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Grain Thief Sentenced

An Arch­bold man was in Ful­ton County Court on Mon­day, where he was sen­tenced for his part in a theft. 32 year old Tyler Gray will spend 2 years under com­mu­nity con­trol after plead­ing guilty. Gray was found guilty of steal­ing and then and reselling grain from April of 2013 …

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Bryan Teen Gets Wish

An 18 year old from Bryan is get­ting some­thing very spe­cial from a very spe­cial orga­ni­za­tion. Devin Rum­mell is bat­tling bone can­cer. It was in 2012, after two years of knee pain, that Devin first received his diag­no­sis. The Rum­mels had been tak­ing ATV off-roading trips together with dozens of …

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Two Escape With Minor Injuries In Rollover

Two peo­ple escaped with only minor injuries when their car rolled over on Sun­day after­noon on Ohio 66, north of Defi­ance. 19 year old Amelia Del­gado of Hol­gate lost con­trol of the vehi­cle Sun­day after­noon just before 1 o’clock, ran into a ditch and then rolled over. Del­gado was treated …

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Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced In Steuben County

A con­victed sex offender was sen­tenced to five years in prison on Mon­day in Steuben Cir­cuit Court. 27-year-old Christo­pher Fugate was arrested by U.S. Mar­shals in Jan­u­ary in Hicksville. Fugate was sen­tenced to two years in prison for his fail­ure to reg­is­ter as a sex or vio­lent offender after he …

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LoisJean Hilda Richer, 82

LoisJean Hilda Richer, age 82, of Stryker, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015 at Genesis in Bryan. LoisJean was born in Henry County, Ohio, the daughter of Alfred G. and Pauline (Meyer) Rabe. In 1954 she married Harold Gerken , who died in 2009. In 1984 she married Lawrence Richer, …

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Rev. Mary Duke, 88

Rev. Mary M. Duke, 88 years, formerly of Sherwood, passed away Friday, July 10, 2015 in her residence with her family at her side. Mary was born April 10, 1927 in Bartow County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Dock and Alice (Cochran) Wiley. Mary married Haskell O. Duke in …

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A Strange And Scary Day At An Angola Bank

An Angola man is in cus­tody fol­low­ing an inci­dent Fri­day after­noon at the Wells Fargo Bank in Angola. 52-year-old Kurt Hen­nig walked into the bank just after 3:00pm and accord­ing to wit­nesses, he started to act strangely. They say Hen­nig tried to lock the front door with a chain and …

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Putnam County Woman Accused Of Lying To The FDIC

A Put­nam County woman is in some seri­ous trou­ble after being accused of lying to the FCIC. 55 year old Sharon Piper is charged with mak­ing a mate­ri­ally false state­ment to the Fed­eral Deposit Insur­ance Cor­po­ra­tion. Piper was the head teller for the Union Bank Co. at its Colum­bus Grove …

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Stryker Meth Producer Headed To Prison

A man from Stryker, who inves­ti­ga­tors say caused a fire at a Defi­ance home while mak­ing metham­phet­a­mine, is now headed to prison. 18 year old James Black Jr was handed a manda­tory four-year prison term in Defi­ance County Court on charges of ille­gal man­u­fac­ture of drugs and van­dal­ism. Black was …

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Lots of Catch And Release This Weekend For Bryan PD

Bryan Police report the arrest on Fri­day after­noon of 48 year old Beth Diringer of Bryan, on charges related to Theft… in this case, it was Shoplift­ing. She was released. Also on Fri­day, Bryan Police col­lared 31 year old Philip Kurtz of Bryan, just before 11PM on a charge of …

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