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Crews in Montpelier are dispatched to a utility pole fire in Holiday City, on County Road F at Selwyn Drive. The pole belonged to Toledo Edison…and before the fire team could put out the flames…it had to be deenergized first. They close the road and wait until the utility crew …

Three people are taken to the hospital after a car fails to stop, rolling through a stop sign and crashing into another vehicle on CR 68, near CR 427 in DeKalb County. Officials say Ericka Dissinger, 27, of New Haven was driving east bound on 68…when she tried to stop …

Elections will be held in August and November to fill a vacant Ohio congressional seat…following the appointment of congresswoman, Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Democrat, whose district includes parts of Akron and Cleveland, has been in Congress since 2008. The primary for Fudge’s …

While Ohio coronavirus cases continue to slowly decline, Gov. DeWine says he can’t predict when remaining health orders might be lifted. The governor outlined the state’s multi-pronged plan it’s using to fight COVID-19, armed with hundreds of thousands of vaccines flowing into Ohio and a continuous increase of mass sites …

President, Biden is heading to Ohio on Tuesday to tout the benefits of the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan. The trip marks the President’s first visit to the state since entering the White House. His appearance in Columbus falls on the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into …

Sauder Village is hosting a Job Fair on Tuesday…from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Sauder Heritage Inn. As Ohio’s largest living-history destination, Sauder Village is looking to hire many friendly individuals to fill a variety of part-time and seasonal positions. Attendees are asked to bring a copy of their …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol and area police departments get drugs and guns off the streets. The drug sweep also spans across five other states in the region, as well, from Kentucky to Michigan. In Ohio…21 illegal weapon and 246 drug arrests are made. Overall?…539 drug arrests and 78 gun …

A Hicksville man…charged with causing a woman’s drug overdose death in December…is arraigned in a Defiance County courtroom. Delbert Drinnon pled not guilty to involuntary manslaughter…along with a list of other charges. Prosecutors say Drinnon supplied fentanyl to Amanda Salisbury, 33, of Hicksville…she later suffered a deadly drug overdose. A …

Two people are hurt in a two vehicle crash along Paulding roads 71 and 144, three miles west of town. Officials say both SUV’s collided in the intersection…sending them into the ditch. One driver was flown to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, in serious condition. The second driver was taken …

Two Williams County teens are accused in separate rapes of preteen girls. One of them…Jacob Lambert, 19, of Montpelier, is accused of having sex with an 11 year old girl, back in August. The case continues, at this hour.