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A pretrial hearing for Williams County Sheriff, Steve Towns is postponed for two months. Towns is facing four misdemeanor charges in an incident in which he posted around 400 pages of documents related to child abuse cases and other complaints…that Towns alleges chronicles the systematic and investigative failure of county …

Because of cost-saving efforts by Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio staff over the past nine months, the five member counties of the regional jail will see a reduction in their per diem costs in 2020.

Lauber Insurance Group donates Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance curriculum to a trio of local schools. Pettisville, Archbold and Wauseon high schools will receive the material. Ramsey created Foundations in Personal Finance to teach students the value of saving, spending and giving to guide them down the path of …

With the Remembering Our Fallen Tribute Towers memorial coming to the Williams County Fair this year, the woman who brought it to here is seeking to have people welcome its arrival on Sept. 6. Gold Star mom Tarry Eicher, who lost her son, Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Hodshire, in Iraq …

Good news, motorists. Highway 6, between county roads 20 and 23, is back open…with lane restrictions…after being closed for two weeks…this, to accommodate work to replace two bridges.

A new judge is picked for the Phil Taylor trial…the Bryan man charged with animal cruelty. Reeve Kelsey, a retired judge in Wood County was chosen by the Ohio Supreme Court to hear the case. We reported Taylor is accused of using a 9mm pistol to shoot and kill four …

Authorities in Fulton County are investigating a County Road E theft. Among the items reported stolen were ladders and other equipment…a siding brake and stand, building materials and more. The total value of the loss is $36 hundred dollars. If you have any information, contact Fulton County investigators. There may …

A Butler man on a motorcycle flees a traffic stop and crashes without a helmet in DeKalb County. It all started at US Highway 6 and Interstate 69. The rider turns north onto County Road 24, that’s when he loses control and smashes into a mailbox. He was ejected from …

Defiance County deputies positively identify a body found in the Maumee River in May. Authorities say it’s Jabari Mbwelera of Fort Wayne. He was reported missing on Jan. 23. Mbwelera’s body was found near U.S. 127, in the Cecil Bridge area near Sherwood. They suspect the man may have entered …

Ohio’s Supreme Court is offering a new learning program that allows high school students to see how the court operates without leaving their classrooms. The court’s Civic Education Section recently unveiled “Under Advisement: Ohio Supreme Court Cases on Demand.” The program provides teachers with lesson plans developed specifically for a …