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Today’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic

• COVID-19 cases, deathsAllen County: Cases: 667. Deaths: 42. Updated 2 p.m. 8/4/20Auglaize County: Cases: 226. Deaths: 5. Updated 2 p.m. 8/4/20...

August 4th, 2020 updated: August 4th, 2020. |

NEWS

7:17 pm |

Elida school board hears concerns about reopening next week

7:13 pm |

Ottawa-Glandorf superintendent: Face masks key for return to school

6:35 pm |

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

5:57 pm |

Astronomical Society exceeds goal, pitches dark-sky site

5:53 pm |

Johnson pleads to drug charges

5:50 pm |

Seitz says victim in baseball bat attack ‘got what he deserved’

Defendant facing long prison sentence seeks to withdraw pleas

LIMA — A Lima man who in late June pleaded no contest to charges that could potentially land him behind bars for decades is seeking to withdraw ...

August 4th, 2020 |

Kindle waives constituional right to speedy trial

LIMA — Jeremy Kindle, 35, of Elida, waived his constitutional right to a speedy trial during a brief court appearance Tuesday.Kindle is charged ...

August 4th, 2020 |

Lima Mall offering extended hours for Tax-Free Weekend

LIMA — The Lima Mall will offer extended hours for Tax-Free Weekend from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, and Saturday, Aug. 8, and noon to 7 p...

August 4th, 2020 |

Lima Mall KidX hosting Back to School Party

LIMA — The Lima Mall’s KidX Club Back to School Party will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at center court, 2400 Elida Roa...

August 4th, 2020 |

Births

Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterAug. 3 — Samantha and Corey Dunlap, Columbus Grove, boy; Danielle and Ryan Nieto, Ottawa, girl; Morg...

August 4th, 2020 |

Van Wert Live staff furloughed due to COVID-19

VAN WERT — The Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation announced Tuesday morning that the Van Wert Live team will be furloughed until further n...

August 4th, 2020 |

SPORTS

12:27 am |

Votto’s home run leads Reds past Indians

8:37 pm |

Big contract made Bosa show some uncharacteristic emotion

8:04 pm |

Koepka pursuing rare three-peat in a golf major

Francona’s return date up in the air

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will miss at least the club’s next two games because of a gastrointestinal issue...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Keselowski outduels Hamlin

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — With about 70 laps to go in his back-and-forth battle against Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin radioed in to his team: “T...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Strong starts by Bauer, DeSclafani big in Reds’ sweep of Tigers

DETROIT (AP) — Trevor Bauer made short work of the Detroit Tigers, throwing a two-hit shutout in Cincinnati’s 4-0 victory Sunday that gave...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Indians offense struggles again, Francona misses game

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mitch Garver hit his first home run of the season and the Minnesota Twins used their bullpen to string together a two-hitter ...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Ironton kicker gets help from former Ohio State kickers

IRONTON — This kicking story has a real kicker to it.Back in the spring, Ironton St. Joseph High School senior Jimmy Mahlmeister was just doing ...

August 2nd, 2020 updated: August 2nd, 2020. |

Browns’ Landry says he will be ready to go sometime in August

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry was placed on the active/physically unable to perform list Sunday, a day before veteran...

August 2nd, 2020 |

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LIFESTYLE

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Lima’s love of motorcycles

5:01 pm |

Births

2:14 pm |

Winfrey picks Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ for her book club

Births

Lima Memorial Health SystemJuly 30 — Abrial Goode, Lima, girl.Aug. 1 — Kylee Heiser, Paulding, boy.Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Lights out for venues: Entertainers struggle as coronavirus-forced focus shifts

LIMA — The state of entertainment is in danger, so event organizers are having to be more creative than ever to provide safe and desirable optio...

August 3rd, 2020 updated: August 3rd, 2020. |

Wilford Brimley, ‘Cocoon’ and ‘Natural’ actor, dies at 85

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and so...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Get This: Rhode Island boy digs up massive 2 1/2-pound mollusk

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) — An 11-year-old Rhode Island boy clamming with his grandfather found a giant quahog that is thought to be one of the la...

August 2nd, 2020 |

Treasure hunt: 127 Yard Sale, Lincoln Highway Buy-Way kicking off

VAN WERT — The “World’s Longest Yard Sale” will once again be coming through the area Aug. 6 through 9 with major stops in Van...

August 1st, 2020 |

Spotlight: April Spencer creates art with sugar

LAFAYETTE — Like every mom, April Spencer just wanted a nice birthday cake for her baby.“It all started when my oldest had her first birth...

August 1st, 2020 |

OPINION

8:00 pm |

Ron Lora: Nostalgia and the good old days

4:00 pm |

John Grindrod: The power of educational face-to-face

9:43 pm |

Letter: Facts are the facts

Detroit News: Flawed men, perhaps, but great deeds

The danger of erecting monuments to men is that they all stand on clay feet.Many Americans who have long been admired as geniuses or heroes are now un...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Scott Douglas Gerber: The social justice vice presidency

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States, will soon be announcing his choice for vice president. Biden himself...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Letter: Our Democratic Party is gone

I am 77 years old and have voted in every election since I was 21 years old. That means I have voted in 14 presidential elections. Over the years I ha...

August 3rd, 2020 |

Jim Krumel: A conversation with Mary, a woman with a story to tell

The world is being overtaken by bellyachers, according to Mary, a 94-year-old woman I won’t forget for a long time.We talked on the phone for ab...

August 3rd, 2020 updated: August 3rd, 2020. |

Christine Flowers: Why teachers need to get back in the classroom

Teachers are now complaining about having to go back and do what they profess to love: Teach in a classroom.While I have had some unfortunate experien...

August 1st, 2020 |

Letter: Push back on PC crowd

After reading the recent articles in The Lima News regarding the word “Redskins” as the Wapakoneta schools’ mascot, it is apparent t...

August 1st, 2020 |

BUSINESS

6:00 pm |

Blanchard Valley Health System acquires Findlay Surgery Center

3:21 pm |

Allen named chair of All Aboard Ohio

3:00 pm |

Debt from loan still haunts Ford

Lofty hexagon forms Baltimore’s core

Prepare to be stunned as you enter the Baltimore’s vaulted hexagonal core, where all six ceiling sections sweep up to a lofty central apex. Rich...

August 1st, 2020 |

Cheryl Parson: Common scams keep scamming

On average, the Better Business Bureau is tracking more than 150,000 scams at any one time. Here in our office at Lima, we are on the front lines of t...

August 1st, 2020 |

Land transfers, July 23-29

The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running July 23 through 29. Figures reflect the sel...

August 1st, 2020 |

Home loan rates

Rates for 30-year and 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages with zero points as of noon, Friday, July 31, 2020:Lender ` 30-year rate ` 15-year ratePartners 1s...

August 1st, 2020 |

Legal-Ease: Becoming poor to get help with long-term care

Every one of us tries to save money as we progress in our lives. Often, a huge disappointment comes later in life when we begin to contemplate the nee...

August 1st, 2020 |