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Unemployment rates for the six-county area all increased from November to December, that’s according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The highest unemployment rate was Henry County at 5.1 percent, with Putnam County having the lowest at 3.5. Putnam County again had one of the lowest rates …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office wants a non-compliant registered sex offender. The court issued an arrest warrant, charging 58 year old Ted Benhower with 2 felony counts of failure to register as a sex or violent offender. Benhower is white…5-8…150…with hazel eyes and brown hair. If you know anything, give …

A Haviland couple is sentenced to two years in prison each for drug charges in Paulding County. Ruth and Dylan Keysor, stated they were sorry and had made bad decisions that resulted in the case. Judge Tiffany Beckman ordered that a truck the couple owned be forfeited and all contraband …

A manhunt that went throughout the early morning hours on Tuesday ends in an arrest in Bryan. Joshua Yates of Bryan, fled from a traffic stop in Defiance County. He has one warrant from Defiance Municipal Court charging him with child endangerment and two others from Bryan Municipal Court charging …

A fire destroys an Auburn business. Crews were called to the Auburn Heating & Air Conditioning storage building on Sprott Street. They quickly called for assistance from both the Angola and Ashley Fire Departments. 8 different departments eventually were on scene. It took them nearly 80 minutes to extinguish the …

A trial date is set in a murder case involving a 3-month-old boy in Paulding County. Tristen Blair of Grover Hill will have a date of May 15. Blair is accused in the death of his 3-month-old son. An autopsy indicated evidence of blunt force trauma. In November, Blair pleaded …

The giant Ohio online charter school that abruptly closed mid-school-year lost another round of its battle with the state over funding, even as many of its 12,000 students are looking for new schools. The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow is challenging how Ohio tallied student participation to determine the publicly funded …

A silo collapse in New Carlisle sends about 10,000 tons of corn onto an Ohio road, shutting it down for days. Crews first responded to calls of an explosion at the Miami Valley Feed & Grain Co. late Sunday night. Fire officials say there was no explosion and the sounds …

Jason Rockey, who was elected to the Montpelier Village Council in November and slated to be seated Jan. 8, will not be seated after all. Rockey emailed Mayor Steve Yagelski, Village Administrator, Kevin Brooks, and council members, saying that due to circumstances unforeseen prior to his election, he would not …

A Bryan man faces an enticement charge. Defiance police responded to a report of a suspicious person at a gas station on N. Clinton St. Michael Corwin was charged. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered to appear in Defiance Municipal Court on Jan. 29. Apparently, he tried …