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Another helping for area eaters. Defiance’s city planning commission approves a site plan for the town’s second Taco Bell…this one on N. Clinton St, joining the one on East Second Street that has been open for years. G-Made Inc., of Findlay, is the project developer. Construction is expected to begin …

Attorneys, who gained a federal ruling to throw out Ohio’s congressional map, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let procedures move forward to redraw House districts. A three-judge panel in Cincinnati ruled on May 3 the Republican-controlled map unconstitutionally favored Republicans over Democrats…it wants a proposed new map by …

Scott Laser goes to prison…for 12 years. He will be eligible for release after 11. Last month, a jury found Laser guilty on two counts of aggravated menacing, corruption of a minor with drugs, firearms charges and more. The jury rendered a no decision for abduction charges. Laser was accused …

Wood County deputies capture a wanted walkaway inmate. Zachary Strall is an inmate at Northwest Community Corrections Center in Bowling Green and was last seen being dropped off at Greenline in Portage where he was going to work…he was then seen walking out to the parking lot, minutes later.

A Florida man is arrested in Bryan, charged with attempting to hire someone to kill a social worker. David Culver of Fountain, Florida, faces one count of murder for hire. Bryan Police got a tip Culver wanted to set up the killing. He has family in Bryan…the social worker targeted …

A Putnam County couple is badly hurt following a motorcycle crash on County Road M, west of County Road 6 in Riley Township. Officers say they couldn’t avoid a deer on the roadway. David Birkemeier and his wife, Amy Birkemeier are in serious condition, the man at a Lima area …

One person is dead after a car and a moped collide in Steuben County on C.R. 200 West, north of Highway 20. Deputies pronounced the driver of the moped, 65-year-old Duane Boyles, dead at the scene due to injuries sustained in the accident. They say he was not wearing a …

An 18-year-old man is brought in for battery and robbery after a woman tells police she had been beaten by three males in Harlan. Bronson Filler has been arrested as one of the possible suspects for felony robbery. The two other males are juveniles…they were also detained. The victim, who …

A northeastern Indiana man is sentenced to 80 years for two counts of attempted murder for shooting at police. Joshua Mumma of Garrett learned of his prison term after pleading guilty to those charges and to being a habitual offender, under a plea agreement. Prosecutors say DeKalb sheriff’s deputy, Todd …

Big news and a big honor for one area high school student. Edgerton High senior, Devin Thiel, is accepted into the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. To get in, Thiel got a nomination from Congressman, Bob Latta after going through an application and interview process. He’ll be leaving …