Auburn Police wants the public’s help in identifying the suspect who stole liquor and a battery that belonged to an Auburn Wal-mart Employee. The incident happened on Tuesday at the store. The male got away with over $200.00 in liquor…he left the area in an older, black Chevy S-10 pickup.

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office has a new police dog to replace K-9 Max, who will be retiring at the end of the year. The new K-9, named Ruin is a 1 ½ yr. old Dutch/German Shepherd mix that was imported from Poland. Deputy Ken Jacob, a 17 yr. veteran, …

Officials in Williams County agree in a 2-1 vote to make the budget adjustments necessary to add two new sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff, Steve Towns requested roughly $160,000 in what he referred to as “monetary adjustments” to meet obligations for this year. Sheriff Towns also asked for an additional $222,000 for …

A motorcyclist is killed following a crash with a pick up truck in west Toledo. 23-year-old James Ketchum was headed down Laskey Road when the driver of the pick-up, 61-year-old Richard Rodriguez attempted to turn into a restaurant. Rodriguez’s truck hit Ketchum, throwing him from the vehicle. Both were transported …

No students are seriously injured after a Quincy Community Schools bus was struck from behind by a pickup at the corner of Central Road and Donald Drive, just east of Fremont Road. The back emergency door and the rear bumper on the bus were damaged. The pickup needs significant front …

Ryder Sommers is sentenced to 180 days in the Correction Center of Northwest Ohio for sex offenses involving two children. Sommers, a former competitive cheer coach with the Head Over Heels Gymnastics Academy in Bryan, entered a guilty plea to three counts of sexual battery on July 10 in Williams …

Donald L. Groff, age 85, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 6:55 A.M. on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Groff worked as a construction brick mason for many years and then later at the truss plant in Edgerton …

Wilma Jean Lemons, age 87, passed away peacefully at Fulton Manor in Wauseon on August 24, 2017 after a brief illness with cancer and while in the care of Hospice. Wilma was born February 14, 1930 in Ashland, Ohio to the late Raymond and Frances Hinkle (Frances Hinkle Miller and …

This year’s Defiance Has Talent & Heart fundraiser benefits Fairview High School senior, Erica Reineck, who was severely injured in an automobile accident last summer. The event will once again be held at the Defiance Knights of Columbus.

A grant application for a traffic roundabout on a south side Defiance street received city council’s approval. It allows city administrator, Jeff Leonard to ask the Ohio Public Works Commission for a $325,000 grant to help build it at Palmer Drive and Jefferson Avenue. The cost is $816,800.