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LIMA — Area law enforcement officials are looking for information about crimes or persons below. The Lima/Allen-Putnam County Crime Stoppers Program offers cash awards of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides anonymous tip information that would lead to the arrest of anyone listed on this page. Please call 419-229-STOP (7867).

Certainly, there are so many different ideas about the best way to use our leisure time when it comes to packing what was called a grip in earlier times and taking to the highway or the skies. While many are comforted by the familiarity of sojourning to the same locale, there are others who steadfastly prescribe to the notion that, in a life so very short — as compared to the lifespan of the giant tortoise named Jonathan, a resident of the remote island of St. Helena, who turned 191 last month — travel experiences should vary.

LIMA — The aftermath from the derailment of a train transporting hazardous materials across eastern Ohio continues to get national attention.

HARROD — Allen East kindergarten registration, Part I for the 23/24 school year will be online starting March 1st - March 31st. Children must be 5 years old on or before August 1st. Registrants will need the child’s name, child’s birth date, parent’s name, parent’s address and parent’s phone number.

YUMA, Ariz. - Newly-minted House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Thursday capped two days of touring Yuma, Arizona by conducting a public hearing in the city’s council chambers on how illegal immigration is straining its community services.

LIMA — St. Rose Catholic School eighth grader Dominic McKee prevailed over 10 competitors to win the 34th annual Allen County spelling bee at Ohio State-Lima on Saturday.

VAN WERT — Vantage Career Center will be hold its annual Open House and “Taste of Vantage” on Monday from 5–7:30 p.m.

ST. MARYS — Midwest Electric donated $14,700 to 17 west-central Ohio charities and community projects through the cooperative’s Community Connection Fund. Thanks to the 90% of members who round up their electric bills and donate to this fund, Midwest Electric has provided $1,302,169 to 1,090 local charitable causes since 1998.

CONVOY—Crestview Local Schools has scheduled kindergarten registration. Parents/guardians who are new to the district and would like to register their child will be able to come to the Crestview Early Childhood Center from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. the week of March 6-10.

OXFORD — Miami University awarded degrees to students during fall commencement on Dec. 9, 2022.