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Wanted fugitive, Charles Castner of Orland surrendered himself to the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office without incident. Castner was booked into the Steuben County Jail on several felony charges in connection with the burglary of a rural Jamestown Township home in late 2017. Castner posted cash bond and was released. He …

An Auburn man is injured after he is hit by a snow plow. The driver of the plow was going east on State Road 8 in Garrett…he didn’t see James Garrett, 22, of Auburn walking east on the south side of the road. Garrett was struck by the passenger side …

Findlay Police are investigating a homicide at a Fox Street address. The victim, Jeffery Gary was found dead with a gunshot wound. An autopsy will be performed at a later date at the Lucas County Coroner’s Office. An investigation is underway and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information …

The Four County alcohol, drug addiction and mental health services board approved spending up to $180,000 to provide preventive health services, including routine screenings, in area schools at the board’s meeting. The services will be provided by Health Partners of Western Ohio, a federally qualified health center provider that has …

Proposed legislation, that would have reversed a ban on medicinal marijuana facilities in Defiance, won’t be on city council’s agenda Tuesday, or even in the near future. Council had approved the ban by a 4-3 count in December, but with new members seated in January, Ward 3 Councilman Dave Plant …

AT&T has upgraded its wireless network in Bryan, Napoleon, Fremont and Clyde after work on nearly a dozen cell towers. Online and phone service will be many times faster than before. Area city officials and the communications giant made the announcement over the weekend.

A woman is arraigned in a Defiance County courtroom for shooting her husband. Linda Osting pled not guilty to attempted aggravated murder and assault charges. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for March 1. The judge continued her $250,000 cash bond with a 10 percent allowance provision. Prosecutors say Osting shot …

John Skelton may have finally told the truth about his sons. He told a reporter off camera the teeth and bone fragments found in a shed behind a Missoula, Montana, residence last fall are “not his boys.” The reporter spent two hours with Skelton at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility …

Incumbent Jim Hoops, of Napoleon, will face off against Tom Liebrecht, of Putnam County, in the May 8 GOP primary for the 81st Ohio House District seat. We now hear Janet Breneman, of West Unity, filed as a Democrat for the seat prior to this week’s deadline for the primary. …

The Edgerton Village Council approves the resignation of the water and sewer superintendent there. Brad Fritch’s last day is today, but that won’t cause any problems as the council also approved a contract with Chad Ordway to be the operator of record, temporarily. Ordway was the wastewater operator in Edgerton …