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Man Drowns In Indian Lake
INDIAN LAKE — Authorities were investigating a drowning Wednesday afternoon.
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Former Ada Resident, Husband Among Those Who Died On TWA 800
ADA — Former Ada resident Amy Miller and her husband, Kyle, were among the 230 people killed in the TWA Flight 800 crash in 1996.
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3 Men Facing Charges In Lima Post Office Burglary
LIMA — Three men facing charges in connection with the burglary at the main post office in downtown Lima waived preliminary hearings this week.
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Two Seriously Injured In Crash
SUGAR CREEK — Two women were injured following a two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon.
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Man Charged In Stabbing Of Ex-girlfriend, Man
LIMA — A man with a long history of crime is in custody charged with stabbing his ex-girlfriend and the man he found her with.
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Ohio Gas Station Company Sued For Treating Workers Unfairly
DAYTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a federal lawsuit against R&R Takhar Operations Inc., a business that owes back pay to employees at 12 Ohio gas stations, including stores in Anna, Botkins, St. Marys and Sidney.
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Girl, 12, Recovering From Car Accident
TOLEDO — A 12-year-old Findlay girl remained in critical condition after a car accident in Cairo last weekend.
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OVI Checkpoint Planned In Allen Co. On Thursday
LIMA — State troopers are planning an drunken-driving checkpoint in Allen County on Thursday night.
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Teen Who Killed Mother Being Released From Prison
KENTON — On Friday, Meredith Poling turns 21 and will be released from the prison she was sent to after using a shotgun to shoot her mother in the head more than five years ago.A final hearing was held Wednesday in Hardin County Juvenile Court, as required, to periodically review the case and determine whether Poling should remain in prison until her 21st birthday.Visiting Judge Paul Kutscher Jr. ordered she remain in prison for two more days. After that, he loses control of the case.Poling is expected to move out of state to live with a relative, said Bill Kluge, a Lima attorney who represented her. Kluge said he is hoping for the best out of Poling and hopes she makes it on the outside.“Her reports inside the institution was she did very well. She was a great help to other girls in the institution. She was a friend and if they couldn't read well, she would help them,” Kluge said. Poling has told Kluge she wants to continue her college education she started in prison with the hope of becoming a social worker and helping others. Poling was convicted of murder in the Aug. 31, 2006, death of her mother, Michelle Murnahan, inside their Mount Victory home. She was sentenced to the maximum as a juvenile, which is detention until her 21st birthday. Hardin County Prosecutor Brad Bailey was unsuccessful in his attempt to try Poling as an adult where she could have faced up to life in prison. Judge James Rapp of Hardin County Juvenile Court, who later stepped aside from the case, ruled it was possible Poling could be rehabilitated in the juvenile justice system. Bailey appealed the ruling through the Ohio Supreme Court but again was unsuccessful. Bailey was outraged by the crime, which he said her only motive was anger toward her mother for not letting her go to the fair. “I think she may be a sociopath,” he said after her plea last year. Poling became a suspect in the hours that followed the shooting after she told several versions of how she became aware of her mother's death. Her stories included saying she was inside the house but didn't hear it. She then said she was outside and even tried blaming it on someone from the Kenton Coon Dog Trials.One of her friends came forward in the months that followed the murder to describe a plan Poling had to kill her mother. The plan was strikingly similar to what happened, Bailey said.Bailey described the killing as an execution saying Poling snuck up behind her mother with a 12-gauge shotgun, placed it near her mother's head and pulled the trigger. Poling then took steps to cover up the crime by wiping down the shotgun, putting it away with numerous other guns in the house and picking up the shell casing.You can comment on this story at www.limaohio.com.
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Lima Death Penalty Case Argued In Appellate Court
CINCINNATI — The death penalty case for a man convicted in the 2002 double murder of two girls and the attempted execution of six others was argued Wednesday in the last court that has to hear the case.
Funerals
BARNES, Norma J. Moneer — Memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kisselburg-Wauconda Funeral Home, Wauconda, Ill. A second memorial…
Virginia A. “Ginni” Sroufe
CLOVERDALE — Virginia A. “Ginni” Sroufe, 67, passed away at 12:25 p.m. June 18, 2013, at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.
Benjamin Franklin Meeks
DELPHOS — Benjamin Franklin Meeks, 89, died at 9:20 p.m. June 18, 2013, at VanCrest Healthcare Center, Delphos.
Lois E. Linke
ALGER — Lois E. Linke passed away at 5:40 a.m. June 19, 2013, at Hardin Hills Health Center, Kenton.
Funerals
BARNES, Norma J. Moneer — Memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kisselburg-Wauconda Funeral Home, Wauconda, Ill. A second memorial…
Doris J. Stevenson Wantuch
LIMA — Doris J. Stevenson Wantuch, 83, died at 6:14 p.m. June 16, 2013, at Lima Memorial Health System.
Dorothea M. “Dot” Nixon
LIMA — Dorothea M. “Dot” Nixon, 91, died at 5:11 a.m. June 18, 2013, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility.
Dewey A. Nickolson
LIMA — Dewey A. Nickolson, 62, died at 4:05 p.m. June 16, 2013, at his residence.
Thomas E. “Tom” Kuck
WAPAKONETA — Thomas E. “Tom” Kuck, 76, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Wapakoneta, passed away suddenly the morning of June 16, 2013, Fathers Day…
William L. Karhoff
GLANDORF — William L. Karhoff, 51, died at 7:19 p.m. June 15, 2013, at his residence.
Bennie Michael Johnson Jr.
LIMA — Bennie Michael Johnson Jr., 56, died at 8:20 p.m. June 16, 2013, at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland.
Funerals
BARNES, Norma J. Moneer — Memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kisselburg-Wauconda Funeral Home, Wauconda, Ill. A second memorial…
Doris J. Stevenson Wantuch
LIMA — Doris J. Stevenson Wantuch, 83, died at 6:14 p.m. June 16, 2013, at Lima Memorial Health System.
Joyce M. Wagner
DELPHOS — Joyce M. Wagner, 65, died at 7:39 p.m. June 15, 2013, at St. Rita’s Medical Center.
William E. Schulenberg
NEW BREMEN — William E. Schulenberg, 86, of Nakomes, Fla., formerly of New Bremen, died May 24, 2013, at Tidewell Hospice House, Sarasota, Fla.