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Andy Gallardo is named the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio’s top employee for 2019. Gallardo was honored with a plaque, during a CCNO governing board meeting. In October, he saved an inmate who tried to hang himself at the facility.

A Wauseon woman, charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide, as part of a seven-count indictment, pleads not guilty to each count. Amber Barnett, 19, is accused of causing the death of Kevin McFarland, sometime between Jan. 17-18. She was also charged with one count of felonious assault. Drug charges …

Sen. Sherrod Brown’s staff met with veterans in Bryan. Vets from Williams County attended the roundtable discussion with Anthony Eliopoulos, an outreach staffer in Brown’s office who specializes in veterans’ affairs. The meeting was organized by the Williams County Veterans Service Office. Brown’s team will take the veterans’ priorities back …

Northwest State Community College gets a $513,000 investment from JobsOhio, to enhance and expand the college’s workforce education and development efforts. The funds are part of a $1.5 million investment JobsOhio is making in northwest Ohio. The specific programs at Northwest State that will benefit are Machining and Industrial Automation …

Authorities in Steuben County are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash, near the intersection of County Roads 700 N and 925 E, in rural Clear Lake Township. Emergency crews found 48-year-old Kenneth Byrd of Fremont. They were able to begin treatment, but Byrd died at the scene. Investigators say Byrd was …

A Defiance man goes to prison for drug trafficking. Daniel Moss gets between 54-66 months in a Defiance County courtroom. Moss had pled guilty to the charges back in Nov. He also was fined $7,500. Imposition of the sentence was pushed back until March 4, so Moss can attend a …

A Wauseon man gets two years in prison by Judge, Jeffrey Robinson in Fulton County. Rickey Hall, 45, previously pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He was also ordered to pay all prosecution costs and court-appointed counsel fees and surrender his driver’s license for five years.

Nearly 150,000 absentee ballots have been requested with about three weeks to go before the state’s March 17 presidential primary. Election officials say 18,189 votes have been cast statewide so far. The primary gives state Democrats their first chance to indicate who they want to enter an almost certain face-off …

Bryan High School is getting $10,000 in funding for a new course offering. In December, Bryan City Schools approved a new graduation requirement, starting with the Class of 2024, which calls for all students’ completion of a semester of a Personal Finance course. The new Personal Finance graduation requirement will …

Williams County’s EMS and fire communication lines are open and functioning, as ongoing technical issues arose this weekend. Officials say the system is up and running, but there are still a few problems. Officials believe it is a circuit issue. The primary paging system runs from the 911 Communications office …