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Two Hurt Badly In Area Crash

A Williams County woman, with her two children in a car, careens off a bridge on Defiance-Williams County Line Road, east of Evansport. Elizabeth Fairchild of Bryan, and her passengers, ages 3 and 1, were taken to ProMedica Defiance Regional…then by air ambulance to Toledo Hospital. Fairchild is listed in …

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Police Investigate Corpse

A dead body is found alongside a road in Cass Township. Hancock County deputies say it was located on Township Road 215, between County Road 18 and County Road 236. The victim is identified as 28-year-old Danielle Rice. The death is considered suspicious and remains under investigation.

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Crash Near LaOtto

A man is hurt after he crashes a pickup truck into a ditch, just south of LaOtto at County Road 70 and State Road 3. Daniel Becker of Ossian, was driving north on 3 and tried to turn left onto 70. Officials told reporters he then went off the road …

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NSCC Has New Leadership

Dr. Michael Thomson is picked by the Northwest State Community College board of trustees as the college’s next president. Thompson begins April 1. He becomes the seventh president of the college, replacing Dr. Tom Stuckey, who will retire on June 30. Thomson’s background includes working at the Ohio Board of …

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Trump Accuser Runs For Office

A woman, who during the 2016 election, accused President, Trump of sexually harassing her more than a decade ago is running for a seat in Ohio’s legislature. Former Trump Tower receptionist, Rachel Crooks filed paperwork Monday to run as a Democrat in Ohio’s 88th House District, which covers a largely …

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Where Is Cohn

Williams County deputies are looking for Stephen Cohn of Stryker, for disappearing from felony supervision. In 2016, Cohn pled guilty to theft charges and was sentenced to 180 days at the Corrections Center, with five years probation. Cohn was released 29 days early, due to overcrowding. Anyone with information regarding …

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Woman Wanted For Napoleon Robbery

Napoleon Police want a suspect in a robbery at the Family Video in town, Thursday night. Officers say a female threatened an employee before leaving the business with a small amount of cash. She’s white…5-feet 5…with dark eyes. Anyone with information is asked to contact Napoleon Police.

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Eyesore Update

Terms of the agreement will change, but the overall cost of the demolition and cleanup of the abandoned former AP/Clark gas station in Bryan stays the same. The amended two-year agreement with the Ohio Development Services Agency, totaling $433,017, was submitted. Officials say it ended up costing more than initially …

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Reeser Gives Plea

A Bryan woman, accused of taking drugs into the lockup in Stryker, pleads not guilty in a Williams County courtroom. Investigators say Teresa Reeser visited the jail on Nov. 14. A routine background check showed she had an outstanding warrant from Fulton County for failure to appear for a debtor’s …

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Pair Picked Up In Angola

A shoplifting arrest in Indiana leads police to drugs and guns, some from Williams County. On Saturday, an Angola auto parts store employee reported a man and woman came into his store and stole $100 worth of vehicle light bulbs. When police arrived, the couple was still parked across the …

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