Dackin talks literacy, career tech at Chamber event
LIMA — The Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce’s Wake, Rattle and Roll is centered around promoting and strengthening the county’s business community through networking and education on best business practices. On Friday morning, the networking event was focused on education itself and its impact on the workforce of tomorrow.
Columbus Grove woman sentenced to probation for drug possession
OTTAWA — A Columbus Grove woman was sentenced to five years of probation and treatment at the WORTH Center Thursday in the Putnam County Common Pleas Court for a third-degree felony drug possession charge.
Helene lashes the South, millions without power
CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Emergency crews rushed Friday to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after Helene roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Florida, generating a massive storm surge and knocking out power to millions of customers in several states. At least six people were reported dead.
OSU medical students to train in Lima starting in 2026
LIMA — The first cohort of community medicine students from The Ohio State University Medical School visited Lima Thursday, catching a glimpse of the city where they will spend their final two years of medical school.
LMHS takes donors on ‘journey in time’
LIMA — Mike Swick said the Lima Memorial Foundation was hoping to raise $1.25 million at Thursday night’s “A Journey in Time” fundraiser.
Ottoville man granted judicial release on drug charges
OTTAWA — An Ottoville man was granted judicial release Thursday in the Putnam County Common Pleas Court after serving almost two years of his four-and-a-half-year prison term for selling methamphetamine to an undercover informant in 2022.
Lima man sentenced to six years prison for drug possession
LIMA — A Lima man was sentenced to a minimum of six years in prison Thursday in the Allen County Common Pleas Court for three charges of drug possession after a jury found him guilty in August.
Lima abduction case transferred to common pleas court
LIMA — The case of a Lima man charged with abduction was transferred to Allen County Common Pleas Court on Thursday.
Grand jury will hear alleged killer’s case
LIMA — An Allen County grand jury will determine whether or not Jacob Striff will stand trial on charges of murder in the shooting death earlier this month of Jeffery Paxton Jr.
Stabbing case involving Lima man sent to higher court
LIMA — A case of a Lima man who allegedly attacked his sister’s fiance with a large knife has been bound over to Allen County Common Pleas Court for consideration by a grand jury.
