Investigators say rags in a floor staining project may have been the cause of a structure fire near Orland on North State Road. The resident at the mobile home told firefighters a neighbor had seen the smoke and woke her up by beating on the side of the home. One …

An alert employee at the Edon Main Stop on Ohio 49 finds two credit card skimmers attached to some gas pumps…skimmers were soon found at two gas stations in Edgerton as well.

A motorcycle accident south of Quincy leaves one person injured. The crash happened in Algansee Township on South Fremont Road just south of Middle Lake Drive. The victim was taken to the Community Health Center of Branch County. No word on the extent of the motorcyclists injuries.

A tree stand falls in Steuben County, injuring a deer hunter on the first day of the season in the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area. Two other hunters heard someone yelling and followed the voice to where 33-year-old Brent Chester was laying injured at the bottom of the tree …

Williams County faces a projected $35,000 shortfall in its sewer budget this year. Officials say a 77 percent base fee increase in city of Bryan sewer rates initiated last year is to blame.

A Sherwood man is sentenced to life in prison. Jimmy Pelliccia plead guilty to four counts of rape. Defiance County investigators and the FBI determined Pelliccia had engaged in sexual conduct with two girls, both under the age of 10, between September 2016 and this past January.

A 4-year-old boy is safe after authorities spent hours searching a corn field Friday afternoon. The boy wandered into the field, at a farm on County Road K, southeast of West Unity. Search crews located the boy in the 100 acre plot.

Edwin E. Maugel, age 93, of Farmer, Ohio, died at 10:49 P.M. on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, shortly after admittance to Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville, Ohio. He was a 1942 graduate of Farmer High School and was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in World War II. He …

Mary Lou Short, age 82, of Archbold, passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at Brookdale Bay Pines in St. Petersburg, Florida. Mary Lou was born in Stryker, Ohio on May 18, 1935, the daughter of Ralph and Ester (Lipp) Parker. She married Charles Short, and he preceded her in …

A coroner says her office could not determine what led to the fatal brain damage of a young Ohio man detained in North Korea for more than a year. While the parents of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier and President, Trump have accused the North Korean government of torturing him, doctors say …