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LIMA — Lima city councilman Derry Glenn said he is holding a follow-up to his May forum that saw a major uproar from residents because they deserve answers to the questions they asked and residents of Haitian descent, themselves working residents, deserve someone standing up for them.

Music from cornets filled the air on Auglaize Street in Wapakoneta on the morning of July 15, 1871, announcing the arrival of Joel E. Warner’s Great Pacific Combination Museum, Menagerie, Circus and Caravan. Onlookers lined the street several people deep as the group traveled through Wapakoneta from the west to east of town, where they set up their three tents at Jones’ woods. The Pacific Combination performed in St. Marys the previous day.

ELIDA — An Elida school board member wants the district to withdraw from the coalition of public schools suing to end Ohio’s private school voucher system.

In America’s vocabulary the phrase “Fourth of July” is synonymous with “star-spangled party.” It’s been that way from the very beginning.

LIMA — Ty Moore always feels humbled whenever he returns to his hometown to perform.

The large man with the mud-caked work boots sat just a few feet away from me in a McDonald’s in Rio Grande in the far southeastern region of the Heart of It All. Seated with him was a teenage boy and, based on the hand-holding that I spied, the boy’s girlfriend made it a threesome. The man said to the boy, “Listen, you’re 18. Let me tell you what your grandpa told me when I was your age about what needs to be done before applying for a job.”

Nothing smells quite as wonderful as the outdoors after it’s been through the gentle rinse cycle. Rain is such a pleasant fragrance that makers of perfumes, body oils, lotions and even household cleaners all try to replicate it. But nobody can. Not fully.

When it comes to stress, I put others to the test. That’s why my cardiologist ordered a stress test for me.

LIMA — Area law enforcement officials are looking for information about crimes or people below. The Lima/Allen-Putnam County Crime Stoppers Program offers cash awards of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides anonymous tip information that would lead to the arrest of anyone listed on this page. Please call 419-229-STOP (7867).

LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation has selected a conventional, single-lane roundabout that will be built in 2026 just south of the existing intersection of state Route 117 and state Route 501 (Wapak Road) by Good Ground World Ministries church in Shawnee Township.