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Wauseon native, Storm Humbert is among 12 writers to be honored on April 3 at the 36th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards in Hollywood, Calif. The Writers of the Future writing contest was initiated by Hubbard in 1983. The 428 past winners of the writing contest have published 1,150 …

An old friend leaves us. After a century and more, Rupp Furniture & Mattress is going out of business. Since its beginning in 1908, the store has had as many as seven locations throughout the northwest area, including Archbold, Ridgeville Corners, Wauseon, Stryker, Hicksville, Napoleon and Bryan. The company announced …

No one is hurt after an indoor vehicle fire at Bryan Truck Line. Crews from Montpelier, Bryan and Florence Township responded to the blaze on Ohio 15. A company official told reporters workers there believe the fire began from an electrical problem in a semi. The fire led Montpelier officials …

You don’t see this very often. There was a crash…involving six vehicles in the parking lot at the Wendy’s on E. High St., in Bryan. Officials say an elderly woman ran into the back of a car in the drive thru lane. That car then ran into the back of …

Bryan City Schools Superintendent, Diana Savage is set to retire. She made the announcement at the weekly Bryan Rotary Club meeting. Following her first teaching stint at Swanton Local Schools from 1989-98, Savage was first brought on in Bryan as a high school business teacher, a position she held from …

Montpelier native and current Ohio Lt. governor, Jon Husted continues to champion tech in the Buckeye State, most recently with his “Common Sense Initiative,” which will increase the role of AI in government. The program, conducted in partnership with InnovateOhio, aims to use artificial intelligence as a tool in reforming …

William Shock appeared in a Defiance courtroom for gross sexual imposition. Shock waived his right to a preliminary hearing and the case was bound over to Defiance County prosecutors. His bond of $200,000, with a 10% cash allowance, was set to continue. Shock was arrested on Feb. 6 for a …

Four juveniles, charged last month in connection with a Wauseon fire, face arson hearings next week. Fulton County Juvenile Court has scheduled them for George VanHoy…Kaidan Saxton…Randy Kudlica…and Even Rose. All are charged with one count of arson and burglary for the Jan. 12 blaze at a vacant building on …

A Swanton man was in Fulton County courtroom for attempted breaking and entering. Jacob Wadman, 27, had previously pled guilty to the charge. Prosecutors say Wadman had attempted to get in an unoccupied building in Swanton…looking for something to steal. Judge, Jeffrey Robinson sentenced Wadman to one year of community …

Utilizing $12.8 million dollars in statewide funding, virtually every Ohio county board of elections has met the requirements of the Security Directive that Secretary of State, Frank LaRose issued in June. The Help America Vote Act funds enhances election security. Ohio is the only state in the nation that made …