The first meeting to redraw Ohio’s congressional and legislative districts is set for Friday. A commission will convene…to begin the new redistricting process, before the mid-September deadline to complete the new maps. The data Ohio is receiving, around Aug. 16th…will include counts of population by race, Hispanic origin, voting age …

Janice E. Leppelmeier, age 81, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 2:00 A.M. on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. Leppelmeier was a member of the last class to graduate from Farmer High School. …

Lois Cammarn Whitmer of Wauseon passed away peacefully after a long illness on July 31, 2021 at the Swanton Valley Rehabilitation and Care Center.  She was 92.  Lois was the daughter of Tully Cammarn and Viola Cammarn of Fulton County.  She was a cheerleader at Wauseon High School and graduated …

A big rig dumps its cargo northwest of Defiance on Ohio 15. Officials tell reporters Martin Mondry, 44, of Twinsburg, is eastbound on 15 when he misses a curve at the Ohio 18 split in Noble Township. The semi goes off the right side of the roadway…rolls over and comes …

A police pursuit in Williams County. Deputes respond to a call at a County Road M location…west of County Road 2L…all this, north of Edon. At some point…the chase ends. Officials say Corey Jones, 31, of Butler, is picked up and brought in to CCNO…charged with felony failure to comply. …

A man dies in a solo crash in DeKalb County, on State Road 8…at the intersection of County Road 75, near the Indiana-Ohio Line. This happened on Sunday morning, officials say. Edward Yoder, 80, of Saint Joe, was heading west…when his pickup goes off the road. The vehicle ends up …

A long-running investigation into the Ohio branch of the violent El Salvador-based MS-13 gang, including the solving of eight homicides, nears conclusion…with the sentencing of the last defendant in custody. The prosecution of 23 members of the Columbus “clique” of MS-13 was the first federal case against the gang in …

William P. Scantlen, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 3:39 A.M. on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Scantlen was a graduate of Farmington High School in Farmington, New Mexico, and served in the United …

Willis “Willie” Herbert Keller, 84 of Montpelier and formerly of Kunkle, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on September 30, 1936 in Hillsdale, MI to Ernest E. and Geraldine (Barret) Keller. Willie graduated from Kunkle High School and honorably …