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A Putnam County woman and former substitute teacher was sentenced this week on a charge of having sex with a student. 29 year old Jessica Storer of Pandora, was sentenced to two years in prison by Putnam County Judge Randall Basinger. On Dec. 22, 2016, she was initially charged with …

A tragic accident in Henry County where a man died after being pinned in a partially water-filled ditch by his overturned riding lawn mower. The victim was identified as 76 year old August “Jerry” Holzer Jr. of County Road 14, rural Holgate. The scene was initially found by two men …

Superintendent Bill Hanak and treasurer/CFO Maria Rellinger resigned from their respective positions at Tuesday’s Paulding Exempted Village Board of Education meeting, effective July 31, with both citing new opportunities as the reason to step away from their current positions. Hanak, who has served the Paulding district since 2013, was hired …

Paulding County was awarded a $100,000 grant through the Ohio Development Service Agency’s Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup Program to complete a tier 1 study and possibly start a tier 2 remedial action plan for the former 18 Wheeler Truck Stop at 18176 U.S. 127 in Cecil. The property is owned …

A man from Steuben County was arrested by an Indiana State Police Trooper from the Toll Road Post late Tuesday night on numerous preliminary drug related charges following a traffic stop near Howe. Tuesday night at approximately 10:30 p.m. deputies were called to investigate a suspicious vehicle on County Road …

State Representative Kathleen Clyde became the first Democratic candidate to officially join the race for Ohio Secretary of State in 2018. Clyde, who represents Ohio’s 75th district in Portage County, announced her campaign Tuesday morning at the King Arts Complex in Columbus. So far, only state rep. Dorothy Pelanda of …

A third arrest was made early Monday morning in connection with a theft of a gun from an eastside business on May 4. 34 year old Zachary Kolbe of Bryan, was arrested in Williams County and charged with the theft of a firearm. He has already made his first appearance …

A Henry County man died Monday evening in a car-semi crash near Liberty Center. Killed was 30 year old Gary LaVoy of Holgate. According to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, around 6 p.m. a Jeep driven LaVoy was westbound on U.S. 24 and collided with the rear of a slow …

County commissioners agreed Monday to encourage employees on the county health care plan to have their laboratory work performed somewhere other than Parkview Physicians Group. Commissioners made their suggestion after hearing from Mike Kurivial, the county’s insurance consultant, of First Insurance Group; Melissa Bodey, senior benefits specialist with County Employee …

Williams County’s polling equipment will soon be in line for an overdue upgrade, at an as of yet undetermined cost to the county. Currently every piece of equipment used by the county, including polling machines, computers memory cards and more, were purchased in 2006. Complicating matters is a recent mandate …