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CIANJUR, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s main island on Monday. Terrified residents fled into the street, some covered in blood and debris.

Oliver Burr, 7, and Aaron Burr play Scrabble during Monday’s Literacy Night at Liberty Arts Magnet School.

LIMA — Lima attorney Kenneth Rexford has filed a motion in Allen County Common Pleas Court challenging the validity of the current pool of potential jurors available to hear criminal cases.

LIMA — The Lima News is announcing that the client service call center for AIM Media, the owners of The Lima News, will have alternate hours during this week’s Thanksgiving holiday.

ELIDA — Every two seconds, someone in the United States requires a blood transfusion, according to the American Red Cross. Donating blood saves lives. Blood can be stored for 42 days and used when needed in parts whether you need the red cells, the plasma, or the platelets. One blood donation can save up to three lives. People usually donate because it feels good to help others.

LIMA — Allen County Public Health and its offsite vaccination clinic at Clock Tower Plaza will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24, and Friday, Nov. 25, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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LIMA — A Lima man was declared competent to stand trial Monday morning for allegedly assaulting his mother in September.

PAULDING — The village of Ottoville was awarded a $360,000 loan from the Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative for an industrial park infrastructure expansion. The loan was given through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program.

LIMA — A Lima man charged with murdering his mother in 2020 waived his right to a speedy trial and moved to suppress a police interview in court Monday morning.