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Second plea proposal offered to Lima man
Oct. 4—LIMA — A Lima man who prosecutors say abused a child and attempted to cause physical harm to that person via strangulation has received a second plea offer that expires Friday, Oct. 11. Allen County Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kyle Thines put an offer on the official court record in April that called for Patrick Kollars, 46, to plead guilty to one of two second-degree felony ...
Lima man sentenced to probation on robbery charge
Oct. 4—LIMA — A Lima man was sentenced to three years of probation, treatment at the WORTH Center and re-entry court Friday in the Allen County Common Pleas Court on a third-degree felony charge of robbery. Braylon Rogan, 18, pleaded guilty to the charge in August, which was reduced from a second-degree felony robbery charge. Before sentencing, video surveillance from the convenience store ...
Lima man offered plea deal on attempted murder charge
Oct. 4—LIMA — A plea deal was offered to a Lima man Friday in Allen County Common Pleas Court that will expire on Oct. 11 on a charge of attempted murder, a first-degree felony. Prosecutors offered Daniel Elliott, 26, five years in prison on the charge, but his attorney, Stephen Chamberlain of the Allen County Public Defenders Office, said Elliott still wants to go to trial. A jury trial is ...
"This just shows you how selfless people are," Findlay community sending relief down to hurricane victims
TOLEDO, Ohio — Truckloads of water bottles, tissues and cleaning supplies will soon to be sent to Erwine, Tenn. as a relief effort for those in need after Hurricane Helene slammed parts of the southern U.S. "We're delivering to a church down in Erwine Tennessee, the three trucks will...
Elida man's car fire death case moves to grand jury
Oct. 4—LIMA — An Elida man charged with involuntary manslaughter after the death of his daughter in a car fire waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Lima Municipal Court on Friday. A grand jury will now hear his case in Allen County Common Pleas Court. Bond for Nicholas Stemen, 33, was continued at $1 million. If bond is posted, Stemen would be prohibited from driving. The charge came ...
Green Jelly Jams: The self-declared 'worst band ever' comes to Ottawa Tavern
The world’s worst band was there for me on one of the most harrowing days of my life. So there I was seated at my desk chair on my lunch break on an unseasonably cold day in August a few years before the pandemic, holding the phone receiver which has gone dead on the other end, and I have one thing on my mind. I need a Green Jelly tattoo. And I need it now. Some background: I’m an at-birth adoptee who had been searching for my birth mother since the ’90s. Finally, thanks to an adoption “search angel” I got a lead. Then came the morning of Aug. 2, 2018. I'd tracked down my birth mother and on that day on my lunch break I decided to reach out and call her. I'd previously sent her a letter with my photograph in it, inviting her to call me but hadn't heard anything back. So I decided to hell with it, I'll call her. Phone rings. Rings again. "Hello?"
Football: Lima Senior moves to 7-0
Oct. 5—Most high school football teams would consider passing for 162 yards in the first half a good thing. But for Lima Senior's high-flying offense, doing that was more like a check engine light blinking on a dashboard during a 37-6 win over Toledo Rogers on Friday night at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans (7-0, 3-0 Toledo City League) started slowly and led only 8-6 at halftime. But they got ...
Football: Leipsic comes from behind to defeat McComb
Oct. 5—LEIPSIC — With a little less than four minutes left in the first half of Friday's key Blanchard Valley Conference football game, McComb was leading Leipsic 21-0. McComb seemed to be in complete control. However, Leipsic battled back from its huge first-half deficit and eventually slipped out with a thrilling 30-27 victory over McComb at John Edwards Field. Leipsic improved to 5-2 ...
Woodlawn Cemetery tours kick off
Oct. 5—LIMA — A cemetery is like a never-ending book, according to Woodlawn Cemetery tour guide George MacDonell. Around a dozen people came out Saturday to ride the Downtown Lima Trolley through the cemetery and hear stories about the deceased who reside there, including historic residents of Lima. "We come out here and ride around a lot, but I'd never seen the inside of any mausoleums," Lima ...
Historic Dumont Building celebrates renovations
Oct. 4—OTTAWA — The historic Dumont Building celebrated its grand opening and renovations with the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce on Friday. Located at 202 W. Main St. in downtown Ottawa, the building has stood tall for more than 120 years. A variety of organizations and small businesses now call the building home, such as the Ottawa Brewing Company, Putnam County Community Improvement Corporation ...
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