Rachel Stidham pleaded guilty as charged to a misdemeanor count of deception and was sentenced to four months of probation and court costs, Special Prosecutor Stanley Levco said.

Christopher Stidham, the former Portage clerk-treasurer, now faces a call to reimburse the city and the state $14,564 following a State Board of Accounts investigation into misconduct in his office.

The charge alleges that between Jan. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2016 in Starke County, Rachel Stidham made a false or misleading written statement w ...

All three companies were registered to Rachel E. Glass, Stidham's then-girlfriend and now wife. The allegations against Stidham originated in April, when then-Mayor John Cannon, ...