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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Principal Calls It Quits
Here we go again… the Liberty Center Local Board of Education accepted the resignation of a principal, for the second time in less than two weeks. During a special meeting Friday morning, the board accepted the resignation of Junior/Senior High School Principal Bryan Skrzyniecki, effective July 31st. That resignation comes …
Read More »Potential Algae Bloom Could Be A Record-Breaker
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an algae bloom this year at Lake Erie could be much worse than others recently. Worse than last year’s, which shut down Toledo’s public water system for two days. Last year, it was so bad that people who depend on that water …
Read More »Lodging Tax Proposed
A section in Ohio’s new budget gives Defiance County commissioners the means to set up something they have wanted for some time… a lodging tax. The tax would be assessed on those who stay in hotels or motels in Defiance County. It would likely be about 3 percent, and all …
Read More »New ODOT Buildings Planned
The Ohio Department of Transportation plans to begin construction soon on a new Paulding County maintenance garage and a new outpost in Hicksville. The Crescent News today reports that the new Paulding County garage will be built on Wayne St. in Paulding, the site of the existing garage. A new …
Read More »More Meth Arrests
Auburn Police have arrested six people following an investigation into methamphetamine following a report on Monday that someone had placed suspicious trash in a trash receptacle in the 200 block of West Second Street. Police got search warrants for nearby homes, where they found methamphetamine related items and other illegal …
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