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For the second time in two months, emergency workers have pulled a body out of a lake along Hoagland Road, east of Poe…this after a report of a vehicle in a lake. It’s not clear how long the vehicle was in the water. Crews arrived and discovered the body inside …

Wauseon Police is warning area businesses about a potential scam. Apparently, a man is going around to local gas stations, telling people he is a detective. He says he had bought some beef jerky at the store to make care boxes for troops overseas. But he returns the beef jerky, …

Two people are hurt after a crash on Ohio 18 at The Bend Road, near Sherwood. Witnesses say Shea Willard of King, N.C., didn’t stop at the intersection and was hit by Kerry Samples of Defiance. Samples was flown to ProMedica Regional in serious condition. Willard was taken a Defiance …

Two Bryan area men are accused of selling medical marijuana they got in Michigan. Joseph and Joshua Ludeker were indicted in Defiance County Court for trafficking marijuana. A search of Ludeker’s home netted more than 1,000 grams packaged for sale.

Cell phone records collected by crime experts show Sierah Joughin and James Worley were in the same area the night she went missing in 2016. Investigators on Friday, specializing in cell phone analysis, testified in a Fulton County courtroom in day five of Worley’s murder trial. Joseph Jensen, a member …

Chaina Nafziger, a sixth-grader at Archbold Middle School, will be presented Monday with an engraved silver medallion to recognize her selection by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, as one of Ohio’s top two youth volunteers of 2018. Chaina organized a bake sale with a friend at her church and …

A Steuben County judge sets bond at $10,000 for a former Fremont High School coach, arrested and charged with five counts of child seduction. Moses Castillo’s pre-trial conference is scheduled for April 16. A no contact order was entered on behalf of the alleged victim. Castillo resigned as the coach …

A Fulton County resident, involved in a crash in Illinois, dies. Jacob Hite was driving on Route 68, approaching state Route 296 in Champaign County. Witnesses told officers Stephanie Castle of Urbana, southbound on 68, slowed to make a left turn onto 296. Hite rear-ended Castle’s vehicle. He got out …

One person dies after an incident involving a train in Defiance on the CSX tracks, between Clinton Street and Wayne Avenue. The man’s name will be withheld, pending the notification of the family. The incident is under investigation by federal, state and local authorities.

It is now Day 5 in the James Worley murder trial in Fulton County. Sierah Joughin’s boyfriend, Josh Kolasinski and her mother, Shelia Vaculik, explained to the jury about not being able to get in touch with Sierah after her bike ride from Kolasinski ‘s home. The jury was shown …