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BLUFFTON — “They’re inviting you into the worst day of their lives when they call 911.”

For years, many thespians have made a very good living appearing in films as character actors, playing those bit parts so vital to completing a story. Back when Westerns dominated both the small and big black-and-white screens, I’d often see the same faces filling various roles in movies and on TV shows like “The Rifleman,” and “Gunsmoke.”

The American housing market has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic in good health. It has been able to flourish despite (or in some places because of) infection rates, protective measures and changing lifestyles.

LIMA — The way law enforcement agencies respond to school shootings could change if schools start arming teachers, administrators and office staff, a possibility after passage of House Bill 99 made it easier for school boards to arm their employees.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are going to hold onto the House after November’s midterm elections. They will pick up as many as four seats in the Senate, expanding their majority and overcoming internal dissent that has helped stifle their agenda.

The real estate in our region was initially platted into one-mile squares that were to each contain approximately 640 acres, with each square being called a “section”. The section surveying and platting process began in the early 1800s through the U.S. Department of Interior, which granted parts of sections to settlers, primarily in exchange for military service or money.

LONDON (AP) — Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced recently that it’s returning to pre-COVID-19 rules requiring families to apply for free and reduced lunch.

COLUMBUS — A new Ohio law concerning consumer use of fireworks will go into effect on July 1st, however the new law does leave room for local governments to limit the use of fireworks.

DELPHOS — For roughly 20 years, the Delphos Canal Commission has hosted bi-annual cleanups of what remains of the Miami and Erie Canal in Allen County.