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Andrew Kendall appeared in court for the last time before his three-day trial begins. He faces a felony Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO Act charge on multiple meth-related charges. Kendall, of Bryan, pled not guilty to the charge shortly after his indictment earlier this year. He declined an …

Through the 2018 Farm Bill, farmers have a choice of three commodity programs to help protect themselves against a bad year, either in the crops or the market, and the deadline to choose one is fast approaching. The three programs farmers can select are the Agricultural Risk Coverage County, ARC …

A paved recreational trail connection, between the Wabash Cannonball Trail and East Main Street in Montpelier, is one of 20 projects that gets a grant award from the 2019 Clean Ohio Trail Fund. The Wabash Cannonball Trail Connector is a 1,220-feet-long, 10-feet-wide paved asphalt trail along County Road 13. The …

Brandi Berry, the Defiance woman convicted in November of embezzling large amounts of money from a local church, has been arrested on a probation violation and faces a new investigation. Berry had been placed on community control for five years in November on a charge of aggravated theft and more. …

Luis Barrientos, charged with three counts of rape and a list of other charges, faced the court in Defiance. He now has a pretrial hearing coming up. Officials say Barrientos in 2018 and 2019, had sexual contact with a 7-year-old girl, at a Defiance residence. Because the victim is under …

Audrey Foust, charged with attempted murder, pleads not guilty in a Defiance court room. Prosecutors say Foust, back in Nov., used a knife to stab Terry Soto in the chest at a Harrison Ave. location in Defiance. He was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening. Judge, Joseph Schmenk set …

A Steuben County deputy is alright after he is hit by a pickup while assisting with traffic control at that crash scene on State Road 120. They say Gary Thompson of Middleton wasn’t paying attention at the time of the crash. He was not injured. The officer sustained minor injuries …

In Steuben County…an SUV and pickup are in a head on collision on State Road 120, at CR 175 W. Investigators say Fernando Perez, the driver of the SUV, was headed west, when he crossed the center line into the path of the semi. Perez sustained minor injuries. The driver …

A local truck driver is arrested. A Williams County deputy sees a semi heading south past the Ohio Turnpike on Ohio 15, towards Holiday City with no rear tail lights. The officer tried to pull the driver over but he continues on. Finally, the semi stops. It’s at the home …

Doctors and other healthcare practitioners, who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists who are obliged to fill those prescriptions, a series of pharmacy chains argued in federal court. The filings, which were submitted to the federal judge in Cleveland, overseeing the national …