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LIMA — Potential jurors assembled inside the Allen County Justice Center on Tuesday morning quickly learned their services were not needed, as the defendant in a case unexpectedly pleaded guilty to all charges against her.

ELIDA — Elida Village Council took the first steps toward a ban on the commercial cultivation and sale of marijuana in the village Tuesday.

LIMA — One vision or idea can change the course of one’s life. The West Central Ohio Christian Chamber of Commerce celebrated its first anniversary on Tuesday evening. CEO David Roznowski and his wife Heather opened the chamber a little over a year ago.

They were once the pride of Lima, concrete examples of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Our ancestors were in shock 112 years ago. How could the RMS Titanic, the engineering marvel of its age, a ship designed with such exacting care that it was proclaimed “unsinkable,” be lost on its maiden voyage?

For Lima Central Catholic 1967 graduate Jim Lippincott, the game of football has always consumed him. Despite his diminutive size at 104 pounds as a freshman, so small he remembers being told by a coach that, because of safety reasons, he wouldn’t play him, Lippincott was determined to make football his life’s work. A combination of his networking skills back before the term “networking” was in vogue, and a tireless work ethic made it happen.

My husband and I have experienced some hearing loss. The most frequently heard word at our house is “WHAT!?”

For many, including my Lady Jane, a past two-term president of the St. Marys Shakespeare Club, Tuesday of this week certainly was a special day, as it was William Shakespeare’s 460th birthday. All who have immersed themselves in his plays and sonnets and marveled at his considerable abilities with a quill in his hand may have spent some time thinking about the Elizabethan icon.

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LIMA — Steppin’ Out Dance Center is set to have its 31st showcase with two shows this weekend.