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An Ottawa man is sentenced to a lengthy prison in Putnam County for two separate incidents…one of them a domestic situation. Danny Ruiz, 46, was given prison terms totaling nine years on charges of burglary…violating a protection order…trespassing…and more. He was given credit for 237 days served in jail while …

The Edgerton Village Council accepts the resignation of Police Chief, Dan Griffin during its meeting, this week. Griffin has served with Edgerton Police since 1999, becoming sergeant in 2004 and then police chief in 2017. His career started in 1992…he says it’s time to retire. The council accepted his immediate …

Dalice Thorn…the second of two defendants…connected to lottery ticket theft from Defiance’s Circle K store…is placed on community control for four years…and ordered to make $37,000 dollars restitution to the store on North Clinton Street. She also is prohibited from going on the premises. Raeannah Walton got the same decision …

The Village of Edgerton is expediting a water project…after one of their towers sprang a leak and needed to be shut down. Village officials discovered it at the industrial water tower on Monday. The discovery nearly coincides with a plan to do some upgrades and repairs to the tower, which …

Mike Carey, a coal lobbyist, backed by former President, Donald Trump…beats a list of Republicans in central Ohio…while Shontel Brown pulls out a victory for the Democratic establishment in the state…in a pair of primary elections for open House seats. The special elections are both viewed by insiders…as a measure …

The Ohio Supreme Court will not hear an appeal filed by a former death row inmate…seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence for threatening a former assistant prosecutor. Kenneth Richey, 58, posted videos on Facebook in which he threatened the prosecutor and his family, the courts determined. The videos did …

Now, now….Bryan Police Chief Gary Mohre is set to resign…citing major discord within the police department, especially between him and Chief, Chris Chapa. He tells the city council all about it. They tell him…he can’t quit…prompting one on the panel to tell Mohre to put aside the kid’s stuff…and improve …

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 …

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 …

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 …