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Ferrell Sentenced For Pallet Fraud

Bryan’s Gene Fer­rell now can say for sure just where he is going to be for most of the next five years. Far­rell was sen­tenced Mon­day to four years, 11 months in prison for his part in a nation­wide scam involv­ing around $25,000 worth of bogus sales of wooden pal­lets. …

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Peppler Case Continued

A pre-trial con­fer­ence for 49-year-old Jef­frey Pep­pler of Angola, the man charged with the Jan­u­ary 3rd stab­bing death of his sis­ter and the attempted mur­der of his mother, was con­tin­ued on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. The next court date is now June 19th. Pep­pler is sched­uled to go on …

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Montpelier Man Collared After Chase And Search

A Mont­pe­lier man was arrested Mon­day after the dri­ver of a reported stolen vehi­cle fled from the scene of an acci­dent east of Pleas­ant Lake. K-9 units from Orland and Ash­ley were brought in to search for the sus­pect. While the police dogs were track­ing him, mem­bers of the Steuben …

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Fatal Motorcycle Crash In Defiance

One man is dead after a motor­cy­cle crash. It hap­pened just after 4 on Sun­day after­noon on State Route 281, just east of Sny­der Road in Defi­ance County. 58 year old Ran­dall Akers was on a motor­cy­cle headed east on 281, when he attempted to pass a car in front …

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FOP Golf Tourney Approaching

A reminder that the annual Fra­ter­nal Order of Police Golf Out­ing will be Sat­ur­day, June 27 at Orchard Hills Golf Course, with a shot­gun start at 8:30 a.m. Rain date is Sat­ur­day, July 25. The reg­is­tra­tion dead­line is June 25. Door prizes will be given along with awards for the …

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Farmland Jazz Coming To Hicksville

The Farm­land Jazz Band will per­form at the Huber Opera House in Hicksville on Thurs­day from 7–8:30 p.m. The band con­sists of the finest musi­cians from north­east Indi­ana and has per­formed for thou­sands of peo­ple at var­i­ous venues includ­ing parades, par­ties, bars, church pic­nics, fes­ti­vals, wed­dings, and after­noons in the …

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Bryan Man To Be Sentenced Today For Fraud

A Bryan man who was found guilty of arrang­ing bogus sales of $250,000 worth wooden pal­lets will be sen­tenced this after­noon in Williams County Court. 36 year old Gene Fer­rell faces up to 35 years in prison when he stands before Judge J.T. Stelzer this after­noon at 2 p.m. in …

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Hicksville Man Dies In Crash

In Allen County, Indi­ana, offi­cials say a Hicksville man was involved in a fatal crash Wednes­day after­noon. It hap­pened near Indi­ana State Route 37 and Indi­ana State Route 101. 19 year old Lenley A. Bar­ton III was dri­ving a Chevro­let Cav­a­lier that slammed into a trac­tor trailer trav­el­ing west on …

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Active Meth Lab Discovered

Ash­ley police found an alleged active metham­phet­a­mine lab and mul­ti­ple pre­cur­sors in a vehi­cle they pur­sued late Wednes­day after­noon. Police tried to stop a vehi­cle for traf­fic vio­la­tions on North Wabash Avenue, but the car tried to flee from police and came to a stop at a home in the …

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Tailgating Is A Big Problem In Ohio

A new report issued by the Ohio High­way Patrol, says dri­vers who don’t leave enough space between vehi­cles cause far too many crashes. Tail­gat­ing, or fail­ing to main­tain an assured clear dis­tance ahead was the most fre­quent cause of crashes over­all in Ohio in 2014, account­ing for 67,886 crashes on …

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