Area schools part of weekend bomb threat hoax
LIMA — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is working with local law enforcement agencies in looking into a series of false bomb threats sent Sunday to school divisions throughout the state.
Arch highlights high hopes for downtown Lima
LIMA — There isn’t another archway overtop a road in Lima like the one now looking out over Spring Street.
Manchester files petition for seat in Ohio Senate
LIMA — Ohio State Representative Susan Manchester (R-Waynesfield) completed an important step in potentially obtaining a new role in the Ohio State House. On Monday morning, Manchester filed her petition for the March Republican primary ballot. She currently serves the 78th District of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Lima soap company helps care for the ‘skin you’re in’
LIMA — Just feet away from two new bakery shops sits the new storefront for Ev’Dera. The natural soap company got its start with the hope of helping others, said owner Michael Thompson. Ev’Dera has now made its home at 207 S. Central Ave., in the Central District in downtown Lima.
Senate committee visits Lima, talks housing issues
LIMA — The topic of housing has been the subject of numerous discussions and debates in both the public and private sectors, both locally and at the state level. On Monday, Lima became a focal point for that discussion as the Ohio Senate’s Select Committee on Housing met at Rhodes State College’s Borra Center for Health Sciences.
Judge orders probation for Lima woman who punched officer during mental crisis
LIMA — A Lima woman who punched a Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center police officer in the face while the woman was experiencing a mental health crisis last summer will spend three years on probation.
Ohio gun rights bill could hinder investigations of gun crimes
Ohio’s leading prosecuting attorney’s association says a gun bill currently before state lawmakers would limit local police departments’ ability to help federal law enforcement investigate certain crimes — such as whether the man who shot four people at a Beavercreek Walmart last month obtained his weapon legally.
Ohio opens first electric vehicle charging station funded by 2021 federal infrastructure law
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has opened the first electric vehicle charging station in the country to be built and funded through the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed more than two years ago.
