Lima-area New Year’s closings
GovernmentAllen County offices —Closed Monday.Auglaize County offices — Closed Monday.Putnam County offices — Closed Monday.Lima city offices — Offices closed half day Friday. Closed...
Cairo decreasing Main Street speed limit to 25
CAIRO — The speed limit on Lincoln Highway/Main Street inside the village of Cairo will decrease effective Feb. 1.The speed limit will decrease from...
Get This: Santa Claus proves his identity to Facebook
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Santa Claus’ Facebook account has been reinstated after the social media company suspended his access and demanded proof of identity on...
Official: 5 shot at resort area near Mansfield treated at hospital
MANSFIELD — A sheriff’s office says five people were shot at a cottage resort area in rural central Ohio.The Mansfield New Journal reports the...
Supreme Court won’t reconsider condemned serial killer’s appeal
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Supreme Court says it won’t reconsider the death penalty appeal of a Cleveland man who killed 11 women and hid...
Cincinnati casino fined $50K after overserved customer’s crash
CINCINNATI — Ohio authorities have fined Cincinnati’s downtown casino $50,000 in connection with a customer who was overserved at the casino bar and was...
Ohio court: Tigers’ owner can visit seized animals
TOLEDO — An Ohio man who is fighting the state for the return of his tigers and other exotic animals will be allowed to...
Van Wert man in critical condition after rollover crash on U.S. 30
DELPHOS — A Van Wert man is in critical condition after a single-vehicle rollover crash trapped him and his passenger in his vehicle Thursday.At...
Columbus police officers begin wearing body cameras
COLUMBUS — Columbus officials say 12 traffic officers have been equipped with the city’s first police body cameras after months of discussion about how...
Police say 3 charged in Middletown slayings members of a gang
MIDDLETOWN — Authorities in Ohio say three suspects charged in separate slayings are members of a gang called Cincinnati White Boys.The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports...
