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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released Sunday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. energy envoy said he is confident Gulf producers will increase oil output after President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met with regional leaders.

WAPAKONETA — A visiting NASA astronaut and the Apollo 11 frogmen were the highlights of Sunday’s Summer Moon Festival Sunday.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former President Francisco Morales Bermudez, an army general credited with paving the way for Peru’s return to civilian government — but also convicted abroad of involvement in dirty war crimes — has died at age 100, his family said Friday.

LIMA — Shawnee senior Carter Kohli has been selected as a senator for American Legion Boys Nation, which will begin Friday and run through July 29 in the Washington, D.C. area.

LIMA — Residents celebrated Lima’s South Jackson Community Garden on Saturday between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the Activate Allen County’s Summer Block Party.

OTTAWA — With a new state district map in place and Rep. Craig Riedel, R-Defiance, making what was ultimately an unsuccessful bid for Congress, Ohio’s 82nd District has both a new look and new candidates aiming to represent the area in the House of Representatives.

LIMA — A spokesman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife earlier this week said it will be four or five years before area anglers can expect to catch keeper-sized fish from Lima’s Schoonover Lake.

After 32 years on the ground leading the City of Lima as mayor, David Berger looked to the sky for his next challenge.