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A Kendallville woman is badly hurt in a DeKalb County crash on County Road 68, near County Road 19. Officials tell reporters 69-year-old Carolyn Swogger was eastbound on 68 when her Jeep went off the roadway in front of a home. The vehicle then traveled through the home’s yard, and …

Elias Rash of Archbold pleads guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition. A pre-sentence investigation is ordered and his personal-recognizance bond was continued. Sentencing is now scheduled for Dec. 9th. A Williams County grand jury came to the conclusion that back in January…he engaged he had sex with two …

Gov. DeWine warns…as nearly every county in the state is at a high-risk level for coronavirus infections…there is no place left to hide. This, as Ohio joins dozens of other states, facing a new wave COVID-19. Right now…Ohio is breaking records previously set when the pandemic first hit in March. …

Two Ohio political operatives plead guilty to charges they conspired as part of an alliance, aimed at bailing out two aging Ohio nuclear power plants. Former House Speaker, Larry Householder and four others…are charged with racketeering for their roles in the alleged scheme, under a law federal prosecutors typically use …

A Bryan man, accused of violently beating and raping a woman, is indicted by a Williams County grand jury. Christopher Smith will answer to one count of rape and domestic violence charges. Investigators say Smith used a belt to beat the victim in the assault on Sept. 20. Then, a …

COVID-19 is seeing an uptick in cases in Williams County and across the rural areas of the state. Gov., DeWine releases a ranking of all of Ohio’s 88 counties by occurrence of cases per 100,000. Several counties in northwest Ohio make the top 20. That includes Henry County…at number eight …

At this hour…2.2 million Ohio residents have cast their ballot for the 2020 general election. Officials say the doubling of the number of returned absentee ballots, relative to 2016, is a very strong indicator that election mail is moving quickly and voters in the state are easily able to cast …

Ohio employers will receive a record $5 billion dollars in repayments from the state insurance fund for injured workers, to help with the financial impact from coronavirus. The return of the dividends marks the third such payment this year to help struggling businesses. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation sent …

A Defiance woman is sentenced in Defiance County for a stabbing incident on Harrison Avenue, last year. Audrey Foust gets four to six-years behind bars, with credit for 339 days served in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, while her case was pending. Attempted murder charges were dropped in the …

A Napoleon man enters a plea in a Henry County courtroom. Eric Gossman pleads guilty to felonious assault…accused of threatening a city police officer with a potentially deadly weapon during a theft investigation. A pre-sentence investigation is ordered and his $100,000 cash bond continued. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 8. …