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The governor supports efforts to increase the number of state amusement ride inspectors. Ride safety has drawn increased attention after a 2017 accident at the Ohio State Fair killed a young man, thrown from a ride. A young woman who was among the injured died more than a year later. …

Daniel Oberlin, the Defiance man is sentenced to four years in prison for providing drugs that caused a woman to die in an overdose. Oberlin pled no contest to involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say Oberlin gave the Defiance woman drugs in a 2016 incident. In another Defiance County case, they say …

Ryan Dangerfield, the Michigan man charged with voluntary manslaughter was in a Bryan courtroom. As we reported, he was extradited from Hillsdale, in connection to the June 23 stabbing death of Dylan Bible at a Bryan area motel. Bond was set at $2 million dollars. The case will be assigned …

Tylarr Tagliaferri is sentenced in Steuben Superior Court to 30 years prison, under a plea deal. Tagliaferri admits to three child molestation charges, which allowed for the dismissal of the higher felony charges he was facing as part of that deal. Tagliaferri forced two minors to provide him with oral …

Three people are in custody after a counterfeit money bust in Napoleon. Elijah Henderson, Mareisha Hunter and Remington Jones, all from Michigan face counterfeiting charges and more. They were taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio in Stryker, pending an appearance in Napoleon Municipal Court. All this, after a …

Who stole some bushes and a tree…all newly planted…from Opdycke Park? Williams County Park Board officials are trying to find that out. They say after planting everything…a number of plants were gone soon after…when crews returned to water them. They say vandalism is on the rise in the area. If …

The prison term for an Angola man is set after he pleads guilty to child molestation charges. Tylarr Tagliaferri will be sentenced in Steuben County Court. Tagliaferri could face up to 40 years plus behind bars.

The victim of a June 8 shooting in Defiance is released from the hospital. Becky Clifford is recovering from several gunshot wounds. Investigators tell reporters Clifford was attacked by her neighbor, John Ruark…who then took his own life just as officers at an E. Second St. location. Ruark lived in …

Teachers in the Wauseon school district will get a raise in pay over the next three years, after an agreement is approved at the district’s school board meeting. The terms give the educators increases of 1.8%, 1.9%, and 2 percent, respectively. The increases will also be given to classified employees …

The Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Oct. 23 in a legal fight over the state law that shifted operational control of poor-performing school districts from locally elected boards to unelected CEOs. The Youngstown school board and school employees’ unions argue the law violates the Ohio Constitution. They …