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LIMA — A dozen men served as presidents of the United States between 1869 and 1923 and seven of them were born in Ohio. An eighth president, William Henry Harrison, who parlayed fame fighting Indians in the old Northwest Territory into the presidency and died just 31 days into his term in 1841, was born in Virginia but was living in Ohio at the time he was elected.

LIMA — The oldest of three juvenile girls who prosecutors say were raped and sexually abused in a variety of ways by Matthew Smith took the witness stand Tuesday and calmly described the horror the Lima man put her through beginning when she was 10 years old.

Lima — The Lima Community Improvement Cooperation board members met Tuesday evening to discuss the developments of the Strategic Planning Committee. The meeting was held at Lima City Hall in the Council Chambers. The overall goal of this meeting was to focus on the mission, vision and values of this organization as it continues to move forward.

WASHINGTON — The House 1/6 committee heard chilling, tearful testimony Tuesday that Donald Trump’s relentless pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election provoked widespread threats to the “backbone of our democracy”— election workers and local officials who fended off the defeated president’s demands despite personal risks.

History is filled with stories of prostitutes who did inspiring things despite their low social standing. The Bible talks about Rahab, who harbored two Israeli spies inside Jericho. “Gone With the Wind” features the kind-hearted Belle Watling, whom some scholars believe was modeled on real-life Kentucky madam Belle Brezing.

LIMA — The Salvation Army will carry on the annual tradition of Christmas in July. The red kettles will be held at all Chief and Kewpee locations this coming month. According to the Salvation Army, the Christmas in July campaign will run this year from July 11 through July 30.

LIMA — Emergency training will be held today at the Lima Refinery. Cenovus Energy plans to conduct this full-scale training along with the local Shawnee Township Fire Department and the Allen County Emergency Management Agency. Both teams will be visible to the public along the Ottawa River in Shawnee Township. The exercise will allow the testing and improvement of emergency response to the Refinery.

WAPAKONETA — A Lima police officer appeared in court Tuesday after being arrested Sunday in Wapakoneta.

Testimony began Tuesday in the trial in Allen County Common Pleas Court of a Lima man accused of physically assaulting the mother of his child and leaving the scene of the incident in the woman’s vehicle which contained the child.