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Public Alert Issued After Foreign Meat, Poultry Illegally Shipped to Ohio
According to the USDA meat and poultry products from this country aren't even eligible to be exported to the United States. A public health alert was just issued by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) after a routine inspection found illegal meat and poultry products. As far as...
Grant Opportunity for Community Improvements
The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation seeks grant proposals for two community improvement opportunities. The grants will go towards projects in public gathering spaces and neighborhood improvements. The Findlay-Hancock Country Community Foundation was established in 1992 to improve the quality of life for everyone in the community. Since opening the Community...
Planning commission tours downtown Lima
LIMA —The Lima Allen County Regional Planning Commission’s Community Development Committee took a tour on the RTA trolley Thursday to explore the development of downtown Lima. The committee heard from speakers such as John Heaphy, Rob Nelson and Kirk Niemeyer about coordination between the city and entrepreneurs about...
Shooting suspect that left a man seriously injured appears in Lima Municipal Court
ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A man charged with a shooting that seriously injured another man was arraigned on the charge Friday afternoon. 20-year-old Jeremiah Washington appeared in Lima Municipal Court on a felonious assault with deadly weapon charge from earlier this week. On Wednesday morning, Allen County sheriffs were...
3rd annual Half Pint 5k race is bringing the Christmas Spirit to the Pangle Pavilion
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - It may be July, but Operation Half Pint is spreading the Christmas spirit next weekend. The 3rd annual Half Pint 5k race will be held next Saturday, July 27th, at the Pangle Pavilion in downtown Lima. This year's theme is Christmas in July, and a portion of the proceeds will help fund the Christmas Cheer event organized by the Allen County Veterans Service Commission.
Kids graduate with new knowledge and friendships as Safety City Summer Academy winds down
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Safety City Summer Academy is celebrating a successful season. This week marked the end of this year's academy, filled with important lessons and activities at Safety City. Hundreds of kids have graduated with new skills to protect them from potentially dangerous scenarios. Parents and instructors watched proudly as the children earned their certificates and bags of completion at the ceremony.
Kayaking concert takes to the water
Shamarr Allen, a trumpeter from New Orleans, will take the stage, sort of, in Toledo on Wednesday night. Mr. Allen is set to be the first of three performances this summer on the Maumee River as part of Black Swamp Conservancy’s Paddle and Groove series. He will play on a pontoon boat as listeners kayak around him. Attendees will launch in their kayaks from International Park at 5:30 p.m. and then kayak downstream toward the sunflower murals on the Glass City River Wall. The goal of the event is both to provide listeners with a unique concert experience and increase awareness of the conservancy’s work both upstream and in the downtown area.
Waterline replacement to close portion of Elizabeth Street in Lima for three days
July 19, 2024, Press Release from the City of Lima: The City of Lima is announcing that Elizabeth Street will be completely closed between High Street and North Street from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM beginning Monday, July 22 for three days. The street will be open in the evenings after 5:00 PM. This is for a waterline replacement.
Allen County Museum to open new exhibition
LIMA — The Allen County Museum will open its last temporary exhibition of the year, “The Art of Domesticity” on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 620 W. Market St. in Lima. The exhibition will share contemporary art from five women artists, as well as decorative arts from the 19th and 20th centuries, with a lecture series starting in September and workshops starting in October to go with it.
St. Rita’s honored for stroke, diabetes care
LIMA — The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recognized Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center for meeting guidelines for stroke and diabetes care. The organizations awarded St. Rita’s with the Get with the Guidelines/Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type Two Diabetes Honor...
Bracelet program helps locate people with dementia, autism
TIFFIN, Ohio — On July 9, 75-year-old Susan Biller from Tiffin went missing around 4:40 pm. She has dementia. In a hurry to find her, the Tiffin Police Department posted on Facebook asking the community to be on the lookout. "We went from 10 officers and firefighters to people...
Do-Right Motorcycle Club to celebrate anniversary
DELPHOS — The Do-Right Motorcycle Club will have an anniversary party at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 at 809 Ohio St., Delphos. The club will celebrate 19 years with bike games, raffles, food vendors, music by Exit 39 starting at 8 p.m. and patches sold and sewn by Patties Patches.
Real Wheels: The caretaker of a memory; 1966 Belvedere was ‘Kyle’s car’
DELPHOS – Dave Joseph knows he not only owns a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere, but he’s also the caretaker of a memory for those people who knew the late Kyle Lewis. Lewis was a barber in Lima for more than 50 years. He was famous for his one-liners and for his love for cars. Before passing away two years ago at age 71, he could be found playing an integral part of many car shows. Often that would be as a Barney Fife impersonator, something he enjoyed doing since 2004.
Firefighters battle heavy fire at Toledo house considered a ‘code red’ building
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo Fire and Rescue crews are battling a house fire Friday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the house fire at Boalt and Field, not far from the intersection of Broadway and Walbridge, in Toledo before 1:30 p.m. on July 19. The house was already marked as a code red building, meaning that it was not structurally sound, so firefighters won’t go inside.
Clyde man faces multiple drug trafficking charges
TIFFIN — Following a three-month-long investigation into a Columbus-based drug trafficking ring with ties to Seneca and Sandusky counties, the Seneca County Sheriff’s office arrested a Clyde, Ohio, man on multiple counts of trafficking in drugs. Justice A. Slane, 26, was arrested Wednesday following the extensive investigation by the Seneca County Drug Task Force-METRICH Enforcement Unit into the trafficking of methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl. That agency was assisted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Columbus and the Ottawa County Major Crimes Task Force. Over the course of the investigation, authorities confiscated approximately 11 pounds of methamphetamine, two kilograms of cocaine, four ounces of fentanyl, four ounces of crack cocaine, and three firearms. “The collaboration between all the local and federal agencies was instrumental to the success of this investigation. It’s always considered a ‘good day’ and a success when that many firearms and that amount of drugs were prevented from reaching the streets in our community,” said Chief Deputy Charles W. Boyer, unit coordinator.
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