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Joshua Amos…the Montpelier man, accused of his role…following a drug deal that left another man dead…pleads guilty to lesser charges. A grand jury indictment filed in December 2018 alleges that he sold heroin and fentanyl, causing the death of a 26-year-old. Charges of trafficking in heroin and more are dropped, …

In Henry County…an Archbold man is sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sexual abuse. Louie Delgado was accused of rape and more. He is now classified as a tier III sexual offender, requiring lifetime registration of his address. Prosecutors say Delgado had sex with two girls, between the …

CCNO is dropping its lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Dennis Sullivan, executive director of the jail facility, filed suit against the state agency in Ohio’s Supreme Court in December, to block the rule, requiring county jails from quarantining their post-sentence inmates for 14 days prior to …

Fire destroys one barn and heavily damages another, northeast of Bryan, along County Road F. Crews from Brady Township and Montpelier…with tanker support from Stryker…assisted the Bryan fire team in the firefighting operation. The blaze also destroyed an employee’s vehicle, a pickup truck, a stake truck and a log grinder. …

Two people are hurt after a crash on Highway 127…at County Road 15D…just outside the Bona Vesta subdivision. The accident, between a sedan and an SUV, ends with one of the cars resting on its roof. Both drivers are taken to area hospitals. A witness told officers one of the …

A shooting in DeKalb County. Officials tell reports a white male entered an apartment at the Castle Court Apartment Complex in Auburn…shooting a 16-year-old female. The victim remains hospitalized in stable condition. Auburn Police is asking anyone…who has a home or business video system…to please review it for the date …

A vehicle is found in the Maumee River in New Haven…in the area of Portola Avenue and South River Road. It’s not clear how the Hyundai Santa Fe ended up in the river…or who it belongs to. A DNR spokesperson tells the press the vehicle had not been reported stolen, …

President, Biden will showcase health insurance cost cuts in a speech in Ohio today…during what may be the best time for Democrats to talk up the Affordable Care Act, since it became law. The President’s COVID-19 relief bill pumps up Obamacare premium subsidies to address longstanding problems of affordability.

The Williams County Health Department reports 4,448 county residents have been fully vaccinated with the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines. A little more than 22% of the county’s population, ages 18 and older, have their shots, now. About 1,300 of those…65 and older…have gotten at least the …

Officers are called in…along with the bomb squad while executing a search warrant at a Hanna St., address, in Ney. The resident, Joe Shiple is arrested on a bench warrant…for not appearing for a Nov court date…on a weapons charge. Then, the police discover two packages, and something that looks …