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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he spoke to his Russian counterpart on Wednesday about the destruction of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, which had brought the two countries closest to direct conflict since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. It was the first call between Austin and Defense Secretary Sergei Shoigu since October.

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LIMA —The 96th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee will be held Memorial Day week in Washington D.C. Opemipo Balogun, a seventh-grade student at Shawnee Middle School will be a participant.

VAN WERT COUNTY — Investigators and the state fire marshal are searching for an arson suspect in a string of suspicious fires in the area, offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

LIMA — Coffe Amor is making some changes in Lima. They are moving their shop on Eastown Road two doors down to the space vacated by Shirley’s Popcorn.

LIMA — A car was found on fire with no occupants behind Save A Lot on North Cole Street Monday night.

LIMA — Representatives from the Service Employees International Union rallied with CareCore nursing home workers Tuesday as the union seeks a lower ratio of residents to nursing aides at Ohio nursing homes and representation on a statewide accountability task force.

PERRY TOWNSHIP — Allen County Commissioners met with the Perry Township Trustees, Allen County EMA and the Allen County Sheriff’s Department to discuss the dispatching services of Perry Township on Tuesday morning.

ELIDA — Police investigated a two-vehicle crash that left no people injured Tuesday morning.

LIMA — Unemployment rates in the region rose in January, as more people got back into Allen County’s labor force, according to data released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.