The pretrial hearing for Thomas Smith, the Toledo man accused of stabbing a Montpelier woman to death in February 2020…has been pushed back for the eighth time. Smith’s pretrial conference in Lucas County…is now rescheduled for June 1. In March 2020, Smith pled not guilty to murder and more. He …
Read More »Deadly Accident In Swanton
A deadly crash in Swanton Township, near Toledo Express Airport. Officials tell reporters a pickup, driven by 51-year-old Robert Murphy of Toledo, was stopped westbound at a traffic light in the right lane on Airport Highway at Terminal Parkway. Then…an SUV, driven by 69-year-old Vickie Luchini of Swanton, approaches…westbound on …
Read More »Man Killed In Crash
A Fort Wayne man dies when his SUV runs into the back of a trash truck on C.R. 68, in DeKalb County. Officials tell reporters the truck was parked in front of a home…as its driver…was out dumping a trash bin. Nicholas Chambers rear-ended it…he is instantly killed. A passenger…Philip …
Read More »One Dead…Two Children Fight For Life
A Columbia City woman is killed…when her vehicle goes into the path of a dump truck, along S.R. 3, at Waits Road, in Kendallville. They say Shelby McClellan was driving east on Waits…with two young children…when she failed to yield the right of way to the dump truck traveling north, …
Read More »Map Deadline May Get Pushed Back
Ohio’s legislative leaders are negotiating a potentially fast-moving constitutional amendment…that would allow September deadlines for making state political maps to be extended…because of pandemic-related delays in the 2020 Census.
Read More »Weikel In Custody
The man hospitalized after a shootout with Fort Wayne police last week is released from medical care and transferred to Allen County Jail. Justin Weikel is currently detained on an outstanding Noble County arrest warrant, charges which are unrelated to the police action shooting incident. On Wednesday night, he was …
Read More »Housing Hot In OH
Activity across the Ohio housing marketplace rose in March, as sales increased 3.1% from the level reached during the same month a year ago…that’s according to the group, Ohio REALTORS. Around the state, 13 of the 16 markets tracked experienced an increase in average price for the month compared to …
Read More »Elections Coming Up
Elections will be held in August and November to fill an upcoming congressional vacancy in Ohio. Gov. DeWine says a partisan primary in the special election to fill the 15th Congressional District seat…now held by Rep. Steve Stivers…will be held Aug. 3, with the general election on Nov. 2. Stivers, …
Read More »Thigpen Enters Plea
Clarence Thigpen…the Michigan man…accused of stabbing Ney-area resident…the shot by a deputy…pleads guilty to two counts of felonious assault in a Defiance County courtroom. Prosecutors say Thigpen attacked someone on May 17th , at a Ney-Williams Center Road location, with a hunting knife. The victim was hospitalized for a time…he …
Read More »Vaccine Rate Slow Down
Vaccine rates have slowed locally so the Williams County Health Department is trying a new tactic to increase those numbers. Officials have approached several of the larger workplaces in the county to set up vaccine clinics, there. So far, over 98 hundred county residents, over the age of 18 have …
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