The Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio places Executive Director, Jim Dennis on administrative leave, pending an internal investigation and advises legal counsel to retain an independent investigator. So far, officials have not offered much information concerning the move. Dennis has served as executive director of the Corrections Center of Northwest …

A Fulton County grand jury indicts Andrew Erber, 25, of Naperville, Ill. on one count of aggravated possession of drugs and one count of possession of drugs. In March, Erber was pulled over and the drugs were found then.

A Maumee man is arraigned on two sexual abuse charges in a Defiance County courtroom. Keith McClure pled not guilty to rape and sexual battery. A pretrial hearing is now set for May 3…bond was posted at $300,000. Investigators say during December and on March 19, he coerced an adult …

Two more are charged in the 2016 death of a baby boy near Hicksville. Investigators say Sarah Stark gave birth at a residence on Arrowsmith Road, near Hicksville but failed to obtain any medical attention to the newborn, who died about 10 hours later. Prosecutors say following the death, between …

Joyce A. Waterston, age 80, of Bryan, passed away, Tuesday April 24, 2018 at Fountain Park Inn & Villas in Bryan. Joyce worked as a beautician at Colonial Salon in Pioneer, a toll collector for the Ohio Turnpike, teller at Citizen’s National Bank and cashier at Yeager Market. She was …

In Montpelier, despite some council members concerns, an ordinance establishing regulations for medical marijuana cultivation facilities and retail dispensaries is moving on to its third reading. The proposed regulations would place the facility in the town’s industrial park, set back from the roadway and fenced.

The FBI joins the investigation into the death of a man whose body was found near a recreation area in Steuben County two weeks ago. An autopsy of Nigel Headley’ body determined he died of multiple blunt force traumatic injuries to his head.

A Bryan teen, accused of burglarizing a home and stealing a semi-automatic rifle, is indicted by a Williams County grand jury. Braden Hahn now faces one count each of burglary and grand theft. Hahn is accused of illegally entering a home on Westfield Avenue and stealing the weapon.

An investigation regarding former Millcreek-West Unity Superintendent, Larry Long concludes with no finding of wrongdoing. In March, Williams County Family Services notified the district Long was under investigation for a complaint of inappropriate contact with a student. Over the next month, an investigation was conducted by West Unity Police and …

A crash involving two pickups at the Ohio 15/18 split, west of Defiance, injures two people. Witnesses told officers a truck driven by George Colburn of Defiance, hit the rear of a truck driven by Glen Schilt, also from the area. Both were taken to a local hospital.