Featured events coming up in the Lima region
Greater Allen County Blues Society Open Jam
Jefferson Awards: Kalida’s Buss guides pregnant women
KALIDA — Joyce Buss proudly shows young mothers their child’s first heartbeat during ultrasounds as a nurse sonographer volunteer for Heartbeat of Lima and Putnam County.
Kalida bank robbery suspect out on bond
FINDLAY — A Findlay man accused of committing a string of bank robberies, including one in Kalida, was released on bond after a federal court detention hearing last week, according to a Seneca County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.
ODOT announces projects for upcoming construction season in NW Ohio
LIMA —The Ohio Department of Transportation announced the following projects to take place over the next year in District 1, covering Allen, Hardin, Putnam and Van Wert counties.
Lima Municipal Court shares progress
LIMA — The Lima Municipal Court presented an update on the programs that are held within the court Wednesday morning at the Mayor’s Press Conference. The court offers services including drug court and veteran’s court to help individuals improve their daily lives.
Births
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center
Bluffton professor to present social media forum
BLUFFTON — Marathana Prothro, assistant professor of communication at Bluffton University, will present Bluffton’s annual Civic Engagement Day Forum titled, “Echo Chambers and Fun-House Mirrors: Navigating an Age of Alternate Facts, Distorted Reality and Fractured Relationships,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Painting of early St. Marys being restored for bicentennial
ST. MARYS — A 19th century folk painting that for years has hung in a St. Marys museum is being repaired and restored as part of the celebration of that city’s bicentennial celebration this year.
US, Russian military chiefs resume contact to discuss drone
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.
