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MIDDLE POINT — Lincolnview and Allen East scored one time in each half and played to a 2-2 draw on Monday night.

BATH TOWNSHIP — The Bath Township Fire Department welcomed new firefighters Monday as the department seeks to restore staffing in the aftermath of last year’s budget cuts.

LIMA — The Lima Area Concert Band is set to close out its season with music from the stage and screen.

LIMA — Newly sworn-in Lima city councilwoman Jeannine Jordan said it was fitting one of her first votes was a resolution to appreciate teachers, given that she taught in Lima schools for 35 years.

MIDDLE POINT — Lincolnview and Allen East scored one time in each half and played to a 2-2 draw on Monday night.

COLUMBUS — As Ohio communities, including Lima, are responding to the influx of Haitian migrants that has taken place over the last several years, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced that his office will begin looking for ways to address this issue through the legal system.

LIMA — A Lima man charged with 12 counts related to sexual conduct with a minor waived his speedy trial rights Monday in the Allen County Common Pleas Court.

LIMA — While at a suppression hearing Monday in the Allen County Common Pleas Court, a St. Marys man requested a different court-appointed attorney because he was unsatisfied with his representation.

NEW YORK — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93.

LIMA — A Lima man was sentenced to a minimum of four years in prison Monday in the Allen County Common Pleas Court after a jury found him guilty of cocaine possession in July.