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A motorcyclist is killed in a crash on Bayview Road, north of County Road 275, in rural Pleasant Township. Anthony Strawser of Angola was found dead at the scene. Investigators say Strawser was northbound on Bayview, when he went off the right side of the roadway, near Lake James Lane. …

Amber Barnett, 19, of Wauseon was in a Fulton County courtroom. As we reported, she previously pled guilty to permitting drug abuse and attempted reckless homicide. Prosecutors say she permitted her vehicle to be used during a felony drug abuse offense, and attempted to recklessly cause the death of another. …

A Defiance man is indicted for attempted murder…this, after the alleged beating of another man in a school parking lot. Officials say Joshua Oaties hit the victim with an object several times in the Defiance High School parking lot on Palmer Drive, back on July 28th. They say it appears …

A motorcyclist is hurt after running off a DeKalb County roadway in a curve on State Road One, outside Hamilton…police suspect alcohol and speed caused the crash. Investigators tell reporters Michael Richmond, of Angola was eastbound when he missed the turn and ran off the south side of the roadway. …

The former speaker of the Ohio House can take more time to find a permanent lawyer to defend him in that $60 million dollar bribery scheme case. Larry Householder and four others are accused of shepherding millions in energy company money for personal and political use, in exchange for passing …

Correctional facilities…that resisted mass coronavirus testing for inmates…erred in their decision to only test inmates with symptoms, leading to large initial undercounts. This, in a recent study by the CDC. It examined 13 prisons and jails in California, Colorado, Ohio and Texas, and three federal prisons in states that weren’t …

County health officials report three outbreaks of coronavirus in Defiance. Two outbreaks involve long-term care facilities. The third outbreak is from a small party. At this time, contact tracing has been completed. All close contacts have been identified and are being monitored. Long-term care facilities are at a higher risk …

A Bryan woman, accused of using a Molotov cocktail in an effort to harm a man. now faces a charge of aggravated attempted murder. Hope Williams was indicted by a Williams County grand jury. She is said to have purposefully set fire to a mobile home on S. Union St., …

An Ohio company announces a partnership with the Ohio secretary of state, to donate 463,500 surgical masks to the state’s county boards of elections…to help keep voters and poll workers safe. RB Sigma, of Mentor, produces the masks and announced the partnership…with the masks delivered to every county board of …

In Woodburn…a man is taken to the hospital in critical condition after his tractor flips into a pond, trapping him underwater on Edgerton Road. Officials say the victim was mowing around a pond when his tractor overturned, into the water. After the rescue, he is taken to an area hospital …