CRIDERSVILLE — The Cridersville Historical Society will host its annual beef and noodle dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at Cridersville Elementary School, 501 Reichelderfer Road, Cridersville. The meal includes beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, apple sauce, bread, beverage and choice of desserts. Cost is $12 per person. Carry-out orders are available ..read more

LIMA — A Lima man charged in 2022 with two counts of felonious assault for attacks on family members was committed Wednesday to an indefinite stay in the Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital to receive treatment for a mental illness which currently prevents him from standing trial. David Crim, Jr., who turns 63 years Thursday, is alleged to have “knowingly cause(d) serious physical harm” to two relatives, one of whom is a minor, on April 23, 2022. The charges are second-degree felonies. Crim, who did not attend Wednesday’s hearing in Allen County Common Pleas Court, has been residing at a nurs ..read more

LIMA — Local small businesses are the heart of a city. In a week, one of three local small businesses will be honored for its achievements in the area, when the Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce will host its annual awards gala. The organization will select a winner for the Small Business of the Year Award. Beauty by Jill Salon, NOW Marketing and Service Master were chosen as finalists in the category. Citizens National Bank is sponsoring this year’s award. “To be sponsored for the award, the business must meet the following criteria,” said Chad King, senior vice-president/city president ..read more

Tyrese Maxey was sixth in the Most Improved Player voting two years ago, a tribute to the jump he made between his first and second seasons in the NBA. Voters thought the jump he made from his third year to his fourth was even more impressive. Philadelphia’s All-Star guard on Tuesday night was named the league’s most improved this season. Maxey’s scoring rose for the third consecutive year, and he finished the regular season averaging 25.9 points, 6.2 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game — all career bests. It’s not uncommon for players to see their numbers soar when given a new role ..read more

LIMA — The Biden Administration signed a bill Wednesday morning that includes money earmarked for Lima-built tanks to help in Ukraine. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Defense, the bipartisan bill totals $95 billion of aid. The new law includes provision to the Ukraine and funding to combat fentanyl. “When our allies are stronger, we are stronger,” President Joe Biden said at the press conference. “I’m grateful for all those in Congress — Democrats, Republicans and independents — who voted for this bill. It was a difficult path to my desk, but in the end, we did what A ..read more

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of an Ohio credit union last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems, according to her relatives. Ann Mayers, who had no previous run-ins with the law, faces counts of aggravated robbery with a firearm and tampering with evidence in Friday’s robbery in Fairfield Township, north of Cincinnati. She remained jailed Wednesday on $100,000 bond pending an initial court appearance, and court records don’t list an attorney for her. Officers arrested Mayers at her Hamilton ho ..read more

ARLINGTON — Two-time All-Star pitcher Johnny Cueto agreed to a minor league contract on Tuesday with the Texas Rangers, the organization where he has a connection to the big league team’s manager and general manager. The 38-year-old Cueto was 1-4 with a 6.02 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) for the Miami Marlins last season, when the right-hander was on the injured list for more than three months with a biceps injury. He was left off the team’s postseason roster. Cueto’s latter All-Star season was in 2016 when he was 18-5 with a 2.79 ERA in 32 starts for the San Francisco Giants with manager Bruce ..read more

LIMA — With the birth of his third child just weeks away, a tearful Divante Hall on Wednesday asked for a delay in the implementation of his prison sentence on drug charges so he could witness the event. Hall apologized to the court and his family and asked Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Judge Terri Kohlrieser to allow him to be placed on an ankle monitoring device “for a couple of weeks” until the birth takes place. “Please give me a chance,” Hall said. “I want to see my son be born. I’ve made some mistakes in the past, but that’s not me. Please consider my kids.” Kohlrieser had some ..read more

LIMA — Allen County Museum Director Christine Fowler-Shearer said the exhibition for “Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic” will show the two events side by side through photographs and show how they compare. She said she hopes anyone who attends the reception at 5:30 p.m. Thursday night sees an important message in the work. “They are both documentary photography of important moments in history,” she said. “It shows how the Works Progress Administration started and continues today. So that’s the premise behind it, as well as to take two types of national tragedy and compare and ..read more

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