Crews respond to a garage fire on County Road K at County Road 21-75, near West Unity. First units on the scene found a garage fully engulfed in flames. A home on the property came away undamaged. No one was hurt in the blaze. State and local officials are handling …

To address one of the biggest challenges truck drivers face, access to a hot meal, the Ohio Department of Transportation is temporarily opening the state’s 86 rest areas to food trucks. Federal regulations prohibit commercial activity at rest areas, with limited exceptions. Last week, the Federal Highway Administration announced it …

Attorney General, Dave Yost wants Ohioans to watch out for thieves as stimulus payments arrive from the federal government. He says…know that you don’t have to sign up to get a stimulus payment. For most consumers, the IRS will use information from prior tax returns to calculate payment. Don’t fall …

Richard L. Savage, age 87, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away at 5:03 A.M. on Saturday, April 11, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness.  He was a veteran of the United States Army, attended Northwest State Community College and received his real estate …

Thomas Lee Bowman, age 67, of Glendale, Arizona, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Serenity House in Phoenix, Arizona, after a brief illness. Mr. Bowman was a graduate of Fairview High School and had been employed as a case worker for Maricopa County Work Force and also as …

Lois V. Shafer, 94 years, of Fort Wayne, and a former resident of Angola, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Brookdale Memory Care and Assisted Living Facility, in Fort Wayne, where she was a resident the past 16 years.  Lois was born June 13, 1925, in …

Allan John Bernath, 66 years, of West Unity, passed away early Friday morning, April 10, 2020 in his residence. Al was born August 27, 1953 in Bryan, Ohio, the son of the late Robert Edmund and Wilma Mae (Durham) Bernath. He was a 1971 graduate of Hilltop High School. Al …

The Williams County Health Department confirms a second positive case of COVID-19. James Watkins, County Health Commissioner, says the second case here further indicates community spread of coronavirus. The Ohio Department of Health continues to emphasize that many Ohioans are infected unknowingly with COVID-19. Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers admitted …

Williams County Commissioners authorize several organizations to use their newly purchased Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation machine, which is intended to efficiently utilize N95 masks available within the county. Firms include SKLD, Fountain Parking Assisted Living and Memory Care…and Egly Drive Homes to use the machine…at no cost. The moves comes as …

An injury accident at County Roads M and County Road 20. Officials say a van, carrying five failed to yield at a stop sign and crashes into a pickup, traveling north on 20, with one person in it. Three in the van were hurt and taken to an area hospital. …