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NOBLE TOWNSHIP — A controversial stone quarry won’t be built in rural Noble Township in Auglaize County after all.

VAN WERT — A Defiance woman who police say intentionally struck two pedestrians with her vehicle has been charged in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court with attempted murder.

WAPAKONETA — An Auglaize County grand jury has returned indictments against a Greenville man charging him with seven felony and misdemeanor counts that include burglary and alleged sex crimes.

LIMA — A proposed plea deal offered to an alleged Lima drug dealer that includes a 22-year prison sentence is not likely to be accepted, the defendant’s attorney said during a hearing Thursday in Allen County Common Pleas Court.

WAPAKONETA — Even as the city of Wapakoneta is experiencing some transition with personnel, city and county officials hope to build on previous efforts to keep the community moving in a positive direction.

LIMA — Big shows will be coming to Lima this year.

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s top lawyer has advised the state’s public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza.

WASHINGTON — Hard-line Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but the resounding rejection by Republicans and Democrats tired of the turmoil does not guarantee an end to the GOP chaos.

LIMA — An Ohio Department of Transportation employee from Hardin County proved to have the best loader skills in the area, while a Hancock County employee had the finest truck skills in the annual District 1 truck and loader roadeo, held Wednesday.

Some Republicans in Congress are pushing to require a citizenship question on the questionnaire for the once-a-decade census and exclude people who aren’t citizens from the count that helps determine political power in the United States.