In Allen County, Indi­ana, offi­cials say a Hicksville man was involved in a fatal crash Wednes­day after­noon. It hap­pened near Indi­ana State Route 37 and Indi­ana State Route 101. 19 year old Lenley A. Bar­ton III was dri­ving a Chevro­let Cav­a­lier that slammed into a trac­tor trailer trav­el­ing west on …

Ash­ley police found an alleged active metham­phet­a­mine lab and mul­ti­ple pre­cur­sors in a vehi­cle they pur­sued late Wednes­day after­noon. Police tried to stop a vehi­cle for traf­fic vio­la­tions on North Wabash Avenue, but the car tried to flee from police and came to a stop at a home in the …

A new report issued by the Ohio High­way Patrol, says dri­vers who don’t leave enough space between vehi­cles cause far too many crashes. Tail­gat­ing, or fail­ing to main­tain an assured clear dis­tance ahead was the most fre­quent cause of crashes over­all in Ohio in 2014, account­ing for 67,886 crashes on …

A Water­loo store sus­tained between $25,000 and $50,000 worth of dam­age on Wednes­day night when a pickup truck drove into the front of the build­ing. 72-year-old Robert Sanders of Defi­ance was pulling into the park­ing lot of the “Party Store” on Union Street off of U.S. 6 at about 9:45pm …

Imogene M. Stark, age 92, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:40 P.M. on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. Stark was a 1941 graduate of Edgerton High School. Following graduation she worked as …

Margaret D. Keppeler, age 89, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:15 P.M. on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Keppeler was a 1943 graduate of Spencerville, Indiana, High School and was an Avon sales representative for nearly twenty-five years. …

Nora Lee Scott, age 84, of Edon, Ohio, died at 9:10 A.M. on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Scott was a 1948 graduate of Edon High School, had worked at Keller Hardware in Edon, and had been employed by Krill Funeral …

Michi­gan and Ohio have joined Indi­ana in ban­ning all live bird exhi­bi­tions in an attempt to help pre­vent the spread of the so-called bird flu. The Ohio ban affects all county and inde­pen­dent fairs includ­ing the Ohio State Fair. Also affected will be bird gath­er­ings for show or sale. Michi­gan …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office says a man led police on a three county chase on Tues­day night after police tried to serve him a war­rant out of Pauld­ing County at Moore Park in Bryan. 30-year-old Dustin Dobbe­laere of Oak­wood, Ohio took off from deputies and Bryan City Police offi­cers …

Pet­tisville Meats is recall­ing approx­i­mately 1,700 pounds of Oven Ready Rossman’s Ham Loaf due to what they call an unde­clared aller­gen. The ham loaf prod­uct con­tains eggs, which is not declared on the prod­uct label accord­ing to the Ohio Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture. The Oven Ready Rossman’s Ham Loaf prod­uct was …