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Dominique Heads To Prison

A Bryan man is sentenced in a child pornography case. Daniel Dominique plead guilty last month to two counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. Dominique was sentenced in Williams County to five years community control and a 17-month reserve prison term. He will also have to register …

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Worker Dies After Accident

A construction worker, badly hurt at the Innovation Park worksite west of Angola last week, has died. Curtis Collyer of Coldwater was working in a man hole when he suffered blunt force trauma to the head. He was taken to Parkview Regional in Fort Wayne. OSHA inspectors are on the …

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ATV Theft And Crash Leads To Injuries

A Sherwood man is seriously injured in an ATV crash. Justin Schooley was taken to ProMedica Defiance before being transferred to a Toledo hospital. Officers told reporters an ATV was reported stolen from West High Street. It had been involved in a crash on Lockwood Road. Schooley was involved in …

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Deadly Crash Near Woodburn

A man is killed, and two women hurt after a solo crash at Slusher and Sampson roads, two miles southwest of Woodburn. Witnesses told officers the vehicle was heading east at high speed when the driver attempted to pass a farm tractor. The vehicle went off the road and flipped …

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NSCC Has A New Work Program

Northwest State Community College officials are looking at a new workforce training program. The school is offering it along with other county government organizations. The Custom Training Solutions wing has formed a partnership with job and family services departments in Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Williams and Wood counties. The program is …

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Elections Folks Need Your Help

It’s primary season in Williams County. The Board of Elections is getting the word out they need a little help. They are still in need of six or more poll workers to handle several jobs on Election Day. The only qualifications are being registered to vote, living in Williams County …

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EMS Services Back In FT

For the first time a few years, an EMS vehicle, Medic 4, is back in Florence Township. A fire destroyed the emergency station in May 2015. Ohio Station 49, south of Edon, will hold a free open house on Saturday to showcase the new facility.

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Two ODs In Williams County Averted

Area officials report a pair of fatal drug overdoses in Williams County in the past week. The first overdose was reported Friday from a Beech Street home in Bryan. The second, from a residence between Montpelier and Holiday City. Both victims responded to treatment. Investigators suspect heroin, spiked with fentanyl …

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Fatal Motorcycle Crash On 59

A Fort Wayne man is killed when a semi turned into his path on County Road 59 in DeKalb County. Michael Hall of Fort Wayne was on a motorcycle heading south when a semi driven by Nathaniel Wells of Paulding, turned in front of him. Hall hit the semi and …

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Blaze In Perrysburg

Crews in Perrysburg Township take on a grass fire. Apparently, it started as barrel fire and it looks like the wind knocked it over, starting the blaze. Two to three acres were charred. Officials say it is already getting dry out there, so be careful when doing those burns.

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