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LIMA — State Bank announced that Andrew Farley was named its Senior Vice President, Lima Market Executive. In this role, Farley will be responsible for developing the team to grow State Bank in the greater Lima region.

NEW YORK — You can finally shake it off: Taylor Swift has released her new single.
The 27-year-old singer dropped the upbeat song “Look What You Made Me Do” — which uses an interpolation from Right Said Fred’s 1991 hit “I’m Too Sexy” — late Thursday to streaming platforms and iTunes. The song, featuring elements of pop, dance and house, includes sharp lyrics like: “Honey, I rose up from the dead I do it all the time/I got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined I check it once/Then I check it twice.”

WAPAKONETA — Wapakoneta Ford is having the 3rd Drive 4Ur School today at Wapakoneta High School, 1 Redskin Trail, Wapakoneta.
The event will benefit the Wapakoneta girls soccer team. Last year, Wapakoneta Ford raised $4,000.
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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple says Jesus showed up in their daughter’s sonogram picture, easing their concerns after two other children were born with birth defects.
Alicia Zeek and Zach Smith tell WPMT-TV they’re not especially religious. But they’re convinced the image to the left of their daughter’s head is a bearded Christ.

DELPHOS – Delphos St. John’s took a big leap last year.
The Blue Jays went from 1-9 in 2015 to 5-5 last season.
With another win or two this year, the Blue Jays realize they can be back in the playoff hunt.
“We went from 1-9 to 5-5 and now can we win those close games where we can go 7-3 or 6-4 and sneak in the playoffs?’’ St. John’s veteran coach Todd Schulte said. “Hopefully, that’s our next step.’’
The Blue Jays return 15 starters, with five on offense and 10 on defense.

COLUMBUS GROVE – Playing football with urgency is good. Playing it with urgent care is not so good.
After injuries sent more than a dozen Columbus Grove football players to the sideline last fall, the Bulldogs had one of the youngest lineups in the area.
With a year of experience the still young Bulldogs hope to improve on last season’s 4-6 record this season.
“We have 13 guys coming back who started but they didn’t necessarily start because they were ready. They started because they had to,” Columbus Grove coach Andy Schafer said.

BLUFFTON – Last season, former Bluffton football standout Jeff Richards came back home to take over the reins of the Bluffton football program.
Richards had his share of challenges in 2016, as the Pirates went 3-7, after starting the season 3-1 with two shutouts.
This season, Richards is hoping the offseason commitment from his athletes will make a difference.

HARROD – The good news is Allen East has put together back-to-back 6-4 seasons.
On the other side, however, is that the nucleus of those talented teams has graduated.
The Mustangs return only seven starters, with only three on offense.

WAPAKONETA – For the last three years, Wapakoneta has either won or shared the Western Buckeye League title and there is no reason to believe that they will be battling for a fourth this year with a host of talent and experience returning.
Under the guidance of head coach Travis Moyer, the Redskins have three goals that remain the same each year and that is to win the league, make the state playoffs and win state champion.

KENTON – The Kenton Wildcats have a football tradition of great success – six regional titles, two state runner-up finishes and two state championships.
The Wildcats are going to have to overcome a rash of injuries if they hope they hope to reach that level of success this season.
Kenton currently is looking at 16 players with injuries, including three who will miss the entire season.
“It is what it is,” Coach Brent Fackler said of the injuries. “We are just trying to get healthy.”