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A Montpelier man is sentenced over his son’s heroin overdose. Nicholas Pryslak pled guilty to drug trafficking and possession. He was sentenced to a total of 54 months in prison. In Feb., authorities were called to a drug overdose of an 18-year-old man. Investigators concluded the victim obtained the drugs …

Crews were on the scene of a house fire in Sylvania, Tuesday on McCord Road, near McCord Junior High School. One person was inside the home at the time and was taken to the hospital. She suffered from smoke inhalation and second and third degree burns. Family members said she …

A Michigan man is hurt in a motorcycle crash on County Road 13, near Napoleon. Steven Rusch, of Ida was taken by Napoleon Rescue to Henry County Hospital. He was then flown to Mercy St. Vincent’s in Toledo. Rusch was northbound on 13, north of County Road R, when he …

Criminal charges are filed against Dominique Effinger for the Lake Gage boat crash back on July 15. Those charges include Operating a Motorboat While Intoxicated. Effinger and several of her passengers were ejected from the motorboat. Several of them suffered injuries, including one who suffered a fractured skull.

The Williams County Board of Elections certifies 33 candidates and three issues for the Nov. 7 ballot. The board also raised pay for poll workers and polling site managers by 9 percent.

Bradley Gillespie will remain in jail, and his appeal of his double-murder conviction has been denied. The Third District Court of Appeals upheld Gillespie’s conviction in the February 2016 murders of Hannah Fischer and Frank Tracy Jr. Gillespie was found guilty by a Paulding County Court in October of 2016.

Juveniles in Williams County’s court system will have a new entity looking out for their well-being as the Henry County Court Appointed Special Advocates is set to expand its service area. The Napoleon-based program announced it is expanding into Defiance and Williams counties and changing its name to Northwest Ohio …

In a short meeting Monday, members of the Montpelier Village Council thanked Kurt Roan, supervisor of administrative services, for his service to the village. Roan is retiring and Monday’s meeting was his last. A retirement luncheon is set for Friday.

Three teenagers are injured in Algansee Township when their pickup truck crashes into a tree. A 16-year-old boy, who just got his drivers license, was traveling west on Wolfe Road near Phillip Road…he was going too fast. The pick-up slid off the road and struck a tree. The driver and …

A road rage incident on I-69, just south of the Branch-Calhoun County line leads to the arrest of a woman after she pointed a handgun at four occupants of another vehicle. The two vehicles were traveling north on 69 in Branch County and passed each other several times. One of …