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‘Sailor’s Warning’

Putnam County Common Pleas Court

LIMA — Area law enforcement officials are looking for information about crimes or people below. The Lima/Allen-Putnam County Crime Stoppers Program offers cash awards of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides anonymous tip information that would lead to the arrest of anyone listed on this page. Please call 419-229-STOP (7867).

LIMA — The Lima Police Department has asked for the public’s assistance in solving an almost 20-year-old murder of a Lima man.

LIMA — The Allen County Clerk of Courts’ office has been awarded funding through the Ohio Attorney General’s office for the purchase of a device designed to close any existing gaps in the collection and recording of fingerprints of defendants charged with crimes.

LIMA — Lima is set to celebrate the Fourth of July with this year’s Star-Spangled Spectacular Thursday at Faurot Park off of South Cole Street and Lakewood Avenue and Your Hometown Stations public service director Mike Carpenter said the festival atmosphere will be in full effect.

LIMA — When it comes to safety concerns in Lima neighborhoods, not every dog is “man’s best friend,” an issue discussed Monday by Lima City Council members.

COLUMBUS — A report released Monday by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife indicates the state’s bald eagle population continues to thrive.

LIMA — One of the five Rite Aid stores in Lima will close after a notice of additional closing stores was filed Friday in Rite Aid’s bankruptcy case in the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.