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Tolby Fleming…the Defiance man, accused of restraining a woman and then raping her…enters a guilty plea in an area courtroom. Gross sexual imposition and kidnapping charges apply in the case. Judge, Joseph Schmenk orders a pre-sentence investigation and continues Fleming’s $150,000 cash bond with a 10% allowance provision. He is …

The City of Bryan passes its annual budget. In comes to about a 9% reduction in total funds compared to the 2020 budget…reduced from $62 million dollars to $57 million, this year. The most notable cutback in the budget?…enterprise funds…at BMU…pared from $37.5 million in 2020 to $32 million, now. …

22 small businesses in Williams County get financial assistance through the Williams County Small Business Grant Program. It provides local firms with some monetary relief…due to business interruptions caused by COVID-19.

CCNO Executive Director, Dennis Sullivan files suit on behalf of the facility…against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. The papers were filed at the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday. The dispute?…who should accept the risks of COVID-19 exposure among inmates who have received prison sentences for felony convictions. The …

COVID-19 kills four more people in Williams County. The victims?…men, ages 89, 54, 80 and 54. The 80-year-old and one of the 54-year-olds were in long-term care facilities. The numbers make December…without question…the deadliest month for the county since the pandemic began. The county health department received 100 doses of …

A man is found dead, along the railroad tracks in East Garrett. The body was discovered near Taylor Road. No word if this is a railroad related death…or something else. Detectives are on the case at this hour. DeKalb and Steuben County authorities are working together…trying to figure out what …

Ten fire departments in Williams County get a little more than $287 thousand dollars, in the first round of the 2021 Multi-Agency Radio Communications Systems, or MARCS, grant awards. They are among 242 fire departments in 46 counties throughout Ohio to receive the roughly $1.5 million dollars in funding. A …

So far this holiday season…fewer motorists are killed on Ohio’s roadways…compared to the two previous years. Officials confirm…nine people died in seven fatal crashes,, this past week…many involved, not wearing seat belts. Troopers got 142 impaired drivers off the roads so far in the state. Motorists are reminded to stay safe…as …

Crews battle a fire in a New Haven trailer park. They were dispatched to the 200 block of Lincoln Highway. It takes about 15 minutes to get the blaze under control. No one was home at the time. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by both state and …

The Ohio Supreme Court issues a temporary stay…to stop collection of a fee from nearly every electric customer in the state, starting Jan. 1…to subsidize two nuclear power plants. This, in a provision included in a scandal-tainted bill approved by the state Legislature in July 2019. The order, signed by …