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LIMA — NAACP Lima chapter President Ron Fails on Thursday described dashboard camera footage of the fatal shooting of Quincy Pritchett, a 43-year-old Black man killed after fleeing a traffic stop on Second Street last month, as “insufficient and incomplete.”

LIMA — State Auditor Candidate Taylor Sappington spoke at the Women’s Club Luncheon in Lima on Thursday afternoon.

LIMA — A man who assaulted and inflicted serious physical injuries upon an individual half his size at a Lima gas station last year was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.

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Putnam County Common Pleas Court

OTTAWA — The Putnam County Council on Aging is collecting signatures to put a levy replacement and increase on the ballot this November. The proposed levy would increase the agency’s funding and allow it to continue to provide numerous services to a growing population of elderly residents in Putnam County.

LIMA — Dashboard camera footage released by the Allen County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday documents the moments before and after Quincy Pritchett was reportedly killed by a deputy on June 21.

WAPAKONETA — Wapakoneta’s Summer Moon Festival began over fifty years ago as a fall festival and then changed during the 1980s into a celebration of the first moon landing, according to Jackie Martell, executive director of the Wapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce.

LIMA — The Allen County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the juvenile who escaped Monday from the Allen County Juvenile Detention facility.

LIMA — Jodi McDermitt, of Lima, has been a professional stand-up comedian for four years. She began her career by opening for another act during a fundraiser.