Williams County Sher­iff Steve Towns announced yes­ter­day that the Ohio Depart­ment of Pub­lic Safety has awarded just under $34,000 in fed­eral traf­fic safety fund­ing to his office for 2016. Based on crash data, there have been 7 fatal crashes in Williams County in 2015 and to help reduce those num­bers, …

A crash involv­ing two semis on U.S. 24 in Pauld­ing County on Wednes­day, is still under inves­ti­ga­tion by the Ohio State High­way Patrol. 42 year old Daniel Guy Jr of Toledo, one of the dri­vers, was taken to Fort Wayne by air ambu­lance where he is being treated for crit­i­cal …

A $16.77 Mil­lion 2016 oper­at­ing bud­get was approved dur­ing Wednesday’s meet­ing of the Cor­rec­tions Com­mis­sion of North­west Ohio with 9 votes in favor. Both mem­bers from the City of Toledo, as well as Williams County Sher­iff Steve Towns, abstained, and the Toledo City Law Direc­tor said while he felt it …

It now appears that the reported abduc­tion of a Cold­wa­ter woman was faked. Michi­gan State Police say the 18 year old woman called 911 Mon­day after­noon, and told them that she had been abducted while walk­ing along a road in Cold­wa­ter Town­ship. She said the man tied her up and …

A Fre­mont woman who already had a war­rant out for her arrest on three drug charges stem­ming back to inci­dents that hap­pened in Novem­ber of 2011 appeared for an ini­tial hear­ing on Tues­day. 45-year-old Kris­tine Bisel is fac­ing felony charges for Deal­ing Mar­i­juana and for Unlaw­ful Pos­ses­sion or Use of …

Williams County author­i­ties have had very lit­tle to say and have released almost no infor­ma­tion over the past sev­eral days with regard to a mur­der inves­ti­ga­tion that is now under­way. Offi­cials in North Car­olina how­ever, have been more acco­mo­dat­ing. In High Point, North Car­olina, Fox 8 TV late yes­ter­day, reported …

Frances E. Maneval Harter, 86 years, formerly of West Unity, passed away Monday, October 26, 2015 at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford, Ohio.  Frances was born June 18, 1929 in Bellevue, Ohio, the daughter of the late Claude and Mary (Eberly) Bartholomew.  She was a 1947 graduate of York …

Eileen (McMahon) McCoy, 88, went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 26, 2015. Eileen was born in Webb Heights, Ohio, which is along the Ohio River. She was one of 10 children who were born to Helen (Ice) and Onward McMahon of Shadyside, Ohio. Eileen married Richard …

Geraldine M. Lauber, age 78, of Wauseon, Ohio passed away early Monday, October 26, 2015 in St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Sunday. She was born January 20, 1937 in Wauseon, Ohio to the late George and Orpha (Berkebile) Lockman. She married …

In Williams County, author­i­ties are inves­ti­gat­ing a pos­si­ble homi­cide that has led to the arrest of one man. In Mont­pe­lier, police were alerted of a pos­si­ble homi­cide that occurred some­where along the St. Joe River Trail on Sun­day. An adult male’s body was found in the area, how­ever offi­cials are …