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Three for­mer employ­ees of an Angola com­pany are now fac­ing theft charges after they allegeldy vio­lated com­pany pol­icy through the alleged unau­tho­rized sale of scrap mate­ri­als. Now, all three will head to trial in Steuben Cir­cuit Court next Feb­ru­ary. 59-year-old James Van Vlerah Junior of West Otter Lake is charged …

Two men, one from Bryan and one from Defi­ance, were sen­tenced in Ful­ton County Com­mon Pleas Court. 18 year old James Black of Bryan, was sen­tenced to two years com­mu­nity con­trol for break­ing and enter­ing and theft. Pros­e­cu­tors say Black broke into a Delta garage back in Jan­u­ary, where he …

A Mont­pe­lier man who police say stole a car in Mont­pe­lier, is in an Indi­ana county jail after crash­ing that car. 37 year old Mark Sidle, accord­ing to police, stole a Kia Soul in Mont­pe­lier Mon­day after­noon. That stolen car was involved in a crash involv­ing Sidle near Pleas­ant Lake, …

An Angola woman entered into a plea agree­ment with Steuben County pros­e­cu­tors on Mon­day in a Child Molesta­tion case. 24-year-old Michelle Esquivel pleaded guilty to Felony Child Molest­ing dur­ing a pre trial con­fer­ence in Steuben Supe­rior Court. She was sched­uled to go on trial on June 25th. Now, she will …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …