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Putnam County authorities want a jail inmate who failed to return from a doctor’s appointment. Donald Schulte is 6-feet tall…170…with greens eyes and blondish red hair. He was last seen wearing a burgundy long-sleeved dress shirt with gray slacks. He has numerous tattoos, including a heart on his left and …

A portion of southbound I-69, between Auburn and Fort Wayne is closed after an accident involving a dump truck that lost its load of sand at the 324 mile-marker, two miles south of the Auburn Auction Park exit. At least one other vehicle was involved in the incident. Authorities routed …

A barn in Leo caught fire in the area of Grabill and Schwartz roads. No injuries were reported. Heavy smoke could be seen outside of the structure. No word yet on the extent of the damage.

An 18-year-old is dead and a 17-year-old in critical condition after a crash involving an all-terrain vehicle north of Grabill, the area of Hurshtown Road and Cuba Road. Paul Schmucker, Jr. and the juvenile were westbound on Hurshtown, heading towards Cuba Road when they lost control and went off the …

A man’s body is discovered inside a home in Paulding County after an apparent home invasion. Deputies were dispatched to Road 230 in Cecil. They find 60-year-old Philip Koenn dead inside the residence with apparent gunshot wounds. Koenn was the lone occupant at this address and was the only one …

Bath salts is a term used for a drug, similar to methamphetamine. And now, area officials suspect…it might be back. Police went to a West Bryan Street home for a disturbance. There, they find a woman, beaten up. They also locate nearby soon after, the man she accused of the …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs decided a modest hike in cable rates is better than cutting the popular Fox Toledo affiliate from its listings. The board approved raising Bryan Municipal Utilities’ basic cable package to $29.74 per month, up from the current $27.99.

Tens of thousands of Toledo’s water customers are threatening to get their water from somewhere else, this to avoid getting stuck paying much higher rates. Several communities on that system are looking into tapping into the aquifer in Pioneer as a water source. With the number of suburbs on board …

Officials in Defiance hope the public can help identify an arson suspect in connection to an August 24th blaze that destroyed a Domersville Road residence. Investigators believe the fire was intentionally set outside the home. No one was home at the time of the fire. The Fire and Explosion Investigation …

A former Napoleon police officer is sentenced to two years in federal prison. Nicholas Evanoff, pled guilty after officials found child pornography on his computer. Evanoff was also ordered to pay a special assessment of $5,100 and will have five years of post-release control. He had been facing a maximum …