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Injury Crash In LaGrange Co

The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash between two vehicles on C.R. 100 S. David Stanley was heading west…he crosses the center line and crashes head-on into an SUV. All four people inside the SUV, including two teenage girls, were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Some …

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Stafford, Huffman Face Court

Two men appear in Defiance Municipal Court, charged with attempting to rob a store at the Northtowne Mall. Kaleb Stafford and Hunter Huffman face a list of charges. A preliminary hearing is set.

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Sprague Shelves Bitcoin Payments

Ohio Treasurer, Robert Sprague suspends a program that allows the use of cryptocurrency, bitcoin, for business tax payments. Sprague says he determined the third-party payment processor for the OhioCrypto.com website, Atlanta-based BitPay, may be functioning as a “financial transaction device.” If so, the company should have been chosen through the competitive selection …

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Mercer Now Interim VP For Fair Board

Williams County Fair Board President, Matt Kennedy picks director, Josh Mercer to serve as the board’s interim vice president, at least until new officers are elected at the board’s annual meeting in Nov. Mercer fills in for Alan Bennett, who offered his resignation during the fair in September.

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Mosler Brings Himself In

Craig Mosler, the man who led Edgerton Police in a chase after a failed traffic stop this week, turns himself in to officers, there. Mosler was booked on a felony charge of failure to comply with police. The pursuit lasted roughly 15 minutes. Mosler had a previous charge of resisting …

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Edwards Goes To Jail

A Bryan woman heads to prison. Amanda Edwards pled guilty to drug charges. She is given a prison term 4 ½ years in a Williams County courtroom. Edwards was given credit for 68 days served in jail while her case was pending. She was charged after authorities executed a search …

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Clinton Street Bridge Work Continues

Workers will pour the concrete deck on the Clinton Street bridge in Defiance in one continuous 14-hour period, beginning late Friday. Great Lakes Construction Company of Hinckley is the contractor on the project that completely replaces the former two-lane bridge, carrying Ohio 15, 18 and 66 over the Maumee River …

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WC Dems Like Biden

Williams County voters favored Democratic Party presidential frontrunner, Joe Biden by a sizable margin in a straw poll taken during the Williams County Fair. Biden drew 117 votes to 79 for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Local GOP officials say their party isn’t polling because of the President’s high popularity in …

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J And J To Pay In Opioid Suit

Johnson & Johnson reaches an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit from the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The deal comes a little more than a month after an Oklahoma judge ordered the New Brunswick, …

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Cops Looking For Chase Suspect

Officers from Edgerton Police, along with Williams County deputies give chase to a suspect after a failed traffic stop. Several police cars were in pursuit of the green pick-up truck, along Ohio 49, County Road 4.50 County Road D.50 and County Road 3 at a high rate of speed. After …

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