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- Consumer Health: What do you know about headaches? - 4:45 pm
- Lima man sentenced in gang-related shooting incident - 4:13 pm
- Jackson sworn in - 3:44 pm updated: 4:41 pm.
- Campos graduates from police officer academy - 3:25 pm
- New project underway at Marimor - 3:08 pm
- Lima Municipal Court records - 2:52 pm
- Lee recognized by Edward Jones - 2:41 pm
- Police calls - 2:01 pm
- UNOH announces president’s and dean’s lists - 1:59 pm
- Baxter receives Miami University President’s Award - 1:57 pm
- Exchange Club selects new officers - 1:53 pm
- Van Wert man headed to prison for home invasion, assault - 1:30 pm
- Putnam County court records - 1:13 pm
- West Ohio Food Bank distributes food - 9:00 am
- Spencerville teen killed in car crash - 8:28 am updated: 8:28 am.
- Man pleads in wrong Ottawa case - 8:27 am updated: 8:29 am.
- Lima man sentenced to 20-24 years in prison - 8:26 am updated: 8:29 am.
- Jordan: ‘Not a whole lot of good’ in politics - 8:25 am updated: 8:29 am.
- ‘Best of the Best’ area fireworks for the 4th of July and beyond - 8:24 am updated: 8:29 am.
- Lima police try ‘crime detector’ device - 8:23 am updated: 8:30 am.
- Red, white and blue, Lima-style - 8:23 am updated: 8:31 am.
- Lima sees draft for Vision 2040 - 8:22 am updated: 8:30 am.
- Sreenan starts campaign for statehouse - 8:21 am updated: 8:30 am.
- ODNR continues Indian Lake cleanup - 8:20 am updated: 8:30 am.
- ‘Alice in Wonderland-Lima’ is a family-friendly, city-wide escape room - 8:00 pm
NEWS

Lee recognized by Edward Jones
LIMA — Jeff Lee recently received the Edward Jones Ted Jones Prospecting award which recognizes Edward Jones financial advisors who achieve high...
June 30th, 2022 |

Police calls
LIMA POLICE DEPARTMENT100 block of South Central Avenue, Lima — A theft was reported Wednesday.1000 block of North West Street, Lima — A t...
June 30th, 2022 |

UNOH announces president’s and dean’s lists
LIMA — The University of Northwestern Ohio released its Dean’s List and President’s List awards for the spring quarter 2022.The Coll...
June 30th, 2022 |

Baxter receives Miami University President’s Award
OXFORD — Miami University student Faith Baxter is among students awarded this year’s President’s Distinguished Service Award. Baxter...
June 30th, 2022 |

Exchange Club selects new officers
LIMA — The Lima Exchange Club has installed a new slate of officers for their next club year which runs from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023...
June 30th, 2022 |

Van Wert man headed to prison for home invasion, assault
LIMA —What started as a love triangle ended Thursday with a Van Wert man heading off to begin a four-year prison term for assaulting his romanti...
June 30th, 2022 |
SPORTS

QB Watson’s hearing continues today
The NFL insisted on an indefinite suspension while Deshaun Watson’s legal team argued there’s no basis for that punishment as both sides p...
June 28th, 2022 |

Guardians end skid
CLEVELAND — The Guardians were about to slide further back in the AL Central. Amed Rosario jammed on the brakes.Rosario’s clutch two-run s...
June 28th, 2022 |

Serena Williams loses opening match at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams began — and ended — her comeback at Wimbledon after 364 days out of singles competition looking...
June 28th, 2022 |

2022 Area golf course capsules
Arrowhead ParkCourse status: PublicAddress: 2211 Dirksen Road, Minster Road, MinsterPhone: 419-628-3111Golf facilities: 18 holes, driving rangeGreens ...
June 27th, 2022 |

Texans ‘turned a blind eye’ to Watson’s actions
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans had been told that their former quarterback Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during ...
June 27th, 2022 |

Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon could not find the words. Gabriel Landeskog cracked a smile and a joke.After years of playoff disappointment...
June 27th, 2022 |
LIFESTYLE

Review: Butler did it — ‘Elvis’ revival grows as it goes
Let’s cut to the chase: The new biopic “Elvis” is worthwhile, foremost for Austin Butler’s genuine and charismatic portrayal o...
June 29th, 2022 |

Featured events coming up in the Lima region
5K RaceCheck-in starts at 6:30 p.m. ThursdayThe 2nd Annual Chiropractic Keeps Me Moving 5K race will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Car-E-It Party Shop, 12...
June 29th, 2022 |

