Jordan critical as Supreme Court rejects social media censorship suit
By Michael Macagnone
Should Huffman, state lawmakers be exempt from depositions?
By Laura Hancock
Continental issues boil water advisory
CONTINENTAL — The Continental Water Department issued a boil water alert Wednesday due to a main line water leak in the southeast side of the village.
Poll: Most Americans plan to watch Biden-Trump debate
WASHINGTON — Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday’s presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
WikiLeaks founder returns to Australia a free man
CANBERRA, Australia — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.
Lima-area priest named bishop in Iowa
DELPHOS — The pastor at the Catholic churches in Delphos, Landeck and Spencerville will soon oversee an entire diocese in Iowa.
Lima man sentenced to 40 years to life for rape
LIMA — A Lima man was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison in the Allen County Common Pleas Court after a jury found him guilty of 10 counts of rape and five counts of sexual battery of two minors in May.
No foul play suspected in man’s death in Lima
LIMA — Law enforcement officials on Tuesday said an accidental drug overdose likely caused the death of a 35-year-old man whose body was found Saturday in the parking lot of a Lima apartment complex.
Putnam County court records, June 17-20
Putnam County Common Pleas Court
Jury trial starts for former Lima probation officer
LIMA — In the Allen County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, a jury was selected and the jurors toured the former office of Dexter Thompson, 53, a former Lima Municipal Court probation officer for his jury trial dealing with improper sexual conduct with probationers under his supervision.
