Honoring a Lima legend
LIMA — It has been nearly 22 years since his death, but Lima jazz music legend Joe Henderson will soon be immortalized in downtown Lima.
Speaker McCarthy: 100 days in power and a tough road ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Rep. Kevin McCarthy emerged from a messy 15-ballot election and ascended to House speaker, he was emboldened rather than chastened by the fight, declaring that his father taught him early on in life: “It’s not how you start; it’s how you finish.”
Fire in Dubai kills 16, injures 9 in apartment building
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighborhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 16 people and injuring another nine, authorities said Sunday.
Rhodes State offering first bachelor degree
LIMA — It is no secret in the healthcare industry that nursing shortages are a growing concern, especially in critical care areas. Rhodes State College made an announcement Tuesday that administrators hope will help alleviate that concern.
Life in prison for cleaner at GM plant who killed co-worker
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A cleaning service employee has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for beating a co-worker to death last summer at a General Motors assembly plant near Detroit.
Newly active Texas sinkhole unearths forgotten fears in some
DAISETTA, Texas (AP) — When the massive sinkhole first appeared in Daisetta in May 2008, some residents had feared it might engulf their small Southeast Texas town.
Leak suspect yearned to join military but then regretted it
DIGHTON, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified documents had set his sights on joining the military from an early age. But more recently he had expressed disillusionment about having enlisted.
America’s first heroes: Revolutionary War soldiers reburied
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The 12 U.S. soldiers died in a pine forest in South Carolina in 1780, their bodies hastily buried beneath a thin layer of soil as their comrades fled from the British who appeared ready to put a quick and brutal end to the American Experiment.
Cincinnati man jailed after 3-county, high-speed chase
WAPAKONETA — Law enforcement agencies from three counties participated in a high-speed chase Monday evening that led to the eventual arrest of a Cincinnati man in Shelby County.
Wet winter gives way to colorful ‘Superbloom’ in US West
The tiny rain-fed wildflowers, no bigger than a few inches, are so vivid and abundant across California this year that their hues of purple and yellow look like paint swatches from space.
