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LIMA — S. Micheal Oluade has a passion for art. He has decided to share his work with others. You can buy original paintings or prints at the studio/gallery Roar at 1933 Elida Road.

You love your car. You want to treat it well. You certainly don’t want to do anything that would damage it. That’s why you’ve been filling it with premium gasoline all these years. But with prices up above $7 a gallon, you’ve started to wonder: Does my car really need the good stuff? Can I just switch to regular? Or should I compromise and buy midgrade?

LIMA — A new law will allow Ohio residents to discharge consumer-grade fireworks on designated days after July 1, except where restricted by local government, according to the State Fire Marshal’s website.

LIMA — Allen County prosecutors on Thursday offered to recommend a maximum prison term of five years for a Lima man accused of breaking into a residence and threatening to strike the mother of his child with a brick.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump was impeached in late 2019 after pressuring Ukraine’s leader for “a favor,” all while withholding $400 million in military aid to help confront Russian-backed separatists, even the staunchest defense hawks in the Republican Party stood virtually united by Trump’s side.

LIMA — Sisters Nicole Travis and Jessica Walkup weren’t expecting to deliver on the same day, let alone from the same delivery room.

LIMA — The Columbus Zoo is involved with wildlife conservation – 77 projects in 24 countries. Michael Kreger, Ph.D. Vice President of Conservation and Sustainability at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium spoke to the Lima Rotary Club on Monday.

LIMA — The arts in Lima are alive and well. Although COVID 19 “stay at home” orders negatively affected the arts as well as other businesses, the arts are still a vital segment of the economy. The arts are a larger segment of the nation’s economy than most people realize. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that the nation’s arts is an $878 billion industry that supports 5.1 million jobs. That is 4.2% of the nation’s economy (3.1 % in Ohio) - a larger share of gross domestic product than sectors such as agriculture, transportation, and tourism.

WASHINGTON — An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.”

BLUFFTON — Zoe Hamenstein was still driving her 1954 Chevrolet Model 210 at the age of 90.