Births
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterJune 28 — Nicole and Brent Sager, Ottawa, girl; Cindy and Christopher Sneary, Wapakoneta, boy; Ashle...
June 29th, 2022 |

Reminisce: When presidents stopped in Lima
In late October 1960, during the final weeks of the heated and historic presidential race between Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Ken...
June 28th, 2022 |

Why captions are everywhere and how they got there
NEW YORK — People with hearing loss have a new ally in their efforts to navigate the world: Captions that aren’t limited to their televisi...
June 28th, 2022 |

Births
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical CenterJune 27 — Rebecca and Jariah Holsapple, Lima, girl; Hope Fowler and Cameron Langenkamp, Lima, boy; L...
June 28th, 2022 |
OPINION

Holy Cow! History: America’s other Independence Day
On a hot, muggy Thursday in early July 1776, a handful of men got together in Pennsylvania and declared their independence from Great Britain. But the...
June 28th, 2022 |

Robin Abcarian: Abortion ban is just the first step
Goodbye, legal right to abortion.Goodbye, separation of church and state.Goodbye, commonsense gun laws.Goodbye, Miranda rights.And that’s just t...
June 28th, 2022 |

Michael Graham: Will anger over Supreme Sourt ruling save Democrats from Biden’s plunging poll numbers?
The outcome of the midterm elections will be determined by two numbers: Do voters care more about a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling on abortion or paying $5 ...
June 28th, 2022 |

Today’s editorial cartoons
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June 28th, 2022 |

Leonard Pitts Jr.: We can be a nation bound by the aspiration to simple values
Eighty-three years ago, Mr. Smith went to Washington. Last Tuesday, Lady Ruby did, too.Georgia election workers Ruby “Lady Ruby” Freeman a...
June 26th, 2022 |

Letter: Answers still needed on rape case of Dr. Wine
I would like to call to readers’ attention that an innocent man remains “convicted” in Auglaize County, thanks to the incompetence a...
June 25th, 2022 |
BUSINESS

Legal-Ease: For sale by owner advice
Prospective homebuyers often search online on their own to find homes that are for sale. However, homes listed for sale can sometimes sell for more mo...
June 25th, 2022 |

Brookville a bright, open country cottage house plan
EUGENE, ORE. – Shake and lap siding combine with cultured stone veneer to make the Brookville a textural treat for the eyes. This country cottag...
June 25th, 2022 |

Liz Weston: Is medical debt vanishing from credit reports?
Health care bills are about to become far less threatening to the financial well-being of millions of Americans.The three major credit bureaus are era...
June 25th, 2022 |

World’s dirtiest oil and gas fields are in Russia, Turkmenistan and Texas
Oil and natural gas fields in Russia, Turkmenistan and Texas are the most climate-damaging on Earth, according to a first-of-its kind analysis that lo...
June 25th, 2022 |

Land transfers, June 16-22
The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running June 16 through 22. Figures reflect the sel...
June 25th, 2022 |

Area unemployment numbers mixed
LIMA — The unemployment numbers for the month of May are a mixed bag, showing counties in the immediate area with numbers rising, lowering, and ...
June 23rd, 2022 updated: June 23rd, 2022. |
STATE NEWS

State agency to lead probe into deadly Akron police shooting
AKRON — A man shot and killed by police following a vehicle and foot pursuit this week died from multiple gunshot wounds, and his death has been...
June 29th, 2022 |

‘Silicon Heartland’ boon for Ohio, but families mourn homes
JOHNSTOWN, Ohio — When President Joe Biden applauded a decision by Intel Corp. to build a $20 billion semiconductor operation on “1,000 em...
June 29th, 2022 updated: June 29th, 2022. |

Ohioans divided on decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
People gathered in several cities throughout Ohio this weekend in protest of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, returning abo...
June 26th, 2022 |

Ohio Supreme Court says 6 candidates can appear on August primary ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday held that six Democratic candidates for various political offices can appear on the ballot in ...
June 25th, 2022 |

DeWine urges Ohioans to find common ground in abortion debate
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said how Ohioans debate the abortion issue is important after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday returned abortion law and policy ...
June 25th, 2022 |

Gov. Mike DeWine grants execution reprieve to death row inmate
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Cleveland man who shot and killed a Cleveland patrol officer in 2000 will remain on death row for another three years, under ...
June 25th, 2022 |