A tree stand falls in Steuben County, injuring a deer hunter on the first day of the season in the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area. Two other hunters heard someone yelling and followed the voice to where 33-year-old Brent Chester was laying injured at the bottom of the tree …
Read More »WC Sewer Money Problems
Williams County faces a projected $35,000 shortfall in its sewer budget this year. Officials say a 77 percent base fee increase in city of Bryan sewer rates initiated last year is to blame.
Read More »Pelliccia Heads To Prison For Life
A Sherwood man is sentenced to life in prison. Jimmy Pelliccia plead guilty to four counts of rape. Defiance County investigators and the FBI determined Pelliccia had engaged in sexual conduct with two girls, both under the age of 10, between September 2016 and this past January.
Read More »A Pretty Good Scare
A 4-year-old boy is safe after authorities spent hours searching a corn field Friday afternoon. The boy wandered into the field, at a farm on County Road K, southeast of West Unity. Search crews located the boy in the 100 acre plot.
Read More »Many Questions Still Surround Warmbier
A coroner says her office could not determine what led to the fatal brain damage of a young Ohio man detained in North Korea for more than a year. While the parents of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier and President, Trump have accused the North Korean government of torturing him, doctors say …
Read More »Tax Dispute Policy Changes In OH
Ohioans lost the right to appeal disputed tax decisions directly to the state’s high court, a scarcely debated policy change that critics say will have sweeping consequences for businesses, individuals and governments. The Ohio Supreme Court advocated for and defends the change, arguing it was necessary to lighten its docket …
Read More »Shelter Returns To Steuben Co
The Community Humane Shelter of Steuben County invited the community to tour its new facility on Thursday. The shelter held an official ribbon cutting and open hours. The animals were moved there in late August. It is twice the size. Construction on the new facility began last October. The $1.6 …
Read More »Blast Accidental
A cause of an explosion that leveled a rural Defiance County home on Aug. 21 is determined. The blast at 15525 Sponseller Road is thought to be an accidental fire. Officials say the probable cause was a propane leak in the crawlspace. Defiance crews were called to the one-story home …
Read More »Fancy Fibers In Archbold This Weekend
Fiber artists from throughout the region will be gathering in Archbold this weekend for the annual Fiber Arts Fest at Sauder Village. Visitors will be able to watch spinning, weaving, and many other fiber arts demonstrations. There will be workshops, fiber exhibits, and vendors will be there, too.
Read More »Lake Goes To Jail
A Hicksville man is sentenced to a decade in prison in Defiance County on two child sexual abuse charges. Christopher Lake pled guilty in 2016 for sexual contact with a 7-year-old girl at a Hicksville residence. A county grand jury indictment for rape included the possibility of life imprisonment due …
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