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LIMA — Allen County commissioners are hopeful that a collaboration with the Fremont-based Great Lakes Community Action Partnership will help address lead issues in some of Lima’s older housing stock.

COLUMBUS — A transgender candidate vying for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House was cleared to run Thursday after her certification had been called into question for omitting her former name on qualifying petitions, as required by a little-used state elections law.

SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — Shawnee girls basketball coach Rachel Rumbaugh set team goals for this season.

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BATH TOWNSHIP — Bath Township residents will see two proposed levy increases on the ballot this March to stave off major budget cuts at the township fire and road departments.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday again called on the legislature to remove delta-8 and delta-9 THC products from gas stations, head shops, health food stores and other locations – saying too many retailers are selling them to teens.

LIMA — The following defendants were sentenced recently in Allen County Common Pleas Court:

COLUMBUS — Bernie Moreno, a Trump-backed candidate for Ohio’s crucial U.S. Senate seat who touts his success in business, faced multiple lawsuits alleging discrimination against employees in the run-up to the sale of his high-end Cleveland car dealership, an Associated Press review has found.

FINDLAY — A Van Wert woman was taken to the hospital with neck and back injuries after her vehicle struck the rear of a semi trailer Wednesday morning in Findlay.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky city has come up with an out-of-this-world campaign to promote tourism.