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An Arch­bold teenager on Wednes­day, admit­ted in court, that he and oth­ers col­lected and shared pho­tos of naked girls. The boy, whose name has not been released due to his age, was charged with dis­sem­i­nat­ing mat­ter harm­ful to juve­niles, and was sen­tenced to serve six months of pro­ba­tion. If he …

Trine Uni­ver­sity announced on Wednes­day that the num­ber of stu­dents tak­ing sum­mer courses increased by 66 per­cent on Trine’s main cam­pus this year. Accord­ing to a uni­ver­sity press release, 546 stu­dents are tak­ing sum­mer classes on the main cam­pus this year com­pared to 329 in 2014. In addi­tion, more stu­dents …

Accord­ing to the March edi­tion of Site Selec­tion Mag­a­zine, the city of Angola is one of America’s Top 100 Microp­oli­tan Cities for the year 2014. Angola Mayor Dick Hick­man read a let­ter from the Lt. Gov­er­nor dur­ing last nights City Coun­cil meet­ing, when he said that the city has moved …

A Crid­er­sville man is accused of rap­ing a child in Bryan. 27 year old Justin Phipps appeared for a pre­lim­i­nary hear­ing Tues­day in Bryan Munic­i­pal Court, where it was found that there was prob­a­ble cause that Phipps com­mit­ted the crime. The case has now been bound over to the Williams …

In West Unity on Fri­day, it’s the begin­ning of the annual Gath­er­ing in Unity Days, run­ning Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, and fea­tur­ing antique trac­tors, trac­tor pulls, a parade, along with crafts, food and ven­dors. It’s all hap­pen­ing at Memo­r­ial Park, and is spon­sored by the West Unity Area Cham­ber of Com­merce, …

A man who entered a guilty plea for not reg­is­ter­ing of a sex or vio­lent offender was sen­tenced to two years in prison on Mon­day in Steuben Cir­cuit Court. 35-year-old Lawrence Troup was arrested in Feb­ru­ary, when the Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment deter­mined that he was not liv­ing at his …

At their Mon­day meet­ing, the Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers threw their sup­port behind an effort to bring online voter reg­is­tra­tion to the state of Ohio. The Bryan Times reports that Tim Monoco, a rep­re­sen­ta­tive with the Ohio Sec­re­tary of State’s office, requested that the com­mis­sion­ers send a let­ter of sup­port for …

The Ohio High­way Patrol says it was just after 10 Mon­day morn­ing, when a semi rolled on Ohio 15/18 near Bruners­burg. Accord­ing to the acci­dent report, the truck was south­bound, when it took a curve too fast, and flipped over on it’s pas­sen­ger side. The trailer was full of rolls …

An Ash­ley man was sen­tenced to four years behind bars on Mon­day in Steuben Cir­cuit Court after he entered a guilty plea to a Class C felony of Oper­at­ing a Motor Vehi­cle after a Life­time Sus­pen­sion. Arthur James Moore was charged in con­nec­tion with an inci­dent in March of 2014. …

An attempted rob­bery at a con­ve­nience store in Defi­ance.… It hap­pend on Thurs­day night at Keck’s Mar­ket on South Jef­fer­son Avenue, when just before 11pm, two men came in and demanded cash. Accord­ing to police, they didn’t get any, and the two then took off on foot. A Defi­ance County …