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A Henry County woman dies in a two-vehicle crash near Liberty Center. Officials tell reporters Sandra Crandall of Napoleon, died at the scene. A passenger in Crandall’s car, Laura Brown of Napoleon, is badly hurt. She was flown to Toledo Hospital in serious condition. Witnesses told officers the accident on …

An area school district looks to make some changes. The North Central Local Schools Board of Education wants to start replacing some of the older buses in its fleet. District officials said they would look into quotes for buses during this week’s meeting. It has seven buses that are at …

Heads up on another scam in the area. This time, the caller says they represent a company called Hometown Productions. Two area businesses got this call recently. The caller is selling advertising for a county map and directory. He says that they are locally based, and a part of the …

A three-vehicle crash shuts down the westbound lanes of State Road 930 in New Haven. Police were called to 930 and Minnich Road. Two people are hurt. One was taken to a hospital in serious condition, another with minor injuries. The crash remains under investigation. No word on charges.

One of the parents of a Hicksville infant who died in 2016, due to an apparent lack of medical care enters a plea in a Defiance County court room. Jared Stark pled guilty to reckless homicide and abuse of corpse. Judge, Joseph Schmenk ordered a pre-sentence investigation and continued Stark’s …

A deadly crash near New Haven. Police and medics were called to U.S. 30 at South Doyle Road, just east of Interstate 469. The accident involved a car and a semi. Traffic was delayed for over an hour. State and local investigators are going over the crash scene.

A driver escapes injury when his pickup truck rolls in a solo crash on Greenler Street in Defiance. Officials tell reporters the truck was eastbound on East Second Street, just east of Douglas, when it slid on wet pavement, striking a curb. The truck rolled, crossing Greenler Street…and ending up …

An accused drunk driver rear ends a police cruiser on Highway 20A in Williams County. Officials say Anthony Saylor was approaching a train crossing. Officer Randy Mills of the Montpelier Police was already there in his cruiser, waiting for a train to clear the crossing. Saylor runs into the back …

The mistakenly raised bed of a moving dump truck hits an overpass over Interstate 69, spraying debris which then damages other vehicles in the southbound lanes of I-69 near mile marker 338, four miles north of the U.S. 6 interchange. The dump truck, driven by Stan Richardson of Fremont was …

An area employer gets a tax abatement. Officials say Defiance County commissioners gave their consent to it to cover Johns Manville’s $50 million plant expansion. They approved a resolution authorizing a 90 percent abatement of new property taxes over 12 years on JM’s investment at its Carpenter Road plant. The …