NEWS

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Secretary of State meets with BOE officials in Wapakoneta

WAPAKONETA — Secretary of State Frank LaRose met with Auglaize County Board of Elections officials and Auglaize County Commissioners Wednesday a...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Area college, university enrollment numbers released

BLUFFTON — Area college and university enrollment numbers have been released, with one college reporting record enrollment.Bluffton University h...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Breakthrough Harvest Church craft sale set

OTTAWA — The Breakthrough Harvest Church’s annual craft sale will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Putnam County YMCA,...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Putnam County Health Department offering walk-in flu vaccines

OTTAWA — The Putnam County Health Department will host an influenza vaccination clinic from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23,...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Putnam County Health Department offering walk-in flu vaccines

OTTAWA — The Putnam County Health Department will host an influenza vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, a...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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SPORTS

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Jefferson girls win NWC golf championships

High SchoolGirls golfNorthwest Conference championshipsDelphos Jefferson 19, Lincolnview 214, Crestview 270, Bluffton (no team score)VAN WERT — ...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Listen to this week’s LimaScores.com Weekly Podcast

David and Jose talk about Week 3 games and what's coming up in Week 4 of the 2019 football season in the Lima region. ...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Ohio State football: Day says OSU will ‘ignore the noise’

First the questions were about how Ohio State would handle transition. Now they’re about how it will handle success.Ohio State’s first thr...

September 18th, 2019 updated: September 18th, 2019. |  

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Reds end Cubs’ win streak

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs were shut down by Sonny Gray and two relievers Tuesday night, falling 4-2 to the Cincinnati Reds in a loss that hurt ...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Indians win 15th straight over Tigers with 7-2 victory

CLEVELAND — Adam Plutko pitched six effective innings, rookie Oscar Mercado homered and the Cleveland Indians beat Detroit 7-2 on Tuesday night ...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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MULTIMEDIA - PHOTO STORE

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LIFESTYLE

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Births

Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterSept. 17 — Tiffanie Brenneman, Lima, boy; Tiffini Downey and Jared Carmean, Lima, girl; Jamie Johnso...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Stippich Hardware Co.

LIMA — Jim Stippich recalled farmers whiling away the time in his family’s hardware store while their wives joined the Saturday shoppers a...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Cokie Roberts, longtime political journalist, dies at 75

NEW YORK — Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians and a pioneering journalist who chronicled Washington from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump fo...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Births

Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterSept. 15 — Kristin and Grant McMichael, Venedocia, boy.Sept. 16 — Tiffani and Tobin Joseph, Sp...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Yada yada yada: Netflix to air ‘Seinfeld’ starting in 2021

LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Move aside, “Friends” and “The Office.” Netflix now has a new gem — a show about nothing....

September 16th, 2019 |  

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Births

Lima Memorial Health SystemSept. 11 — Amber Nungester and Aundre Austin, Lima, boy.Sept. 13 — Sabrina and David Grubb, Cridersville, girl;...

September 16th, 2019 |  

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OPINION

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Letter: Trump should visit Ohio farmers

A recent article in The Lima News detailed President Trump’s upcoming visit to a manufacturing facility in Wapakoneta. While it’s good to ...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Tom Purcell: Our Cursed 2020 Campaign: ‘F-bombs’ Away!

Some presidential candidates, past and present, sure have cursed up a storm.The Washington Examiner notes Julian Castro said the “BS” word...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Editorial: Debate exposes same ol’, same ol’ Dem candidates

The Democrats are doing it to themselves, again.If 2016 was a lesson for America in what can finally happen after decades of letting bad deeds go unpu...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Letter: An armed society is a polite society

There is but one reason the 2nd Amendment is in the Bill of Rights, and contrary to what the good Dr. Anspaugh has to say about its history, the point...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Letter: Protecting you, protecting U.S.

This is in response to the recent announcement of some stores asking people not to open carry weapons in their stores.Fact: Guns alone do not kill, pe...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Editorial: Parental behavior threatens high school sports

Which highly successful high school coach will be the next to say, “I’m done. I’ve had enough of parents.”?Equally as possible...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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BUSINESS

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Fed poised for another rate cut

WASHINGTON — For a second straight time, the Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates this week to try to protect the economy from the conse...

September 16th, 2019 |  

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Startup Lab plans second small business course

LIMA — The Startup Lab will hold a nine-week small business accelerator course in October to assist aspiring entrepreneurs with their business p...

September 16th, 2019 |  

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49,000 GM workers going on strike

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union announced that its roughly 49,000 members at General Motors plants in the U.S. will go on strike Su...

September 14th, 2019 updated: September 15th, 2019. |  

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After 100 years, Cole Motor Sales calls it quits

ADA — It’s been a hard year for Cole Motor Sales. The small-town Ford dealership, which has passed through four generations of the Cole fa...

September 14th, 2019 |  

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7 tips for becoming an ethical shopper

Sustainability, labor conditions, politics and other issues prevalent in the news have left many consumers wondering how to be socially responsible. F...

September 14th, 2019 |  

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STATE NEWS

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Dayton pastor on guns: ‘We want to help lawmakers see the carnage’

Brien Dyer, an admitted night owl, was watching a movie when he heard a faint “pop, pop, pop, pop” shortly after 1 a.m.He dismissed the mu...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Another possible error springs up in Ohio voter-purge process

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Officials with the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office say they’re working to make sure no voters’ registrations...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Ohio official: Opioid settlement should be spent locally

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Any money Ohio might receive from a settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other drugmakers should be spent at ...

September 18th, 2019 |  

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Investigators discovered body camera videos taken in Cuyahoga County Jail were deleted, FBI agent testifies

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Investigators who have been probing conditions in the Cuyahoga County Jail for more than 18 months uncovered incidents where b...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Gov. Mike DeWine says he’s looking into a statewide ban on flavored e-cigarettes

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Following a number of severe illnesses caused by vaping, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday his legal team is looking to see whether h...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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Report: State contracts laundered through shell company

COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than $12 million from state contracts was laundered through a shell company to improperly enrich a pair or related compani...

September 17th, 2019 |  

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E-EDITION AND SPECIAL SECTIONS

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