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A crash kills a Paulding woman. Officials say Stephanie Hull’s vehicle, on Defiance-Paulding County Line Road in Delaware Township, went off the right side of the road, hitting an embankment. The SUV goes air borne…smashing into several trees before coming to a rest on the Maumee River bank. Hull died …

A school bus crash in DeKalb County. Police responded near the 325 mile marker in the northbound lanes of I-69, south of the Auburn Auction Park. Officials say the bus was one of three new school buses that were heading to Ontario, Canada for use, there. Apparently, the bus left …

Bryan Municipal Utilities department heads shared their projected expenses and revenues with the Board of Public Affairs, as they prepare to finalize the 2020 budget. Expenses are budgeted to be slightly higher for 2020…at $24 million dollars…they were at $23, plus million, last year. The water department’s 2020 expenses are …

Ohio’s elections chief refers for investigation more than 350 apparent non-citizens, who either registered to vote or cast a ballot last year. Secretary of State, Frank LaRose says that, of those, 77 cast ballots and 277 simply registered. They were identified as part of a routine review. Ohio does not …

A Hicksville man is brought in for a November break-in at the Sunoco G-Mart in Antwerp. James Prescott is charged with receiving stolen property. Defiance County deputies searched a W. High Street home in Hicksville. Several items in connection to the burglary were discovered there. Prescott faces the court, this …

Donald Richcreek, the Oakwood man charged with murder has his case delayed, due to illness of the presiding judge. The pretrial hearing for Richcreek will take place at some point in Paulding County. Richcreek is charged with the Aug. 10 shooting death of his brother. He had previously pled not …

A Henry County man is charged with theft after falsifying a robbery report. Zane Lanzer of Liberty Center faces those charges. Officers responded to the scene at the Liberty Main Stop on Ohio 109. Lanzer, the store employee reported that a black male had entered the store and brandished a …

State investigators want help in finding out who set fire to an abandoned home in Hicksville on Friday, over on Perry Street. Officials say the house was empty for many years and was in the process of being demolished.

Andrew Kendall, recently convicted on several drug charges will appeal. The Bryan man is set to serve at least 11 years in prison, and as many as 14, under new, more flexible felony sentencing laws. In early October, Kendall was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine, drug trafficking and more. …

A new state law that requires home inspectors in Ohio to be licensed has been delayed. The law will now take effect April 5. State lawmakers approved the legislation in January, and the law had been expected to take effect now. It establishes education and skill requirements and requires applicants …