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BLUFFTON — Bluffton village council’s joint safety services and finance committees will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 9 in Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St., Bluffton.

COLUMBUS — FEMA sent out a warning for disaster survivors to avoid scams posing as federal and state disaster workers including themselves and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

CANTON — The Rev. Al Sharpton and family members of an Ohio man who died in police custody told mourners at his funeral on Wednesday that they and the community must fight to see that he gets justice.

LIMA — Jacob Breitigan, a detective with the Shawnee Township Police Department, was named Wednesday as the 56th recipient of the Lima Exchange Club’s Law Officer of the Year award, known since 2018 as the Jack Somerville Award.

LEIPSIC — A tornado briefly touched down near state Route 65 and Road 4 between Melrose and Leipsic at 8:36 p.m. Monday, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service.

PANDORA — Crime Victim Services is launching a mobile advocacy initiative with biweekly walk-in sessions at Grace Mennonite Church in Pandora and Leipsic Community Center in Leipsic.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge on Wednesday found Shawnee Township resident Jonathan Copeland guilty of nine counts related to his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

TOLEDO — A Kenton man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Toledo to violating the federal Clean Water Act by dumping pollutants and hazardous substances into waterways that killed thousands of fish in the Scioto River.

LIMA — The Design Review Board will meet at noon on Thursday, May 9 in the conference room on the first floor of the Lima Municipal Building. There is one application for review.

LIMA POLICE DEPARTMENT