Recently added articles from The Lima News (Lima, OH):
OSU-Lima enrollment climbing.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Beth L. Jokinen Oct. 10--LIMA -- Recruitment officials have been making their way up and down Interstate-75 to talk to students about OSU-Lima. And obviously the trips are working. The school is drawing more students and they are coming from 38 counties. ...
Met Housing checking inventory.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Rutz Oct. 10--LIMA -- The Allen Metropolitan Housing Authority wants a better take on the agency's inventory and will hire a firm to give it a count. The authority's board wants a report by Nov. 1 on options for hiring a firm to audit its inventory of ...
Beck tints windows at Allen County jail: People outside jail no longer able to signal inmates.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Greg Sowinski Oct. 10--LIMA -- Sometimes, someone can be seen standing outside the Allen County jail signaling to inmates. At other times, when a pretty woman walks by inmates bang on the windows to get her attention. All of it is coming to an end. ...
EXCESSIVE-FORCE LAWSUIT Federal trial stalled until appellate court can rule.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Greg Sowinski Oct. 10--CINCINNATI -- The excessive-force lawsuit an accident victim filed against various police officials was placed on hold while an appellate court decides which court should hear the allegations against state troopers. The lawsuit Eugene ...
Black-student initiative to have coordinator.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Rutz Oct. 10--LIMA -- A pilot program designed to increase the graduation rates of black students will soon have a local coordinator. The group running the program in the Lima schools could make a decision as early as the end of this week, Jason ...
Dairy spills lead to fines for Dannon: Yogurt maker to pay $71,350 to Ohio EPA.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Blake Oct. 10--MINSTER -- Spills and discharges from the Dannon Co. yogurt plant are going to cost the company some extra cash. Ten spills or illegal discharges into the Miami and Erie canal have been documented since March 2004. On Tuesday, the company ...
Complaint filed in 5th District House race.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Evans Oct. 10--COLUMBUS -- With less than a month until the Nov. 6 election, the race for Ohio's 5th Congressional District is heating up. Two well-known Republicans aren't pulling punches as they vie for a seat vacated by Paul Gillmor, who died Sept. 4 ...
Mathews makes case for change.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Rutz Oct. 10--LIMA -- Standing in a neighborhood he helped create, Josiah Mathews kicked off his candidacy Tuesday for City Council by pledging change in the way the 6th Ward is represented. Mathews spoke from Chestnut Court, a neighborhood built of ...
Mayor: EPA proposed fines too much for Continental.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Blake Oct. 10--CONTINENTAL -- A series of long-standing claims of environmental violations by a state agency are surfacing once again for the village of Continental. Compounding the problem, a proposed settlement is more than the village can afford, the mayor said ...
BRIEF: ST. MARYS Mayor honors United Way, volunteers.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Mayor Greg Freewalt recognized the United Way of Auglaize County and its volunteers for their efforts in improving lives during the past 50 years. The month of October has been proclaimed "United Way in Action" month in St. Marys. Area residents are encouraged to ...
Keeping active with the.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Kincaid Oct. 10--LIMA -- They've marched in parades. They've funded charities. They've even donated two elk -- their symbol -- to the long-ago Lima Zoo. They are the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and for more than a century, that lodge has remained active ...
Reissued 1984 novel speaks to 2007 issues.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Lackey Oct. 10--Claude Clayton Smith tells students that after he was exposed to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," he bought the book and began writing his own novel the next day. Other phases followed, he adds: "I never got published until I ...
BRIEF: mitigators return to Lowe's.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--FEMA -- A mitigation outreach team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will return to the Lowe's store in Findlay for three days beginning Friday. The store is located at 1077 Bright Road at Tiffin Avenue. Mitigation specialists will be there from 9 a.m. to 7 ...
T-Birds slide by Bulldogs.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--LIMA -- It was rainy, but Lima Central Catholic (6-7-1) secured a 1-0 victory over Ada in this Northwestern Conference boys soccer battle. The only goal of the game was scored by the Thunderbirds' Zach White, who was assisted by Noah Berkholder on the play. LCC's Mark Hawk had 10 ...
Jail abuse lawsuit: 2 women claim abuse while incarcerated at Allen County Jail.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Blake Oct. 2--of Lima, and Teresa J. Taylor, of Wooster, both claim the abuse took place in 2005. Both complaints allege deputies at the jail were physically violent in dealings with the women. Davis said deputies at the jail on Sept. 9 and 10, 2005, ...
Kewpee gets day in court.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bart Mills Oct. 2--LIMA -- The value of parking space at one of Lima's busiest businesses went to trial Monday. The case of Kewpee hamburgers v. the Ohio Department of Transportation went to trial Monday before Allen County Common Pleas Judge Richard Warren ....
BRIEF: Police investigate robbery.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--He didn't have a gun and he didn't demand money. Regardless, investigators said, it was a robbery in which the man got away with $200. Detectives of the Lima Police Department said a man entered the Rich gas station, 1317 E. Kibby St., at 4:54 p.m. Sunday with his face covered by a ...
FEMA: Flood victims not prepared.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Evans Oct. 2--OTTAWA -- What's worse than a flood? A major flood in which the vast majority of those affected were not prepared or insured. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported this weekend findings the agency ...
City privatizing yard waste operations.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Rutz Oct. 2--LIMA -- The city will privatize its composting and mulch business with approval expected from City Council on Monday. The council's Utilities Committee met Monday to discuss the contract between the city and Wright Mulch. Wright will ...
Auto industry in midst of change.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bart Mills Oct. 2--LIMA -- There's an old joke that if you don't like the weather in Ohio, wait a bit and it's bound to change. The same can be said about the auto industry. As chief economist and vice president of research for the Ann Arbor, Mich.,-based ...