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WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades.

Jennings McEvoy, from Wapakoneta, took home the first-place trophy for the 4-year-old age division in the Kiddie Tractor Pulls at the Allen County Fair on Monday. The tractor pulls were put on by Buckeye Peddle Pushers.

BLUFFTON — Bluffton University will host “Polishing the Mirror” on Aug. 29-Oct. 15 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Sauder Visual Arts Center. “Polishing the Mirror” is a collection of recent works that engage the idea of creative practice and the ritual of artmaking as a path toward awareness of one’s self and the world.

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LIMA — Walmart announced plans to invest an estimated $75 million this year in the west central Ohio area to update and remodel 12 stores, including stores at 2450 Allentown Road in Lima and at 1950 Havermann Road in Celina.

Lima Memorial Auxiliary volunteers Jackie Binkley (front) and Charles Good roll in boxes of snacks and school supplies donated to the Children’s Developmental Center, a school-based program for children from birth to school age who have developmental disabilities.

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LIMA — The Walter C. Potts Entrepreneur Center is seeking small and minority businesses to apply for grants up to $500.

LIMA — The Allen County Fair got off to a wet and windy start this past weekend, forcing the cancellation of Sunday’s grandstand event.

MOSCOW (AP) — The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said Sunday.