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Emily Legenza, a 2016 Wauseon High School graduate and Ohio University music major, is crowned 2019 Miss Northwestern Ohio. Emily competed for the title among six women at the Defiance Community Auditorium. She won the talent portion of the competition. She was also awarded a scholarship. Emily will now compete …

Crews take on a fire at an area big box store. Officials say a small fire shut down the Angola Walmart for a time. Officials say it looks like a fan in the store’s bakery failed, overheated and started to smoke. The fire was quickly contained. Fire crews were on …

Another train incident in the area…this time one hits a semi-trailer at a Butler railroad crossing. Officials tell reporters the collision happened along the tracks on East Main Street. The big rig was an over-sized load headed west. As the load crossed the tracks, an oncoming train did its damage. …

Williams County deputies are looking for the suspect who stole a car in the area. Investigators say the suspect took a purse from a location near Montpelier…with the keys to the 2015 Kia and the victim’s credit cards. With the stolen vehicle, the suspect tried to run up some charges …

The Ohio Development Services Agency awards more than $27 million to 41 communities to fix and build affordable housing for low-income people. Some of the funds go to provide homeownership and rental assistance as well. Williams County will receive a $700,000 grant to rehabilitate 10 owner-occupied homes and more. The …

A northern Indiana woman, charged in a school bus stop crash that killed three children is due in court for her first hearing in the case. 24 year-old Alyssa Shepherd of Rochester will to appear Thursday before a Fulton County judge. She’s charged with three counts of reckless homicide resulting …

Two suspects are still wanted in Defiance County, accused of theft at an area JC Penney’s. Police sees their car as they flee the scene. Officers try and fail to pull the two over. The suspects hit the gas instead. At high speed the pursuit heads onto Highway 24. Officers …

A marijuana bust in DeKalb County. Officials say a car was caught speeding on I 69, at the 333 mile marker. When the vehicle is pulled over…a police dog is brought in and it detects the drugs. A search of the vehicle nets nearly six and a half pounds of …

Ernest Wallace of Wauseon was in a Fulton County courtroom. He pled guilty to felonious assault. The arrest report shows on or about Aug. 18, he caused serious physical harm to another. He gets two years in prison, and is ordered to pay prosecution costs and court-appointed counsel fees.

Two boys are hurt badly after a minivan hit the pony wagon they were riding in on Trammel Road in Harlan. Officials tell reporters the 9 and 14-year-old were taken from the scene to the hospital after the incident. The driver of the minivan stayed on the scene, telling police …