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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Over the strenuous objections of voting rights groups, Ohio House Republicans advanced two proposals Monday that would add a host of new restrictions to voting and place an issue on next year’s ballot that calls for requiring a 60% supermajority to pass future constitutional amendments.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The 19-year-old gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition, Police Commissioner Michael Sack said Tuesday.

CLARKSVILLE — Local residents are hoping to bring a bit of history back to life.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot keeps getting larger because players keep losing.

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,” the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to ”cooperate or perish,” on avoiding further climate catastrophe, singling out the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the latest sign that the inflation pressures that have gripped the nation might be easing as the economy slows and consumers grow more cautious.

Shawn Crawford, Clinton County Assistant Public Defender, spoke to the Wilmington Rotary Club, which meets on Tuesdays at noon at the CMH meeting room. Crawford said with a public defender and supporting staff, this office provides legal assistance to indigent clients who are accused of a criminal offense and who are at risk of going to jail. Also, the public defender handles felony cases, misdemeanors, preliminary hearings, extraditions, and juvenile cases. Additionally, they handle some Children’s Services cases and some child support contempt cases. Pictured from left, Shawn Crawford, Assistant Clinton County Public Defender, and Brian Smith, president-elect of the Wilmington Rotary Club.

Wilmington City Schools Transportation Department brought “A Blast from Christmas Past” to the HoliDazzle Parade in downtown Wilmington last Saturday. Bus 33 dressed up as Frosty the Snowman while being driven by DoriAnn Allen. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer was Trisha Carrel (bus 1 driver), the Grinch was Darrell Little (mechanic), Hocus Pocus Rabbit was Krystal Polakovics (van #3 driver), Heat Miser was Marcus Wheeler (maintenance supervisor) and Snow Miser was AJ Allen (DoriAnn’s son).

The following report is submitted by the City of Wilmington Code Enforcement Department.