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LIMA — Lima schools and Downtown Lima, Inc. had a similar vision when it came to community engagement: To instill pride among students and residents. A new collaboration between the two entities aims to achieve that goal on a greater scale.

LIMA — The idea of foster families is to give children separated from their parents a safe place to live during this traumatic time, and thanks to a new grant program, foster families will also have the chance to have a safe place to play and exercise.

PANDORA — In a low-flying plane above Pandora during the month of September, passengers can look down and see a lion (simba), cheetah (duma), elephant (tembo), rhinoceros (kifaru), giraffe (twiga) and acacia trees, as if they were above the savanna of the East African Serengeti.

LIMA — The Lima Police Department and the West Ohio Food Bank are joining together to meet the needs of individuals in the community struggling with hunger one police call at a time.

Jose Nogueras and David Trinko focus on the Northwest Conference and Northwest Central Conference, which each open up league play with some interesting matchups....

LIMA — On Tuesday morning at 9:42 a.m., the Lima Police Department dispatch received a call about a possible shooting in the 3100 block of Elijah Pkwy. Upon their arrival, patrol officers learned of two individuals who kicked in a door and forced their way into one of the apartments where an estranged wife lived.

LIMA — Lima police are seeking information surrounding a Sunday shooting that left two sisters seriously injured.

LIMA — A Lima man will be forced to remain in his own home after pleading guilty to burglary for trespassing into a woman’s West Vine Street home on Aug. 5, 2021, a felony of the third degree.

PUTNAM COUNTY — U.S. senate candidate J. D. Vance was the keynote speaker at a Republican pep rally held Tuesday evening at the Lincoln-Reagan dinner at the Knights of Columbus outside of Ottawa.

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — An amusement park in Ohio announced Tuesday it would be permanently closing the world’s second-tallest roller coaster.