Unemployment numbers are out for last month and the state’s rate is unchanged at 4.9 percent. Williams County’s rate is lower than the four-county area, at 5.2 percent. Defiance is 5.8, Fulton is 5.8 and Henry County is 7.1 last month.

Tonya Ann (Bell) Roland, age 44, of Angola, Indiana, passed away at 2:58 P.M. on Monday, March 21, 2016 at Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne after a long, courageous battle with breast cancer. Tonya worked at Electri-Tec as a production worker and had previously worked at Tomco for 18 years. …

Hubert “Bud” East, 79, passed away in Ocala, Florida on March 18. Visitation for Bud will be from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Emmanuel Community Church, 12222 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Graveside services will follow visitation at 2:30 p.m. at Maple Grove Cemetery …

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is opening up a new hotline for victims of sexual assault that will be operated 24-hours a day for free. The hotline is expected to open in April, and an informational meeting about the services will be held on April 7th at the prosecutor’s office …

The Multi Area Narcotics Task Force arrested a man earlier this week for possession of methamphetamine after he was found with a mobile meth lab. The 30-year-old suspect is Jeremiah Fauver of Hicksville. He was arrested after someone called with a tip. He’s in the Corrections Center of Northwest ohio …

Here’s one for your calendar. A job fair is planned at Northwest State Community College featuring 70 employers. According to the career services coordinator at NSCC Mike Jacobs, companies need full timers, part timers, seasonal workers and even interns. For those attending the job fair, take multiple copies of a …

A new water tower has been approved for Hicksville. The location hasn’t been determined. The Village Council approved the plan on Monday. The village has two water towers but is only using one of them for water. The other is used as a backup, and holds communication, emergency services and …

The heroin crisis in Ohio continues to ruin lives, and now new numbers are showing an alarming problem growing with fentanyl, another powerful opiate that is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control, deaths here in the Buckeye …

In Paulding County, the former Probation Department Director was sentenced to prison for theft in office on Monday. 46-year-old Emily Munger of Payne stole more than $7,500 over a two and a half-year period in 2013 through 2015 while head of the probation department. She was fired from her job …

In Archbold, the Village Council has authorized the retirement of Thomas Ross then rehired him as the village’s interim chief of police. Ross was set to retire when Police Chief Joe Wyse became ill in September and Ross agreed to take over. If he didn’t retire now, they said he …