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A man in Ney is flown to an area hospital after his pickup goes off Openlander Road, just north of McCavit, in Defiance County. They suspect had some sort of medical condition. The Ohio Highway Patrol is assisting local officers in the crash investigation.

A former Ohio House speaker, who lost his bid to retain the post during the current session, is resigning his seat. The decision by state Rep. Ryan Smith was announced in a resignation letter. He faced term limits next year. Smith fought a months-long battle for the House speakership against …

Philip Taylor, the Bryan man charged with shooting and killing several companion dogs in June, pleads guilty to weapons and animal cruelty charges in a Williams County courtroom. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 30, and his $75,000 cash bond was modified to remove a condition requiring GPS with house arrest. …

The Defiance County General Health District is responding to a raw sewage situation at the Rolling Hills Manufactured Home Community on Mustang Drive. After being advised that several samples tested near the threshold for E. Coli, it passed a resolution, declaring the subdivision a public health nuisance. The board further …

Ohio Rail Development Commission approves a 100 thousand dollar grant to North Star Bluescope Steel in Delta. The funds support a planned $700 million plant expansion that will create 90 new jobs at the facility. The project involves $1.7 million in rail infrastructure, necessary to feed the new expansion. Rail …

A divided Ohio Supreme Court upholds a state law in a 4-3 decision, invalidating a Cleveland requirement that public construction contractors hire city residents for a portion of work on projects. A 2003 Cleveland ordinance mandates that residents must perform 20% of the total hours on public construction projects over …

The long-awaited Defiance Rib Fest is just days away. Organized by the Defiance Development and Visitors Bureau, downtown will be busy with the sounds of two bands and ribs from nine local vendors…it’s on from 4-11 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is $5…those 65 and older, or children under 10, are …

Michael Loop is sentenced in a Paulding County courtroom to 22 years in prison in the shooting death of Phillip Koenn…at Koenn’s rural Cecil residence…while committing a 2018 burglary. He was given credit for 368 days served in jail while his case was pending.

Donald Richcreek, the Oakwood man accused of killing his brother, is arraigned in Paulding County. Richcreek pled not guilty to murder and weapons charges in the Aug. 10 shooting death of his brother, Anthony. A pretrial hearing is set for Nov. 4. If convicted, Richcreek could be sentenced to a …

Unemployment rates fell slightly throughout the region in August. Williams County’s jobless rate went back down to 3.4 percent from 3.6 in July…still higher than June’s rate of 3.3 percent. Officials say the county’s unemployment numbers are some of the lowest in the state. An estimated 18,700 people in the …