Contractors are being considered to lead the demolition and renovation of the first three floors of Lima’s Cook Tower, which will become the new home of the Allen County Child Support Enforcement Agency.
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“It’s a chance for the students to see what happens at a council meeting while they’re learning about government in class,” said Wapakoneta City Schools Superintendent Aaron Rex. “It’s good for them to see people doing community service. And hopefully one day, when these kids grow up, they’ll want to give back to their community as well. Cridersville is a great place to live, and these kids will hopefully come back and reside in this community in the future.”
LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) - Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith delivered her State of the City address Thursday evening.
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today introduced a bill to streamline the mammoth Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) by using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to identify redundant and outdated rules.
The Allen County Board of Elections wants to remind people of the petition deadline for the May primary. With it being an off-year election, voters will be deciding who will be representing them at the county and municipal level. So anyone interested in running for those seats must get their petitions signed and submitted by Wednesday, February 5th, to be on the ballot.
Ohio District 12 State Senator and Waynesfield native, Susan Manchester, has been appointed chair of the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee. The appointment as chair comes one week after she was sworn in as District 12 state senator, which serves all of Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Mercer, and Shelby counties and portions of Darke and Logan counties.
January 14, 2025, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – The Office of Criminal Justice Services announced today the recertification of 17 Ohio law enforcement agencies for state standards established by the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board. Agencies completing the recertification process previously adopted and implemented the initial two standards regarding use of force and hiring and recruitment.
January 14, 2025, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — On National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today is reflecting on the progress made by his office in 2024 to fight the scourge throughout the state. “Awareness is critical in educating the public that human trafficking happens anywhere and everywhere,” Yost said. “We’ve been focusing on demand reduction because without a buyer there is no human trafficking.” Each year on Jan. 11, Yost’s office joins in solidary with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and many others to mark National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The observance is also known as Wear Blue Day, a chance for advocates in the fight against human trafficking to outwardly express that support by photographing themselves and others wearing blue and sharing those photos on social media (with the hashtag #WearBlueDay).
Vice President-elect JD Vance has resigned from his seat in the U.S. Senate. The move will trigger Governor Mike DeWine to appoint his successor. Vance made his intentions known in a letter to DeWine on Thursday; he will be sworn in as vice president on January 20th. Among the handful of contenders for Vance's replacement is Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, who last month accompanied the governor to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Gervens Justilien, the man accused of the March 2024 murder of an American Township woman, will have his trial postponed. Originally scheduled to begin on January 14, 2025, Judge Jeffrey Reed allowed a motion for continuance entertained by Justilien's defense. A new trial date has not been set. The postponement is to allow an independent DNA expert to complete their investigation of collected evidence and release their findings.