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Area crews are dispatched to a barn fire on County Road 8. Officials say the property owner put it out with a garden hose, before they arrived. The loss is estimated at ten thousand dollars. A pick up truck, parked nearby is damaged in the blaze. No injuries were reported. …

Two men…charged with burglary are sentenced in Paulding County. Bobby Thompson and William Wehby are put on community control for four years. Thompson pled guilty to three counts of breaking and entering…and three counts of theft. Wehby pled guilty to two counts of breaking and entering…and two counts of receiving …

Ohio Highway Patrol Sgt. Fernando Chavez of Defiance expects a full return to work soon, just a month after his cruiser was demolished on U.S. 24 during a fatal traffic crash. We reported Chavez was writing a speeding ticket on the 24, just west of Independence Road, when his cruiser…parked …

COVID-19 cases are trending downward in Williams County, though the county’s vaccine rate is still low. Health officials say the trend was expected…based off modeling from John Hopkins University, which has been the most accurate for them throughout the pandemic. The downward trend is simply part of the basic ebb …

County commissioners approve a request to hire a new staff attorney at the Williams County Prosecutor’s Office. Officials say, a significant increase in cases in the past year…a trend that shows all indications of continuing into the foreseeable future…is driving the request. All three supported the new hire.

The Ohio school board’s order, requiring a giant, now-defunct online charter school to repay the state $60 million dollars, over inflated enrollment figures…is final and cannot be appealed. The state Supreme Court makes the call. In a 4-3 decision, the court delivered what may be merely a symbolic blow to …

A driver and pedestrian are both badly hurt in a crash Sunday morning in Florence Township, on Ohio 49, near County Road H. Officials say Cody Wolfe, 32, of Edon, was northbound…when the pickup went off the west side of the roadway…hitting an embankment. The vehicle rolls over…hitting a pedestrian…that’s …

Students and staff at Bryan City Schools will be required to wear a face covering…for at least three more weeks. A review committee from the Williams County Health Department and Bryan City Schools, say they reviewed key data points, including case and quarantine rates in the district, as well as …

A Defiance man pleads not guilty in an area courtroom…accused of trying to strangle another man. Leviticus Magitt, 28, faces attempted murder…burglary…and assault. A pretrial hearing is now scheduled for Oct. 20th…bond is set at $250,000 dollars. Prosecutors say Magitt tried to strangle a 20-year-old man on Sept. 10. The …

A trooper from the Findlay Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol conducts a traffic stop on Interstate 75…it ends with the trooper shot and injured, and the suspect at large, for a time. Officials say the patrolman pulls over an SUV…with a Michigan registration, after a speed violation on …