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LIMA — The Community Blood Center will host a blood drive from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the physician and café conference rooms at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, 730 W. Market St., Lima. Register online at www.donortime.com or by calling 937-461-3220.

LIMA — After about two hours and thirty minutes of deliberation, a jury found a man guilty of murdering a woman and burying her body at Martin Luther King Park. The man will spend life in prison without the possibility of parole.

WAPAKONETA — Thomas Stinebaugh, the embattled mayor of Wapakoneta charged with felony counts of theft in office and having an unlawful interest in public contracts, will take the witness stand when testimony in his trial opens Friday morning.

COLUMBUS — In perhaps the closest thing Ohio will see to a governor candidate debate this year, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and Democratic nominee Nan Whaley squared off over abortion, guns and other issues during a Thursday morning meeting with the editorial board of cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer.

LIMA — The City of Lima has conducted a series of business roundtables to address present needs in the community. Restaurants, industry, retail and construction businesses alike in the city have had the opportunity to focus on what matters.

LIMA — It is an honor that goes back a half-century, and on Thursday, Lima firefighter Emily Bowsher had her name added to the list of those named the Lima Noon Sertoma Club’s Firefighter of the Year.

LIMA — The Allen County Engineer has announced a road closure on Breese Rd on Friday, Oct. 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The road will be closed between S. Dixie Highway and Shawnee Rd. Construction workers will be pacing the roadway. School transportation and emergency vehicles will still have access to the roadways.

LIMA —Fred Steiner knows almost everything there is to know about the village of Bluffton.

LIMA — The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services awarded a $200,000 grant to Coleman Health Services and Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center for a maternal care home serving opioid-dependent pregnant and postpartum women.

BLUFFTON — Estée Hemphill, the assistant director of service for the Cleveland Guardians, will present the forum “Impact Players: The Teammates Behind the Decisions” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8 in Yoder Recital Hall at Bluffton University.