Three area fire departments are dispatched to a house fire on Downing St., in Bryan. Officials tell reporters the blaze started from an equipment malfunction in the basement. Crews kept the flames there. Smoke damage reported in the home. No one is hurt in the fire. Everyone living there got …

The Toledo Zoo announces the death of a young African elephant…due to a species-specific viral disease. The zoo posted a video to social media…saying Lucas, was going to turn 10 years old in June. Experts say the disease has struck elephants across the country in recent years. Some have survived …

Gregory L. Langham, 66 years, of Hicksville, Ohio passed away peacefully at his residence on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 with his family by his side.  Greg was born on October 10, 1954 in Hicksville, Ohio, son of the late Donald Langham and Doris (Bassett) Ridgway.  He was a 1973 graduate …

A man with a drug-related criminal record is given another chance at rehab in a Defiance County court room…in a domestic abuse case. George Brown of Sherwood, is placed on community control for four years on assault charges. Prosecutors say Brown attacked his ex-girlfriend and cut the tires on her …

A Defiance man gets hurt in a solo crash on Evansport Road, just south of Rethmel Road. Officials say Isaac Miller was taken to an area hospital…after his pickup went off the right side of the roadway. The vehicle first ran over a garbage can in front of one home. …

Ohio’s governor and health officials remain optimistic about the state’s coronavirus vaccine distribution plan…even as providers and some college campuses suspend using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine…while federal officials investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. The CDC and the FDA had recommended a pause…while the agencies investigate the effects …

Ohioans would receive a 2% personal income tax cut under the latest version of the state budget…introduced by House Republicans. The reduction could amount to $380 million dollars in lower taxes over two years, beginning July 1. The budget also provides $155 million dollars in grants to help industries, negatively …

Williams County Commissioners approve an upgrade that will better enable the sheriff’s office and 911 personnel to access records and images, search for data, view dispatch information and receive call assignments through a mobile device. The Spillman Mobile software will allow deputies to see dispatch calls as they are received, …

A man breaks into the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus in the early morning hours…uses a fire extinguisher to spray chemicals on the historic building’s Rotunda floor…and then calls 911 seeking medical help. When the police arrive…they find the man outside on the west lawn of the downtown building, near the monument …

Indiana health officials confirm 1,198 more cases of COVID-19…and 10 additional deaths. The state is approaching 700,000 infections and has logged more than 12,700 fatalities, since the beginning of the pandemic. Another 405 probable deaths were reported…based on patient clinical diagnoses…but for whom no positive test was on record. At …