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DeWine touts experience, record

3 men arrested for Aug. 9 vehicle vandalism in Wapakoneta

WAPAKONETA — The Wapakoneta Police Department has caught three suspects involved in vehicle vandalism that occurred in the early hours of Aug. 9...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Police officals warn elderly to be aware of latest scams

SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — The Shawnee Township Police Department reminds senior citizens to be aware of recent scams.Numerous scams have been targeting...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Equestrian Therapy Program seeks volunteers for training

CRIDERSVILLE — The Equestrian Therapy Program is holding a volunteer orientation and training session from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Fassett F...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Births

Lima Memorial Health SystemAug. 19 — Angel McDowell and Jockquaveus Freeman, Lima, boy.Aug. 20 — Courtney Elsasser and Addam Hale, Kenton,...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Stocks end mostly lower in quiet trade; oil prices decline

Stocks end mostly lower in quiet trade; oil prices decline

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed slightly lower in quiet trading Monday after drifting most of the day between gains and losses. Energy companies f...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


SPORTS


Harvick wins rain-delayed NASCAR race at Bristol

Harvick wins rain-delayed NASCAR race at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Kevin Harvick passed Denny Hamlin for the lead with 70 laps to go and held to win at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, end...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Buckeyes ranked sixth in AP poll

In a way, the 2016 season will pick up where 2015 left off: Alabama is No. 1 and Clemson is 2.The defending national champion Crimson Tide is the No. ...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Dodgers blank Reds, 4-0

Dodgers blank Reds, 4-0

CINCINNATI (AP) — Anthony DeSclafani is struggling after a strong start.Chase Utley homered on DeSclafani’s fourth pitch of the game to ba...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Tribe down Jays

Tribe down Jays

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona was relieved following Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.Jose Rami...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Express leaving Lima, relocating to Illinois

ST. LOUIS — The Lima Express are heading out of town and going west after the Midwest Professional Basketball Association (MPBA) announced Sunda...

August 21st, 2016 |  


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LIFESTYLE


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90th birthday: Joan Piehl
Dunahay/Tenwalde

Dunahay/Tenwalde

LIMA — Rachel Alizabeth Dunahay and Corey Adam Tenwalde announce their engagement.Dunahay is the daughter of Steve and Becky Dunahay, of Lima.Te...

August 20th, 2016 updated: August 22nd, 2016. |  


Andrea and Thor Murphy

LIMA — Andrea M. and Thor M. Murphy were married at 3:30 p.m. July 30 in Lima....

August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |  


Sherran and Jason Batdorf

Sherran and Jason Batdorf

CRIDERSVILLE — Sherran Ann Centers and Jason Batdorf were married at 3 p.m. June 7 on Myrtle Beach by Marty Shirah.Parents of the bride are Ronn...

August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |  


Mixing business with pleasure

Mixing business with pleasure

Unfortunately, I missed my deadline six weeks ago for my last column. I blame it on writer’s block brought on primarily by our vacation that we ...

August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |  


Sandra and Thomas Harrison

Sandra and Thomas Harrison

WAPAKONETA — Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Harrison are celebrating 50 years of marriage with a dinner for family and friends.Harrison and the former S...

August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |  


OPINION


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Cynthia Allen: Clinton’s flaws getting overlooked
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Thomas Lucente: Only 1 pro-gun candidate this election

Chicago Tribune: A novel approach: Bringing books into the 21st century

AUG. 18, 2016 — In the ongoing war for our attention, books are losing. Badly.That’s not new. It’s well-known that most people prefe...

August 22nd, 2016 updated: August 22nd, 2016. |  


Dan Thomasson: Trump continues to alienate

Dan Thomasson: Trump continues to alienate

WASHINGTON — It’s clear now that Donald Trump intends to continue the in-your-face, loose-cannon, make-it-up-as-he-goes kind of campaignin...

