Phil Hugo: What’s in the closet?
It’s early June, and late spring is casting flirtatious glances at the not-too-distant early summer. Bird song makes its way through an open bedroom window, and I admire multi-colored blossoms in the garden below. With blue skies overhead, it looks to be a good day to get after my part of the world.
Organization to honor fallen Bluffton police officer with traveling memorial
BLUFFTON — Beyond the Call of Duty, an organization that honors law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, will bring their traveling memorial to Bluffton as part of its End of Watch Ride to Remember on Saturday, July 13 in honor of Bluffton Police Officer Dominic Francis.
Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing, including in Ohio
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and other carmakers to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Sonic booms could be heard today
SWANTON — Residents throughout Northwest Ohio may hear a sonic boom today, as the 180th Fighter Wing will conduct a “functional check flight” from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
First Senate Dem says Biden should exit race
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s imperiled reelection campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said merely “it’s up to the president to decide” if he should stay in the race, celebrity donor George Clooney said he should not run and Democratic senators and lawmakers expressed fresh fear about his ability to beat Republican Donald Trump.
Immigration forum tries to answer questions
LIMA — Residents at a forum on immigration in the Lima community came away with better feelings than at the previous endeavor in May.
St. Marys man’s bond remains the same on sex charges
WAPAKONETA — Auglaize County Common Pleas Court Judge Frederick Pepple ruled that a St. Marys man’s bond be kept the same Wednesday after the man’s attorney filed a motion to modify the bond.
Coast Guard rescues 5 boaters clinging to cooler in Lake Erie
ASHTABULA — The Coast Guard came to the rescue of five people who were clinging to a cooler in Lake Erie after their boat was swamped by a wave far off the Ohio coast, authorities said.
House passes GOP bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration, a proposal Republicans have prioritized as an election-year talking point even as research shows noncitizens illegally registering and casting ballots in federal elections is exceptionally rare.
GLSCL roundup: Locos win on the road
Lima Locos 13, South Ohio Copperheads 4
