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COVID-19 deaths in Defiance County continue to rise this week, with the total reaching 48. County health officials now report two more deaths related to coronavirus…two men male…one in his 70s with underlying health conditions and a male in his 90s with health problems, as well.

An Archbold teen is given five years community control with several conditions in a Williams County courtroom, on a pair of amended sexual abuse charges. Elias Rash will also serve 30 days in CCNO, beginning next month. Community service applies, in the case, as well. He also was classified as …

A car and an SUV collide on Highway 20, near the intersection with CR 500 west, in rural Steuben County…pinning one of the drivers in his car for a short time. Officials tell reporters Jamie Cassabon of Angola was eastbound on 20, near the county airport, when he pulled into …

A Napoleon man is placed on community control in a Henry County courtroom…in a case involving an assault on a police officer. Eric Gossman gets five years for felonious assault. He also could get a four- to six-year prison term…if Gossman violates terms of community control. He was given credit …

Two more Williams County residents die from COVID-19. Health officials confirm both were males, aged 76. That brings the county’s death count to 14 since the Ohio Department of Health began recording pandemic statistics earlier this year. The county has reported 10 COVID-19 deaths since Nov. 1.Williams County also is …

Students at Wauseon High School will learn remotely for one week, beginning Friday…coronavirus. Troy Armstrong, district superintendent, sent a letter to parents Wednesday…confirming that grades 9-12 will transition to the Plan C…the Remote Learning Model…between Dec. 11 and Dec. 18. The remote learning plan applies only to the school district’s …

Three workers are hospitalized and two others unaccounted for…after a power plant under demolition, south of Cincinnati…collapses. Rescuers had to dig for hours to free one of the workers from the rubble at the Killen Generating Station. Rescue crews remained on the scene. The coal-fired generating station opened in 1982 …

Three people are badly hurt in a solo crash on Henry County Road 2, near Road B, two miles south of Deshler. Officials say Heather May went off the right side of the roadway, possibly due to car trouble. May overcorrects, causing the vehicle to go into a spin. The …

A Defiance man is arraigned on two-counts of assault in a case from two months ago that turned deadly. Nathaniel Byrd pleads not guilty in a Defiance County courtroom. Several other charges apply in the case. A pretrial hearing is now set for Dec. 21. Bond?…$500,000 dollars. We reported back …

Lethal injection is no longer an option for Ohio executions…and lawmakers must choose a different method of capital punishment before any inmates can be put to death in the future. Gov., DeWine makes the call. He tells reporters he still supports capital punishment as Ohio law. But he has come …