August 22nd, 2016 updated: August 22nd, 2016. |  


Car talk: ‘Magic’ oil plug probably comprised mostly of snake oil

Car talk: ‘Magic’ oil plug probably comprised mostly of snake oil

Dear Car Talk:I write to you today about a mystery that has been bugging me for about 60 years. Growing up in Buffalo, New York, I had never been fart...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Jim Krumel: Soon to be 103, Lima man enjoys life

Jim Krumel: Soon to be 103, Lima man enjoys life

If anyone in Allen County has firsthand knowledge of what it takes to live a long life, ring up Mr. Robert Blake — a guy who admittedly says he&...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Letter: Stop abuse from animal farms

Not a single federal law protects chickens from abuse. Male chicks are ground up alive or tossed into bags to suffocate right after hatching because t...

August 21st, 2016 updated: August 23rd, 2016. |  


BUSINESS


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Gas prices jump nearly 20 cents in Lima region
Car talk: ‘Magic’ oil plug probably comprised mostly of snake oil

Car talk: ‘Magic’ oil plug probably comprised mostly of snake oil

Dear Car Talk:I write to you today about a mystery that has been bugging me for about 60 years. Growing up in Buffalo, New York, I had never been fart...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Mark Phelan: Aging gracefully: The case for unrestored classic cars

Mark Phelan: Aging gracefully: The case for unrestored classic cars

DETROIT — With its sun-scoured paint, exposed metal and rumbling engine, you may think the Dream Cruiser that just passed you is headed to the b...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Auto thieves love Hondas

BC-AUTO-MOSTSTOLEN:TB _ business (350 words)Honda models top most stolen vehicle listThe National Insurance Crime Bureau released its annual “Ho...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Camaro an attention-getter

Camaro an attention-getter

DEFIANCE — For Ken Griffith and his wife Kay, of Defiance, owning a Camaro was a way of life when they were younger.“I owned three differe...

August 21st, 2016 |  


Why your next car should be yellow

Why your next car should be yellow

As odd as it may seem, orange, yellow and green vehicles depreciate less than conventional white, silver and black ones, according to a recent study.I...

August 21st, 2016 |  


OK not to be a superhero in work-life balance

OK not to be a superhero in work-life balance

PITTSBURGH — Even though he’s the chief executive of Tobii Dynavox, a maker of devices and software that help people with disabilities com...

August 20th, 2016 updated: August 20th, 2016. |  


STATE NEWS


Divided America: Diverse millennials are no voting monolith

The oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City's Twin Towers — are old enough to remember the relative economic pro...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Ohio Daybook

Associated Press Ohio Daybook for Monday, Aug. 22.The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You shou...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Police: Cop kills suspect holding pharmacist at knifepoint

CINCINNATI (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a suspect who was holding a knife to a pharmacist's throat in a southwest Ohio drugstore, a police c...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Winning numbers drawn in ‘Pick 3 Midday’ game

CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:3-7-6(three, seven, six)...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Winning numbers drawn in ‘Pick 4 Midday’ game

CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:2-1-7-6(two, one, seven, six)...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Winning numbers drawn in ‘Pick 5 Midday’ game

CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 5 Midday" game were:6-3-8-2-5(six, three, eight, two, f...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


NATIONAL NEWS


California firefighters stretched thin as blazes sweep state

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's state fire department is stretched thin just as the bone-dry state enters the peak of its wildfire season, wi...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Woman pleads no contest to helping man dump body in Omaha

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A woman has pleaded no contest to helping her boyfriend dump his mother's body in southeast Omaha in 2015.The Omaha World-Herald ...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


The Latest: Milwaukee mayor lifts emergency curfew rules

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black man by police in Milwaukee (all times local):7:45 p.m.Milwaukee Mayor Tom Ba...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


Feds: Church shooting suspect ‘self-radicalized’ pre-attack

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A white man charged with the shooting deaths of nine black churchgoers in Charleston "self-radicalized" in the months before t...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


10 Things to Know for Tuesday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:1. WHO MAY BE SHIFTING HIS TONE ON IMMIGRATIO...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


AG: Ex-Milwaukee officers investigate fatal police shooting

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin's attorney general acknowledged Monday that former Milwaukee police officers, now working for the state Department of Jus...

August 22nd, 2016 |  


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