Those supporting pro-choice and protesting the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe versus Wade were on the northwest quadrant of the square. The weekly Remnant worship was in the northeast quadrant of the square. The pro-choice supporters crossed the street and converged on the worship service. All had their reasons for participating.
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The Ohio Secretary of State has told the Board of Elections in Ohio to get ready for an August 2nd primary for State House and Senate seats us…
According to court records filed last week, a judge has rejected the defendant's motion for a change of venue. Castle's lawyer had claimed internet, and news media reports in the case might make it difficult to seat an impartial jury in Hardin County. The court ruled those documents and reports contained information already available in the public file, including information about Castle's past offenses.
Lawyers for 32-year-old Paul Curtis Jr. say that he was too intoxicated to understand his rights before Lima Police Detectives interviewed him for the shooting death of Sam McLaurin in November of last year. They are asking that the interview be suppressed for Curtis's future trial. McLaurin's body was found in the driveway at a home in the 400 block of S. Baxter St. with multiple gunshot wounds. When officers went to arrest Curtis, they say that he was under the influence.
A 20-year-old Lima murder case is back in the news. A federal appeals court says a lower court judge can hold a hearing to weigh two juror bias claims in the case of convicted killer Jeronique Cunningham. The 49-year-old Cunningham and his half-brother Cleveland Jackson were convicted and sentenced to death for a deadly drug-related robbery on Eureka Street in Lima back in 2002. Two girls, including a 3-year old, were killed in the attack. Five others were injured.
The United States Treasury Department gave their final ruling on ARPA funding last Friday and commissioners are scheduling meetings to determine where that money can be used. The county already has 9-million dollars on the books of the 19-million they’re scheduled to get but wasn’t sure how it could be spent.
Senator Sherrod Brown hopes that vaccines rates increase in Ohio as well as across the Untied States. While discussion continues to focus on federal vaccine mandates, Brown says that people getting the vaccination can help us get back to normal.
42-year-old Timothy Boedicker is facing six counts each of rape and sexual battery charges. He was facing more charges of each, but over 15 charges were dropped before the trial started. According to prosecutors, the offenses occurred back in 2018 when the alleged victim was 10 years old and then again in 2020 when she was 12.
The United States Supreme Court is allowing Ohio to clean up its voting rolls by targeting people who haven't cast ballots in a while.