Roses and Thorns
Election season just has a way of bringing out the weeds, doesn’t it?
Locos remain hot at plate
LIMA – The Lima Locos’ bats continue to sizzle.
Consistency has Alltop leading points standings
Consistency has put relative newcomer Jacob Alltop atop the Major League Fishing (MLF) Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) co-angler points standings through three tournaments.
Thefts from vehicles lead to Delphos drug bust
DELPHOS — Delphos City Police detectives seized a large amount of marijuana, as well as marijuana cultivation equipment and stolen property from a residence in the 200 block of West Clime Street on Friday morning.
Gas prices continue decline in Lima
LIMA — The average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline in Lima has fallen by $1.16 since early June, as a decline in crude oil prices and lower demand for fuel has caused pump prices across the U.S. to plummet in recent weeks.
White battled on gridiron, against ALS
He was a midget football legend. His number resides in retirement at Lima Senior. He was a starter from the first game of his freshman season at Ohio State.
Appalachian flooding deaths set to climb
JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Trapped homeowners swam to safety and others were rescued by boat as record flash flooding killed at least 16 people in eastern Kentucky and swamped entire Appalachian towns, prompting a frenzied search for survivors through some of the poorest communities in America.
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for deadly attack on POW prison
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured after the fall of Mariupol, the city where troops famously held out against a monthslong Russian siege.
Chamber learns tips on emotional awareness, intelligence
LIMA — L. Lamar Nisly of Bluffton University spoke about emotional intelligence at the Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce’s Real American Sunrise breakfast on Friday at the Lima Memorial and Veteran’s Civic Center. He told those in attendance, “If you’re not self aware, you really can’t work on the other things.”
Middle Point man sentenced for evidence tampering in man’s disappearance
VAN WERT — A Middle Point man was sentenced this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court to two years in prison for tampering with evidence in the case of a Van Wert man who disappeared more than six years ago.
