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In Van Wert County…an investigation is underway…after a man is found dead in a vehicle at a rest area off of U.S. 30. A trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol was performing a rest area check on eastbound 30 in Union Township. It was at that time when 40-year-old …

A Bryan man is facing charges of kidnapping and multiple counts of attempted murder and rape. Sammy Celestine was one of 23 people indicted by a Williams County Grand Jury earlier this month. All the charges stem from incidents occurring on or around Nov. 26, officials say. Each of the …

The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio has submitted a pair of applications for funding to make upgrades to two inmate pods, that’s according to officials. Both upgrades would improve security and make the pods safer for staff and create a better work environment within the 32-year-old regional jail. The facility, …

Defiance Police responds to a solo crash on East River Drive…east of Carpenter Road. The driver took off on foot and then ran into the Maumee River…then swam over to Preston Island. With the assistance of the Defiance Fire Department and private citizens with a boat, officers were able to …

The Wauseon School Board approves a community reinvestment area and tax incentive donation agreement with Ram Tika Management, LLC. Officials say…it will allow for Ram Tika to have a 10-year 100% tax abatement in exchange for the company agreeing to donate 15% of their tax savings back to the school …

Two pickups are totaled…after one of them hit a deer….before the two vehicles collided, head-on in DeKalb County…on County Road 27. Investigators say Codey Shetley of Auburn was headed north when a deer ran into the road. His truck ran into the deer and the resulting damage caused it to …

Eric Rodriguez, 33, Napoleon, pleaded guilty to assault and aggravated menacing, each a first-degree misdemeanor. He was placed on probation for two years, fined $500, ordered to have no contact with the victim and given 180 days in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio with credit for 79 days served …

Paulding County authorities are still awaiting the return of a man charged with the killing of a Broughton-area couple last week. Clay Dockery, 23, Paulding, was being held in Ashtabula County in northeast Ohio where how was arrested last week and charged with two counts of murder, each an unclassified …

The Defiance City Council bid farewell to the city’s outgoing finance director during its last meeting of 2022. Council also learned of a change in recyclable collection, planned by Werlor Waste Control and approved three final ordinances, including the year-end appropriations legislation that will close out the city’s 2022 budgeting …

Ohioans would be required to present photo ID at the voting booth and have fewer days to apply for absentee ballots…or to vote early in person under a significantly rewritten bill that sped through committee and floor votes in the Ohio Senate. The legislation, which cleared the Republican-controlled chamber 24-6, …