Gov., DeWine announces plans to outfit every trooper in Ohio with a body-worn camera. The governor’s office says he directed OSHP to invest in body cameras to better protect Ohio’s troopers, aid in crime scene and accident scene documentation and improve public transparency. The distribution and installation of 1,550 new …

Ohio’s newly drawn map of congressional districts…is hit with its first constitutional challenge…which claims the boundaries represent partisan gerrymandering by Republicans. A lawsuit is filed in the Ohio Supreme Court by the National Democratic Redistricting Committee’s legal arm…on behalf of a group of Ohio voters. Its legal action challenges a …

Carol Nester was welcomed into her heavenly home on November 19, 2021. Carol was a former resident of Hillside Country Living and was under hospice care for cancer in Defiance, Ohio. Carol is preceded in death by her late husbands, Roscoe Nester, John Andrews and William Kaczmarek, her parents, Fred …

Marvin E. Mast, 73, of Archbold, Ohio, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021, at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home, Archbold.  Marvin was born February 29, 1948, in Defiance, Ohio, the son of the late Gerald and Susie (Kern) Mast.  He was a 1966 graduate of Tinora High School.  Marvin married Victoria …

Nathan A. Gamble, 33 years of Montpelier, passed away Friday, November 19, 2021, as the result of injuries received after being struck while refueling his disabled vehicle near Edon. Nathan was born February 4, 1988, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Gregory Gamble and Elizabeth Groh Gamble. Nathan served in …

Donald “Don” A. Fisher, age 90, of Maumee, OH, and formerly of Stryker, OH, passed away, after a short illness, Sunday afternoon, November 21, 2021 at ProMedica Toledo Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. Don and his wife Janice moved from Stryker, to Maumee, in 1999. Don retired at 67, …

A man is found…dead in Defiance…after an incident, involving a train. Defiance police and fire is dispatched to the area of South Jackson Avenue and Deatrick Street. They say the victim was a pedestrian. The train tracks were completely shut down before first responders could begin their search. They find …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an injury crash in German Township. Officials say Austin Santure, 17, of Adrian was southbound on County Road 21. He approaches County Road B in Fulton County…then, fails to stop at the stop sign. At that moment…Kristie Strawn’s vehicle smashes into Santure’s. The …

With the holiday shopping season upon us, Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost is warning consumers that illegal robocallers are trying to ruin Christmas by posing as a legitimate businesses…such as Amazon, Apple or PayPal…all to steal your money. They say the scammers suggest…under the guise of wanting to help remedy …

Alberta Louise (Netcher) Bowers, age 96, passed away on November 20, 2021 at CHP Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center. Born on November 14, 1925 in Waterville, Ohio to the late Stanley and Marian (Burch) Netcher. She graduated from Metamora High School in 1943. On August 25, 1943 she married Woodrow Bowers. …