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A cattle barn that caught fire in DeKalb county is put out. Deputies responded to the 800 block of County Road 39 in Waterloo at around 9pm. Ashley Fire arrived shortly after and were able to get the blaze under control. Several other fire teams also arrived to help out. …

Sen. Rob Portman endorses Jane Timken on Wednesday, giving her a major leg up in the crowded GOP Senate primary on May 3. In a statement, Portman saluted Timken’s work as former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, saying she’s the best candidate to “advance conservative Republican policies to help …

An Ohio father can fight the adoption of the children…whose mother he killed…after a divided state Supreme Court says there was a good reason he hadn’t been in touch with them since the slaying…he was following a judge’s order not to contact them. Under Ohio law, parental consent is not …

An Angola man dies late Monday after he is hit by a semi while walking on the Indiana Toll Road, near the 121 mile marker, at the S.R. 9 interchange. While troopers were responding, other 9-1-1 callers reported a semi had struck an object in the roadway in this same …

A Michigan man is under arrest…after leading Indiana State Police troopers on a high speed chase through Steuben and DeKalb counties. Michigan State Police notifies Indiana…there’s a stolen gray SUV…heading south on Interstate 69…coming into Indiana. Several troopers are already patrolling the area in northern Steuben County. Soon…the cops see …

Firefighters in Defiance County respond to a barn fire on Schubert Road. The blaze is well involved with the team arrives. A dry hydrant was used to fill tankers that filled portable tanks at the scene. About 25,000 gallons of water and 35-40 firefighters teamed up to fight the fire. …

Williams County Commissioners approve $300,000 dollars in county American Rescue Plan funds to the village of Edgerton…to help pay for upgrades to their two water towers. The funds will be part of a financing package to address water tank issues identified during an inspection by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency …

William Batchelder, the influential conservative leader…who was the second-longest serving state representative in Ohio history, died Saturday at 79. The son of a prosecutor and county Republican Party chairman, Batchelder first won his northeast Ohio district in 1968, at age 25. The Medina Republican served as House speaker during his …

An Antwerp woman…charged with killing her husband last month…is indicted by a Paulding County grand jury on five charges. Heidi Grant faces aggravated murder charges and more in the case. We reported Grant is accused of shooting…and killing…her husband, Christopher Franklin. His body was found by Antwerp police on Jan. …

A Defiance man is arrested after leading officers in a car chase. The cops see Thomas Walters at Clinton and Downs streets…he doesn’t have a license plate. When they try to pull him over…Walters hits the gas instead. The pursuit ends after roughly 30 minutes…in a yard on Thurston St., …