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LIMA — A popular monthly art event will return Friday for the first time this year.

In the late 1920s, The Lima News asked business and civic leaders to write short essays for a column titled “Why I Like Lima.”

CHICAGO — When 2-year-old K.D. walked with his aunt inside the waiting area of the Maximum Security Division at Cook County Jail to visit his father, he smiled.

FICTION

Is it just me, or is January the worst month of the year? It’s like we just came off of the holiday high and then boom, jump into a long month full of crappy weather (although this week wasn’t too bad) and driving home from work in the dark with nothing to look forward to.

Q: Getting my daughters, 15 and 13, to pick up their clothes from the floors of their rooms requires constant nagging from me. I’m at my wits’ end. Please help me out with this. It’s driving me slowly insane.

I’m not done reading all the books of 2022 yet, but time waits for no one — here comes 2023. These are just some of the novels and story collections we’re most looking forward to in the first quarter or so of the year.

While looking for a warm and inviting winter meal, I thought a hot bowl of soup would be perfect. I love the welcoming smell of homemade soup. The best part is this soup is made in one pot and takes about 20 minutes from assembling the ingredients to cooking it. It’s a vegetarian meal that won’t break your calorie bank.

With the new year starting, I thought I’d take a little different approach and address a major pitfall parents who have broken up and are attempting to combine families might be facing.

DALLAS — Since the 1970s, Americans have come to understand that global shocks such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can send gasoline prices spiking for a time, but a dozen eggs aren’t supposed to be so expensive.