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Share the good news! Christ is risen

6 days ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

Christ the Lord is Risen!He is RISEN Indeed! (A day early in celebrating but we do know the rest of the story!)Today is known as “Holy Saturday” in the week known as Holy Week. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, the Sunday we remember Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem. It is one of my favorite Sundays in the church. We wave palm branches and picture what it would look like to see the Messiah entering into Jerusalem, a peaceful king upon a donkey.
Young becoming a true Hoosier statesman

1 week ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

A friend of mine in college was from Michigan City and we had some great fun together, especially in our discussions about politics. She was a big fan of Indiana's senior senator at the time, Sen. Birch Bayh. Sen. Bayh, you might recall, was responsible for many things, including authoring the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allows for the removal of a president from office. Bayh was defeated in 1980 by U.S. Rep.
NEH funding cuts hit close to home

1 week ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

On April 3, funding for the humanities at Northeast Indiana community organizations evaporated. Across Indiana, funding for programs that help students learn about local history, equip libraries to expand offerings and fuel civic engagement vanished. Also lost were funds that supply resources to classrooms, support small-town festivals, and enhance Hoosiers’ ability to connect with each other and their community, state, nation, and the world.
Trine team tops national sumo robot competition

1 week ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

MARION, Ohio — A Trine University team was the Yokozuna (grand champion) of this year's National Robotics Challenge. A robot designed and built by Malachi Henry, a computer engineering major from Franklin, Philip Burney, an electrical engineering major from Livonia, Michigan, and Logan Martin, a computer engineering major from Wolcottville, won this year's Sumo Robot competition. "It was really amazing to see our hard work pay off.
Sheriff's Office warns about 'senior assassin' game

1 week ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

ANGOLA — The Steuben County Sheriff's Office is cautioning high school students about playing a form of the "senior assassin's" game with water pistols as they finish up their school year. "The Sheriff's Office has received some information about area high school students playing some type of "hide & seek" like game with water pistols out in public.
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1 week ago | fwbusiness.com | Mike Marturello

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Man, woman take plea deal in rape case

1 week ago | suncommercial.com | Mike Marturello

ANGOLA — A man and woman who have been facing Level 3 felony rape charges and other charges from a 2022 incident have reached a plea bargain in their cases that will significantly reduce their possible prison time. Melvin Merritt III, now 50, Hamilton Lake, and Tasha J. Frank, 40, Bryan, Ohio, who were arrested in November 2022, are scheduled to be sentenced on July 16 in Steuben Superior Court. The two have agreed to plead guilty to Level 6 felony charges of neglect of a dependent.
Man, woman take plea deal in rape case

1 week ago | chronicle-tribune.com | Mike Marturello

ANGOLA — A man and woman who have been facing Level 3 felony rape charges and other charges from a 2022 incident have reached a plea bargain in their cases that will significantly reduce their possible prison time. Melvin Merritt III, now 50, Hamilton Lake, and Tasha J. Frank, 40, Bryan, Ohio, who were arrested in November 2022, are scheduled to be sentenced on July 16 in Steuben Superior Court.
Man, woman take plea deal in rape case

1 week ago | newsbug.info | Mike Marturello

ANGOLA - A man and woman who have been facing Level 3 felony rape charges and other charges from a 2022 incident have reached a plea bargain in their cases that will significantly reduce their possible prison time. Melvin Merritt III, now 50, Hamilton Lake, and Tasha J. Frank, 40, Bryan, Ohio, who were arrested in November 2022, are scheduled to be sentenced on July 16 in Steuben Superior Court. The two have agreed to plead guilty to Level 6 felony charges of neglect of a dependent.
NOT READY Man, woman take plea deal in rape case

1 week ago | kpcnews.com | Mike Marturello

ANGOLA — A man and woman who have been facing Level 3 felony rape charges and other charges from a 2022 incident have reached a plea bargain in their cases. Melvin Merritt III, now 50, Hamilton Lake, and Tasha J. Frank, 40, Bryan, Ohio, who were arrested in November 2022, are scheduled to be sentenced on July 16 in Steuben Superior Court. The two have agreed to plead guilty to Level 6 felony charges of neglect of a dependent.