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Robinson Benefit Scheduled

A ben­e­fit for the David Robin­son fam­ily is sched­uled for this Sat­ur­day at Fairview High School. The event is set to be held from 4-9pm, with all pro­ceeds going to the David Robin­son Fam­ily Ben­e­fit. Robin­son was a long-time coach and ath­letic direc­tor at Fairview High School. Those who attend …

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Huge Meth Bust In Montpelier

Accord­ing to law enforce­ment, a metham­phet­a­mine bust ear­lier this week, on Wednes­day in Mont­pe­lier, will go down as one of the largest busts ever in county his­tory. At a press con­fer­ence yes­ter­day after­noon, Sher­iff Steve Towns said 29 year old John Ken­nel of Bryan is under arrest fol­low­ing the dis­cov­ery …

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Sherwood Woman Dies In Crash On I-475

A woman from Sher­wood was killed in a car crash Wednes­day after­noon. The Ohio State High­way Patrol says 50 year old Kelly Dar­nell was south­bound in a pickup truck on I-475, in Spring­field just before 4 Wednes­day after­noon, when she ran off the road, and the truck flipped over, then …

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Fatal Air Crash In Paulding County

A fatal plane crash in rural Pauld­ing County… Emer­gency respon­ders were called to a field near County Road 60 and County Road 137 around 6 last evening. That’s about two miles north of Grover Hill and just a cou­ple miles east of Wayne Trace High School where a small plane …

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“Dirt! The Movie”

A free screen­ing of the doc­u­men­tary “Dirt! The Movie” will be held tomor­row from 6:30–8 p.m. at the Defi­ance Regional Med­ical Cen­ter. It’s a film that tells the story of the often unap­pre­ci­ated mate­r­ial beneath our feet. Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecsta­tic Skin of the …

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CCNO Issues Brought To Light

Hous­ing addi­tional pre-trial offend­ers at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio (CCNO) to alle­vi­ate poten­tial over­crowd­ing at the Lucas County Jail in Toledo was dis­cussed in depth dur­ing a spe­cial exec­u­tive com­mit­tee board meet­ing held Mon­day. Jim Den­nis, CCNO Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, said the option is being prompted by a rul­ing …

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Police Searching For Stryker Man

A Stryker man is miss­ing, and police are ask­ing for your help to find him. Stryker Police are search­ing for 39 year old Thad Grapengeter, and they say if you know where he might be, you should call 911. Grapengeter was reported miss­ing by his fam­ily late Mon­day after­noon. Accord­ing …

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Mobile Home Burns In Defiance

Crews from four Defi­ance County depart­ments were called out to fight a fire at a mobile home on Tues­day evening. The call for help came in from the trailer on lot 33 along Ohio 15, just across from the Defi­ance County Air­port a lit­tle after 10:30 Tues­day night. When fire­fight­ers …

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Edon Levy Passes With 70% Approval

A pro­posed tax levy renewal, to be used for the pur­pose of gen­eral per­ma­nent improve­ments, passed 70 to 30% in the Edon School Dis­trict. The new levy will be effec­tive for 5 years.

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Williams County Levy Decisions

Williams County vot­ers on Tues­day, showed their sup­port for read­ing, seniors and health. A five-year, 1-mill renewal levy for Williams County Pub­lic Library oper­a­tions passed with around 73 per­cent approval. The Williams County Depart­ment of Health request to renew a 1-mill, five-year levy was also approved. Ser­vices for senior cit­i­zens …

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