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COLUMBUS — Republican legislative leaders in Ohio say they are negotiating with Democrats to assure President Joe Biden appears on the state’s November ballot, but the exact shape of the solution remains murky.

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LIMA — With the birth of his third child just weeks away, a tearful Divante Hall on Wednesday asked for a delay in the implementation of his prison sentence on drug charges so he could witness the event.

LIMA — A Lima man charged in 2022 with two counts of felonious assault for attacks on family members was committed Wednesday to an indefinite stay in the Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital to receive treatment for a mental illness which currently prevents him from standing trial.

LIMA — Mercy Health-St. Rita’s shared a reminder Wednesday that April is Stress Awareness Month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jonathan Copeland, the Shawnee Township man charged for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 “Stop the Steal” rally at the U.S. Capitol, waived his right to a jury trial and will have his criminal case heard next week by a U.S. District Court judge.

FORT JENNINGS — Teams of students from Fort Jennings High School placed second and fifth in the regional Envirothon contest Wednesday.

LIMA — The Lima Area Black Ministerial Alliance will hold a forum on gun violence at 6 p.m Thursday, April 25 at the Lima Public Library, 650 W. Market St., Lima.

LIMA — Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith and members of her administration and Lima council joined the Allen County commissioners for a roundtable meeting Wednesday in which they discussed updates to projects such as the aquatic center and improvements to Cable Road, efforts to stem the opioid epidemic and miscellaneous events.

LIMA — The American Red Cross is seeking volunteers to help install free smoke alarms for local families during a “Sound the Alarm” home fire safety event in Lima on Saturday, May 18. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.