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LIMA — A lawsuit objecting to Ohio’s school voucher program may proceed after a Franklin County judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss. Ohio’s Attorney General’s office argued that student and school district plaintiffs lacked standing to sue and the that courts have already settled the issue.

COLUMBUS - GOP Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Friday that could raises taxes on affordable housing developments and block their owners from claiming certain tax credits.

LIMA — Local NAACP officers were sworn in to serve the current year. The local leadership will include President Pastor Ron Fails, Vice President Henry Hudson, Secretary Amber N. Basares and Treasurer Charlene Smith-Echols.

LIMA — The ArtSpace/Lima Juried Photography Exhibition awards ceremony was recently held. The show has been held for over thirty years. Originally hosted by the ArtSpace Photography Club, this exhibition honors that club by continuing the yearly tradition.

LIMA — Area law enforcement officials are looking for information about crimes or persons below. The Lima/Allen-Putnam County Crime Stoppers Program offers cash awards of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides anonymous tip information that would lead to the arrest of anyone listed on this page. Please call 419-229-STOP (7867).

My phone is listening. Yours is, too, but you probably knew that.

LIMA — When allegations that several former Teens for Christ leaders and at least one volunteer engaged in a pattern of sexual misconduct, emotional abuse and mishandling of those allegations went viral on social media last July, the TFC board promised to thoroughly investigate and communicate its findings.

While I hesitate to call the city that birthed me my hometown given the fact that I left when I was a week short of my seventh birthday when my father took a job transfer, for years, I had no problem reminding people that I was a Chicagoan in my earliest days.

PAULDING, BRYAN, & MALINTA, OH — North Western Electric Cooperative, Tricounty Rural Electric Cooperative and Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative are now accepting applications for more than $15,400 in scholarships, as well as a free trip for multiple students to Washington, D.C. as part of the annual Rural Electric Youth Tour.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Dominican University congratulates the 159 graduates who earned their degree following the fall 2022 semester. This fall’s graduating class includes the following individuals: Rylee Deitsch of St. Henry, who earned a BS in accounting; Avery Rice of Lima, who earned a BS in business; Brooke Schmerge of Botkins, who earned an MA in English; and Andrew Wayman of Wapakoneta, who earned an MS in physician assistant studies.