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A suspect is named in the Monday bank robbery in Lyons. The FBI says they would like to find Shawn Simpkins…this, after the heist at the State Bank on E. Morenci Street. Simpkins is a white male, 50 years old…5 feet, 7 inches tall…185 pounds…brown hair and brown eyes. He …

In Defiance…nearly 500 GM employees, all United Auto Workers members, continue picketing at the GM Powertrain Foundry…insiders say no sign of a resolution is in sight. The nationwide strike is for higher pay and benefits, as well as the reopening or re-purposing several plants shuttered by GM in recent years, …

Staff at the Williams County Elections Office has created a candidate nominating guide and checklist that can be used by prospective candidates to ensure they are following all the correct requirements to qualify for the ballot. Past confusion, due to staff inexperience and lack of guidelines, prompted work on the …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves spending more on tree replacement efforts, following an aggressive line clearing and tree removal project this year. Bryan Municipal Utilities has donated money for the city Parks and Recreation Department’s tree replacement program for more than 25 years. The parks department requested $4,000.

A panel of state senators is hitting the road, to gather input on how the broad reach of Facebook and Google impacts average Ohioans. It comes as scrutiny of big tech companies deepens and widens across the federal government and abroad.

A Montpelier man is sentenced to12 years in prison in a Williams County courtroom. Harold Carlson pled guilty to rape charges and was given credit for 297 days served in jail while his case was pending. The incidents happened between 2010 and 2018.

Three people are recovering from injuries after a crash in DeKalb County, on County Road 68. When a van enters the intersection at County Road 427…it hits a car, heading north on 427. The collision launches the car into a bean field in the northwest corner of the intersection. The …

The authorities want the man who robbed the State Bank on E. Morenci St. in Lyons. Investigators say a white male enters the branch, produces a note, demanding money from the teller…and then takes an undisclosed amount of cash…leaving the scene in a burgundy Chevrolet pickup truck. No injuries were …

The Williams County Board of Elections tosses out a voter registration challenge against Pioneer resident, Jim Fee, filed by Pioneer Mayor, Ed Kidston…who claimed Fee lives outside Pioneer in Bridgewater Township at a single-family residence on County Road R.

An Ohio Senate committee will hear from Democrats and a Republican, sponsoring legislation that includes expanding background checks for most firearm purchases. It also includes a red flag law, designed to keep guns from people seen as a threat to themselves or others. Republicans agreed to hold the hearing because …