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Theft Spikes In SC

Authorities in Steuben County are investigating multiple complaints of theft from this last weekend. The Sheriff’s Office reports they have several cases of theft in the area of Lake George and Long Beach Lake, in rural Jamestown Township. Officers have investigated break-ins…into vehicles…as well as car thefts. Deputies want to …

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Still Waiting On The New Map

The first meeting to redraw Ohio’s congressional and legislative districts is set for Friday. A commission will convene…to begin the new redistricting process, before the mid-September deadline to complete the new maps. The data Ohio is receiving, around Aug. 16th…will include counts of population by race, Hispanic origin, voting age …

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Crash On 15

A big rig dumps its cargo northwest of Defiance on Ohio 15. Officials tell reporters Martin Mondry, 44, of Twinsburg, is eastbound on 15 when he misses a curve at the Ohio 18 split in Noble Township. The semi goes off the right side of the roadway…rolls over and comes …

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Jones Faces Charges

A police pursuit in Williams County. Deputes respond to a call at a County Road M location…west of County Road 2L…all this, north of Edon. At some point…the chase ends. Officials say Corey Jones, 31, of Butler, is picked up and brought in to CCNO…charged with felony failure to comply. …

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Fatal Accident In DKC

A man dies in a solo crash in DeKalb County, on State Road 8…at the intersection of County Road 75, near the Indiana-Ohio Line. This happened on Sunday morning, officials say. Edward Yoder, 80, of Saint Joe, was heading west…when his pickup goes off the road. The vehicle ends up …

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Big Gang Case In OH Ends

A long-running investigation into the Ohio branch of the violent El Salvador-based MS-13 gang, including the solving of eight homicides, nears conclusion…with the sentencing of the last defendant in custody. The prosecution of 23 members of the Columbus “clique” of MS-13 was the first federal case against the gang in …

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More Home Buys In Defiance

A new effort to acquire properties in the river flood plain is underway in Defiance City Hall. City council approves a related ordinance…kicking off another potential round of property purchases…one of four legislative items that received approval. The ordinance concerns 116 and 118 Seneca St., where a residential duplex near …

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A New OH Death Row Lawsuit Surfaces

Former death row inmates in Ohio are being denied the opportunity for parole, despite legal precedent…requiring they receive meaningful consideration for release. That’s what two organizations allege in a new lawsuit. At issue in the suit?…are requests for parole by ex-death row prisoners sentenced before 1978, when the state’s then-death …

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Covid Is Back

Indiana’s new cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 have rebounded to levels last seen in May…as an especially contagious coronavirus variant continues spreading. After falling below 200 in late June, Indiana’s seven-day weekly average of new coronavirus cases reached 708 on Sunday. That’s the highest weekly average since a few months …

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Two Hurt In AT Crash

A crash in Amboy Township leaves two people injured, one seriously. The Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash on US 20, west of Assumption. Officials say a motorhome, driven by 67-year-old James Dye of Madison, New York, was eastbound on 20. Meanwhile…a box truck, …

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