Columns

I strolled through my memories while walking in the old Lima News building on Elida Road for the last time earlier this week.

What was the biggest threat to America in the last seven years?

“Nothing ever came easy. Every day was a fight.”

Nowadays, many place a premium on knowing information immediately. Waiting for the morning print newspaper to slap the concrete of the front porch for so very many would surely be an anachronism if they still digested information thusly. Instead, so many these days rely on social-media platforms to deliver the news they need to know in as little as an hour after there’s a story to tell.

A recent data breach has affected individuals in our area. Local consumers have been receiving a letter from NationsBenefits, LLC providing detailed information about a recent data breach and the steps taken to address the issue.

Probate is the administrative process used to move official ownership of a deceased person’s possessions, known as assets, to other people. When someone dies having signed a valid will, the probate process is called “testate,” and the process is called “intestate” when there is no will.

Never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity, as the old saying goes.

During the calendar year of 2022, the number of line-of-duty officer deaths in the U.S. was 246, swelled somewhat by the COVID-19 epidemic. Covid deaths were in the line of duty as well as those who died at the hands of assailants because police officers could not hunker down and avoid public contact like civilians did. But the number who died from senseless violent actions totaled 78, with 64 officers dying as result of gun violence, and 14 from assaults by vehicle.

Most people have likely never heard of Middleborough, Massachusetts, but a seventh-grader there might just have put it on the map.

There is a loneliness epidemic in the United States, but there are some simple ways we can address it.