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A motorcycle rider and his passenger are hurt after a solo crash in Defiance Township on the Harding River Bridge. Erasmo Gonzalez was taken to an area hospital…no word on his condition at this hour. The passenger, Melba Perez, was flown to Mercy St. Vincent’s in Toledo in critical condition. …

We are learning the village of Payne is under a boil water advisory. Mayor, Steve Wobler says a water main break forced officials to make the declaration. The advisory is in place until further notice.

Promising numbers on Ohio’s highways. Officials say this Labor Day was safer than the last one. The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports 13 fewer people died on the state’s roadways than in 2017. The state says the 11 deaths in 11 accidents happened between midnight Friday and Monday. Alcohol was …

The Ohio Arts Council approves $1,949 to go to the Williams County Community Theatre organization, to support a season of musical theater productions for the upcoming year. The OAC approved 679 separate grants for arts projects and events around the state. Defiance and Napoleon received similar funds for arts projects …

The Williams County Fair is set to start this weekend in Montpelier. New this year, will be glass-blowing demonstrations. There also will be Chases Racing Pigs, with midway races three times a day, and of course…entertainment by local artists and bands daily. Opening day of the fair will include the …

Officials in Edgerton give the okay for the school district to start installing solar panels at the main office, there. The project will involve around 260 of them that produce roughly 74 kilowatts of power for the school. They say it will be a big cost saver for the district. …

Brazen thieves hit the Walmart in Bryan…again, it’s TV’s. Walmart called Bryan PD after a female suspect grabbed a 50 inch HDTV and went out the door…into a car…and was gone. Officers are alerted…they spot the suspected vehicle and pull it over. Laura Gilmer of Bryan had the TV inside …

Police in DeKalb County say a man suffering from a medical emergency crashed his car into the median along I-69. Apparently, the 52-year-old man was southbound, near the 323 mile marker when he became ill. The van left the road into the median. It continued on for about 200 feet …

A Paulding County woman is badly hurt after she is hit by a vehicle while sitting on her West St. porch in Payne. Brenda Taylor was flown to Parkview in critical condition. Witnesses told officers the car went through a bean field and struck a sign before hitting the porch …

One is dead after a solo crash in New Haven. Officials tell reporters first responders were dispatched to North River and Landin Road, this after witnesses told dispatchers a car had left the roadway. When they arrived, they find the car off the south side of the road, on its …