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Williams County Commissioners are in anticipation of a lump sum payment of $496,855 from the state. The funds were recently authorized by the Ohio Legislature as a “make-whole” measure to replace money lost by Ohio counties when the federal government told the state last year that it could no longer …

A Noble County woman dies after being thrown from a cart pulled by a runaway horse. 58-year-old Cynthia Miller of Green Center died at the scene. Smith-Green firefighters, Parkview EMS, and Noble County Sheriff’s deputies responded. No word on what spooked the horse into running.

We have a champion in our midst…Defeating competitors from urban sprawls like Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Williams County’s own TJ Zimmerman of the Carlin Company has been named the top Realtor in Ohio by the Ohio Association of Realtors for highest volume of sales. After 20 years in the business …

Spooks or Science?…A scarecrow just suddenly bursts into flames at a Greystone Drive residence in Bryan. Seriously. Looking at the calendar, it has some suspecting scary tales or ghosts and goblins making a visit. No. Crews put out the fire pretty fast. The owner put a real scarecrow, straw and …

Three Sherwood teenagers are hurt in a solo crash in Defiance County. Officers say the vehicle was traveling on The Bend Road, north of Defiance County Road 424…it left the roadway, hitting a utility pole and landing on its top. Damage was heavy. Corbin Sines was flown to Mercy St. …

Troopers are investigating an incident where shots were fired at a passing semi on the Toll Road in Steuben County. The police says the shots came from an overpass near the 146 mile marker, just east of the exit for I69 and Angola. The driver reported seeing two flashes of …

Steuben County Emergency Management officials will be testing out the county tornado siren system at some point in the next week. They are installing new equipment. An exact time of activation is unknown…it will be shorter than the normal 3 minutes.

Investigators say rags in a floor staining project may have been the cause of a structure fire near Orland on North State Road. The resident at the mobile home told firefighters a neighbor had seen the smoke and woke her up by beating on the side of the home. One …

An alert employee at the Edon Main Stop on Ohio 49 finds two credit card skimmers attached to some gas pumps…skimmers were soon found at two gas stations in Edgerton as well.

A motorcycle accident south of Quincy leaves one person injured. The crash happened in Algansee Township on South Fremont Road just south of Middle Lake Drive. The victim was taken to the Community Health Center of Branch County. No word on the extent of the motorcyclists injuries.