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A Henry County man is facing two felony charges. Benjamin Rohdy of Deshler has been charged with rape and abduction. He was arrested early Wednesday morning by the Deshler Police Department and taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. Later Wednesday, Rohdy was arraigned in Napoleon Municipal Court. Bond …

In Cleveland, The Republican National Convention ended with Donald Trump accepting the party’s nomination for President last night. As for the numbers, only two dozen protestors were arrested and the violence that was feared didn’t materialize, much to the relief of city officials, police and much of the public who …

Ohio and seven other states don’t want medical insurance companies Aetna and Humana to merge, and Attorney General Mike Dewine said in a news release yesterday that his office studied the merger carefully and determined a challenge was necessary to protect Ohioans. A lawsuit challenging the merger alleges if the …

A man who grew up in Bryan and was hit by a drunk driver while walking in a Florida parking lot, lost both of his legs in that crash. Now, Andrew Elder has written a book about his life and how he adapted to his new life. The book is …

The FBI and the Ohio BCI are looking for a local woman who was reported missing on Tuesday evening. Fulton County Sheriff Roy Miller said yesterday that 20 year-old Sierah Joughin was reported missing by a family member after she failed to return home from a bike ride. She was …

A man was arrested in Napoleon early Tuesday morning on several charges and allegedly possessed a stolen firearm. 33-year-old Isaiah Barbary of Kokomo was stopped for speeding on Appian Avenue on Tuesday about 2:30 a.m. Police saw an alcoholic beverage in the vehicle, and searched the rest of the car, …

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown made a stop in Defiance on Tuesday, meeting with bankers and lenders at Defiance College’s Serrick Center to discuss various topics, including making sure that small businesses can receive financing to help their businesses grow. Brown said he is in line to be chairman of the …

Police arrested a 25-year-old Wauseon man for allegedly abducting a woman on Tuesday. Police got a call from a manager of a business on Wood Drive in Napoleon who was concerned about the disappearance of a female employee from the business. The officers investigated and learned that the man, Korie …

The fired Ohio State University marching band director’s defamation lawsuit against the university has been dismissed by a state court. Jonathan Waters claimed that negative statements surrounding his dismissal were slanderous, defamatory and an invasion of his privacy. In the ruling this week, the judge at the Ohio Court of …

Defiance City Board of Education held a special meeting Monday afternoon, learning about storm damage at the grades 6-12 construction site. Superintendent Mike Struble told the board that a strong storm on last Wednesday evening damaged the Palmer Drive construction site. With concrete block walls going up, there was damage …