Perry school board to meet
PERRY TOWNSHIP — The Perry schools Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in the Perry High School Community Room, 2770 E. Breese Road, Lima.
Lima students make blankets for Indian Lake families
LIMA — Lima Senior High School students crafted blankets last Friday to donate to families displaced by the March 14 tornado in Indian Lake.
Bluffton plans ‘science of reading’ lecture in April
BLUFFTON — Bluffton University Professors Cherie Hocanson and Jordan Hamilton will discuss the science of reading at 4 p.m. Friday, April 5, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall on the Bluffton campus, 1 University Drive, Bluffton.
270,000 overdose deaths thrust fentanyl into heart of US presidential race
By Riley Griffin, Tanaz Meghjani and Katia Dmitrieva, Bloomberg News
Economic crisis has Cubans hungry
HAVANA — Like millions of other Cubans, María de los Ángeles Pozo thinks back fondly to when a government ration book fed her family everything from hamburgers, fish and milk to chocolate and beer. People would even get cakes for birthdays and weddings.
AI chatbots here for mental health, despite limited evidence they work
WASHINGTON — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids’ cartoon.
Town halls set for proposed merger of Bluffton, Findlay universities
BLUFFTON — A pair of town hall meetings are scheduled this week to discuss the proposed merger of the University of Findlay and Bluffton University.
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Learn how solar eclipse affects animals
LIMA — Area residents have the opportunity to learn about animal behavior during an eclipse during an educational event scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 1, in the conference room of the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District office, 1682 Slabtown Road, Lima.
