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A man entered pleas to six felonies Thurs­day in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court, includ­ing an aggra­vated rob­bery charge. 19 year old Stephon Davis of Defi­ance pleaded guilty to aggra­vated rob­bery; and four counts of bur­glary; and no con­test to ille­gal use of a minor in nudity-oriented mate­r­ial. He already …

The Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office is inves­ti­gat­ing reports of bat­ter­ies being stolen out of farm trac­tors and barns in the area. Offi­cers say there is a sus­pect and vehi­cle descrip­tion in one of those thefts. The sus­pect is a white male with a heavy build, tat­toos on his neck and …

Many areas of north­west Ohio escaped seri­ous dam­age when a large line of severe thun­der­storms moved across the Mid­west, but two area coun­ties weren’t quite as lucky. Locally, the hard­est hit area was Henry County, where the county dis­patch cen­ter reported heavy dam­age in some parts of the county. Sev­eral …

A man from Cal­i­for­nia is fac­ing felony drug charges after Ohio State High­way Patrol troop­ers seized a kilo of cocaine, worth an esti­mated $84,000 fol­low­ing a traf­fic stop in Williams County. Troop­ers on Tues­day stopped a car with Wash­ing­ton plates for a traf­fic on Inter­state 80. A prob­a­ble cause search …

Bryan Police report the arrest of 23 year old Tatiana Lee of Fairview Drive in Bryan. Lee was arrested Wednes­day and charged with crim­i­nal mis­chief. After pro­cess­ing, she was released.

A large pat­tern of storms felt across the entire Mid­west made itself known in Williams County Wednes­day night. The National Weather Ser­vice issued thun­der­storm and tor­nado warn­ings last evening and a flash flood watch was issued to remain in effect through 8am this morn­ing. The tor­nado warn­ing was issued at …

Three Lucas County men are fac­ing felony charges fol­low­ing a brief chase on Tues­day. Accord­ing to the Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an alarm at the U.S. 20 Main Stop, in Fayette where they saw a vehi­cle leav­ing the scene. The vehi­cle was stopped and three men were …

A Defi­ance man charged with set­ting a num­ber of fires in Defi­ance has entered pleas in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court. 42 year old Rod­ney Zim­mer­man of Hol­gate Ave., pleaded guilty to two counts of aggra­vated arson, each a second-degree felony; and two counts of arson, each a fourth-degree felony. …

The Williams County Engineer’s Office reports that Williams County Road D is sched­uled for clo­sure between County Road 12.50 and SR 34 (Town­line Road, City of Bryan) for the replace­ment of a Bridge Struc­ture located at 12630 CR D, over Lick Creek. The Bridge Con­struc­tion is sched­uled to begin on …

On Sun­day, June 16 Sauder Vil­lage salutes Father’s Day with free admis­sion for all dads vis­it­ing the his­toric vil­lage. Fathers, grand­fa­thers and even great-grandfathers are invited to spend a day expe­ri­enc­ing life in the past while mak­ing spe­cial mem­o­ries with their fam­ily. From noon until 4:00 p.m. fam­i­lies are encour­aged …