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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fort Jennings girl starts cancer charity
Oct. 4—FORT JENNINGS — A lengthy hospital stay inspired Layla Korte to start her own charity at only 9 years old. The Fort Jennings child spent a month at Cincinnati Children's Hospital for chemotherapy when doctors diagnosed her with leukemia at 7 years old. Layla lost her hair, but she found comfort through family card games, painting her nails and doing her makeup. She's now raising money ...
Public comment sought on swine farm project
Oct. 5—VAN WERT — The Ohio Department of Agriculture is inviting comments on a draft Permit to Install (PTI) for Triple R Farms, 16786 Rank Road, Van Wert. An open house and public meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30, at 1055 S. Washington St., Van Wert. Written comments are due by 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, to the ODA, Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, ...
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?"
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 ...
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