Police in Kendallville are searching for two people after a shooting leaves a person critically injured in the area of North Main and Wayne streets. As officers responded, the victim had been dropped off at Parkview Noble Hospital by two people, who then left without providing any information. An arrest …

Joshua Oaties of Defiance enters a no contest plea to two sexual abuse charges in a Defiance County courtroom. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and his bond was continued. Oaties is back in court on March, 14th. Two counts of rape will be dismissed at sentencing as part of the …

There was a 9 percent drop in traffic deaths in Ohio last year, according to officials. They say in 2018, 1,071 people lost their lives on Ohio’s roads, compared to 1,179 in 2017. Four fatal traffic crashes were logged in Defiance County last year, versus nine the year prior. In …

Gov. DeWine has named an attorney to the state commission that regulates public utilities. Samuel Randazzo’s term is to begin on April, 11th, subject to confirmation by the Ohio Senate. Heather Taylor-Miesle, president of the Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund, says they are disappointed in the selection as Randazzo…adding he …

Rouann Garling, 84 years, of Bryan, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance.  Rouann was born December 17, 1934, in Lisbon, Ohio, the daughter of the late Clyde G. and Gertrude (Blair) Lewis.  She was a graduate of David Anderson High School, Lisbon, …

A Williams County man is badly hurt after a crash north of Hamler. Officials say Dustin Currence, of Pioneer was flown to Mercy St. Vincent’s in Toledo. The accident happened on Ohio 281, near County Road 14. Currence’s vehicle went off the right side of the highway and hit a …

Officers find the vehicle used in an attempted kidnapping in Hillsdale County. Officials say the suspect remains at large. The foiled abduction took place along Blackbridge and Hudson roads in Jefferson Township. A woman was walking home when a truck stopped and a white male subject got out, grabbed her …

Counsel for Tristan Blair, the Paulding County man sentenced to ten years in prison for the death of his 3 month old son and other charges, files an appeal in the case. Attorney, Danny Hill’s appeal states the court allegedly erred in giving the maximum sentence for one charge given …

Ambulance services by Williams County EMS will be more expensive, now. Starting on April 1, the cost of medical transport will rise, and will continue to rise for each of the next two years. What was $275 for a non-emergency call…will be $550. Basic emergency calls used to be 400 …

It’s man versus bug. This time, the Ohio Department of Agriculture is set to take on the gypsy moth in a planned aerial campaign. The attack in Williams County will focus on two tree clusters near and on the Fulton County line, northeast of Alvordton. Property owners will share 50 …