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- Celebrate freedom with your friends and neighbors at this year’s Star Spangled Spectacular in Lima, which begins at 8 a.m. Saturday in Faurot Park.
“We want the people of this area... Full story
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- Changes ahead for Putnam's Child Support Enforcement Agency
- Hannah Poturalski
- OTTAWA - The inner-workings of Putnam County's Job and Family Services and the Child Support Enforcement Agency will undergo major changes soon.
Putnam County Commissioner John Love said the Child Support Enforcement Agency will soon be house in the... Full story
- Debate continues over slot machines in horse tracks
- Hannah Poturalski
- LIMA - Horse racing farms and tracks across Ohio have been struggling to keep business in-state but their fight may be ending soon.
In June Gov. Ted Strickland proposed a plan to allow slot machines into Ohio's seven horse racing tracks, which is estimated... Full story

- Chops on Friday, chicken today: Dinners benefit St. Joe parish
- Heather Rutz
- WAPAKONETA - Which came first, the polka or the pork?
The polka, but it's the chop that's endured at the St. Joe Festival.
The tradition of Friday night pork chop dinners began in 1993, when polka dancers requested a meal, complete with warm German... Full story
- Porn fiasco sheds clothes, but reveals no answers
- Hannah Poturalski
- LIMA - A day later, Laura Ulrick was still upset.
She and her three children sat down to watch a "Star Wars" movie on television Thursday night. The timing was perfect. The Spike channel was showing it at 5 p.m., so the kids wouldn't be kept up late.
The... Full story

- After rough planting season, farmers have had a good run so far
- J.D. Bruewer
- Rain delayed planting for many area farmers, but a stretch of good weather around the end of May kept them close to schedule. There's been just about the right amount of rain and lots of sunshine, until now.
"The last month, the weather's been very good... Full story
- Council committee hears K-9 concerns, reiterates legislative role
- Tyrel Linkhorn
- LIMA - City Council's safety services committee referred concerns over the Lima Police Department's K-9 units to the city administration Thursday, explaining council had no control over how the department operated.
Last month, concerns were brought before... Full story
- Area communities prepare for more TEA parties
- Bob Blake
- VAN WERT - Residents across the region, state and country came out in April to voice concern for the direction in the country is headed. Two more such TEA parties will be held on the Fourth of July in the region.
Organizers of the events in Van Wert... Full story

- Antique tractors roll into Van Wert for annual event
- VAN WERT - There's a little bit of history on display at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds this Fourth of July weekend.
Antique tractors from brands like John Deere and Oliver, along with other equipment, are on display for the 33rd annual Old Fashioned... Full story
- Man to be released on bond in double fatal
- Staff reports
- LIMA - Bond has been reinstated for a man charged in the traffic deaths of two teenagers.
After Andrew Lane's trial was postponed until Sept. 21 a judge reinstated a bond that lets him out of jail on electronic home monitoring. Lane, 19, originally was... Full story

- Share your memories of the moon landing
- Staff reports
- Where were you on July 20, 1969? As we approach the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's historic moon landing, The Lima News wants to know what that event meant to you. Tell us in 300 words or less. Letters will be published in The Lima News' July 20... Full story