Motor Co. and Procter & Gamble, posted strong earnings reports Wednesday.

LIMA — Two area projects are receiving recognition for their contribution to community revitalization.

LIMA — The pipefitter apprentices are given specifications and make a pipe that goes from point A to point B. What those points look like are hidden behind a curtain.

LIMA — West central Ohio continues to lead the way in low unemployment rates in the state.

LIMA — The community’s top law enforcement officers say inter-department cooperation is a more effective way to combat drug crime.

LIMA — Long a priority for the city Public Works staff and councilors who have represented the 5th Ward, restrooms at Cook Park will become a reality this fall.

DELPHOS — Family furniture store owners are battling box stores and furniture in a box.

BOSTON — A Bluffton resident and University of Findlay professor was one of the hundreds of thousands on lockdown Friday in a hotel in the heart of the city. Across the Charles River, a Lima native witnessed a manhunt unfold outside her apartment.

LIMA — Ohio Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Center and Ohio Northern University officials have agreed to work together at the technology center and Friday signed a memorandum of understanding.

BOSTON — A Bluffton resident and University of Findlay professor is one of the hundreds of thousands on lockdown today in a hotel in the heart of the city.

LIMA — It’s not “take this job and shove it” life-changing, but the Ohio Lottery winnings for some Sign Source employees will mean some cleared debt or maybe a new car.

LIMA — The statewide election is more than a year away, but Democrats are beginning their challenge of Gov. John Kasich and other Republican officeholders.