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A new trial date is set for Mark Osborne of Holgate…accused of leading law enforcement on two car chases in two days in March. Osborne is charged with failure to comply with officers, evidence tampering and drug possession. His trial date, originally set for Aug. 26, was continued to Oct. …

Insured losses from Memorial Day tornadoes that ravaged parts of Ohio will be among the largest in the state’s history. Ohio Insurance Institute data puts the total insured losses from the storms between $465 million and $480 million to date. Institute president, Dean Fadel says that figure is likely to …

It’s time to head to Hicksville for the Defiance County Fair. The 142nd addition begins on Saturday. They say there will be some changes to the fair this year. Rides will not open until 1 p.m. Sunday, and there will be some new midway entertainment, including an exotic petting zoo …

Mick Frisbie, the Williams County deputy who died earlier this year, will be honored on Saturday during Stryker’s Heritage Day festivities. A 5K memorial run that will start off the day is set up at Jagger Cone on Ellis St. Frisbie will also posthumously receive the Good Neighbor Award from …

Stryker will now be going through the Ohio Attorney General’s office for past-due income tax bills. The AG’s office will handle anything over $100.

Kaycee Butt of Hilliard, pleads no contest to petty theft in a Defiance County courtroom. She was given a suspended six-month jail sentence at Stryker, and ordered to make $3,635 restitution to Defiance College within six months. Butt was accused of stealing money from the college in 2018, while serving …

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an off-road vehicle accident in the area of CR 75A in DeKalb County. Officials say Jeffery Lepper of Saint Joe, was on a four wheeler…when he leaves the roadway, hitting a fence, then a tree. The vehicle then rolls, pinning Lepper underneath. He was treated …

Charges are pending against two people after an armed robbery at an Angola gas station turns into a car chase. One officer was near the location. He saw a black vehicle…believed to be connected to the robbery investigation, leaving the area. The two men inside refused to pull over, starting …

A McClure man is brought in after a chase with police that lasts more than an hour…through four counties. Henry County deputies tried to pull over William Roth on eastbound 6, west of Damascus Township, for speeding. The pursuit goes through through Henry, Wood, Lucas and Fulton counties before returning …

Kyle Brackman of Delta is now behind bars for having conversations of a sexual nature online with an Iowa teenager in recent months. He waived a detention hearing.