Putnam County court records, Oct. 13-17
Putnam County Common Pleas Court
Howard changes plea to guilty for murder charge
LIMA — A Lima man currently serving an unrelated prison sentence for robbery changed his plea to guilty for one murder charge in Allen County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday.
‘I’m not trying to have him kill me’: MLK Park murder trial continues
LIMA — Autopsy and DNA test results were shown to the jury while testimony continued Wednesday at the trial of a man accused of killing and burying a woman at Martin Luther King Park in 2020.
State rests its case in Stinebaugh trial
WAPAKONETA — The former superintendent of the City of Wapakoneta’s engineering department testified Wednesday during the trial of Wapakoneta Mayor Thomas Stinebaugh that she had “serious reservations” when the mayor ordered the construction of a sewer line — at city expense and contrary to previous departmental recommendations — to service a home he was constructing on Fairfield Drive in 2018.
Vacant Lima house a total loss after fire
LIMA — A vacant house was rendered a total loss after a fire late Tuesday night in Lima.
Ohio elections chief: Precincts can’t take absentee ballots
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio law does not permit voters to return absentee ballots at their precincts on Election Day, the state’s elections chief is cautioning amid a misinformation campaign around the security of voting machines that’s urging them to do so.
Jordan campaigns in Lima
LIMA — Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were written in the Declaration of Independence at the beginning of the United States. Many new and innovative ideas have been birthed from those who had opportunities including the Wright Brothers. Two Dayton, Ohio natives who pursued a dream to fly.
Featured events coming up in the Lima region
‘LOST. RECOVERED. REBORN’ opening reception
Farmer dead after accident in field
WESTON — A farmer was killed in an apparent accident in a farm field on Tuesday, according to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office.
