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Toledo Sex Case Intensifies

The wife of a Toledo pastor, charged in federal court with child sex trafficking, is temporarily suspended from her full-time duties as Lucas County administrator. Laura Lloyd-Jenkins, wife of Pastor Cordell Jenkins, received a letter from Lucas County Commissioners’ President Pete Gerken, notifying her of the suspension. Lloyd-Jenkins’ suspension starts …

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Penza Serves Time

A sentence is handed down, following a fatal collision last fall. Michael Penza of Camden, Michigan will do ten-plus years in prison for a deadly drunk driving crash…he was also sentenced 38 months to 10 years on a charge of possession of meth. Penza pled no contest to both charges …

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Feds Drop Cincinnati Case

Federal authorities end their investigation of the fatal police shooting of a black man in a Walmart store, concluding there wasn’t enough evidence to charge the white officer who killed him. The officer shot John Crawford III on Aug. 5, 2014, after police responded to an emergency call about someone …

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Middlebury Fatal Crash

A crash on the Toll Road near Middlebury leaves a Sturgis man dead. 41-year-old Brian Fox died when his westbound car crossed the median and was struck by an eastbound van. Fox died at the scene. The other driver, 61-year-old Robert Stadnycki of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was treated at Memorial Hospital …

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SC Rollover

Steuben County deputies respond to N SR 827 in Steuben County on a report of a vehicle accident. They found a pick-up truck off the roadway on its top. The driver, 23 year old Brandon Robinson of Fremont, was standing outside of the overturned vehicle. Robinson told officers he was …

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Area Road Fatality

A man who was airlifted from a wreck scene Monday has succumbed to his injuries. The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department says that 34-year-old Matthew Depew passed away after being flown to the Fulton County Health Center. Depew was airlifted from the scene of a wreck on Bankers Road. He was …

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A No Weed Plea

The Montpelier Village Council hears an impassioned plea from a resident Monday, asking that the members vote to keep a moratorium, forbidding a facility for the cultivation of medical marijuana. Mary Weirich presented the council with the signatures of 50 others who had signed a petition against its repeal. A …

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Road Construction Update

Good news, drivers. The Clark Street Project in Pioneer is just about finished. It connects Clark Street to Core Way Drive and Ohio 15 at the Pioneer industrial park. The project also includes a new road, called Transformer Avenue, that runs to Pioneer Transformer. Lights will be installed along the …

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Police Raise Considered

Stryker Police Chief, Steven Schlosser wants the Village Council to give the police force a raise. Schlosser told the panel this week he recently tried to recruit a new police academy graduate, but was turned down due to the low pay rates at Stryker. He suggested officers should earn $14 …

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Our Local Band Of Brothers

John Paulding Days will be a red, white and blue event this year, with the annual parade honoring World War II veterans. Several of them have been tapped to handle the Grand Marshall’s duties. Many are in their 90s. John Paulding Days will be Friday and Saturday in downtown Paulding.

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