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Driver OK After Train v Car

A vehicle crashes into a train and ends up on its top in Woodburn. Responders were sent to Woodburn at Sampson. There, they find the car, upside down, next to a train crossing, notorious for not having the typical set of railroad crossing equipment. Instead, only a yield sign and …

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Deadly Crash In Gorham Twp

A Fayette man dies in a motorcycle crash in Gorham Township. The Highway Patrol says Christopher Litwiller was northbound on County Road 20, south of Highway 20, when his motorcycle went off the left side of the roadway…hitting a ditch and overturning in a field. Litwiller was ejected from the …

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More Details On Bryan Shooting

We are learning more on the shooting death of a man last Friday in Bryan. Investigators tell reporters Richard Richards may have entered the wrong home on East Bryan Street. They say Richards was confronted by the resident. Apparently Richards wouldn’t leave. The homeowner produced a gun and shot Richards, …

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Crash And Run Suspect In Custody

The man who crashed his car into a house in Paulding County over the weekend, turns himself in to police. On Saturday, Austin Zuver was westbound on West Street in Payne, when he suddenly veers off the roadway, hitting a speed limit sign. He overcorrects and heads off the pavement …

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Serious Motorcycle Accident In DT

A motorcycle rider and his passenger are hurt after a solo crash in Defiance Township on the Harding River Bridge. Erasmo Gonzalez was taken to an area hospital…no word on his condition at this hour. The passenger, Melba Perez, was flown to Mercy St. Vincent’s in Toledo in critical condition. …

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Water Problems In Payne

We are learning the village of Payne is under a boil water advisory. Mayor, Steve Wobler says a water main break forced officials to make the declaration. The advisory is in place until further notice.

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Improved Labor Day Traffic Stats In OH

Promising numbers on Ohio’s highways. Officials say this Labor Day was safer than the last one. The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports 13 fewer people died on the state’s roadways than in 2017. The state says the 11 deaths in 11 accidents happened between midnight Friday and Monday. Alcohol was …

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Money For Arts And Entertainment

The Ohio Arts Council approves $1,949 to go to the Williams County Community Theatre organization, to support a season of musical theater productions for the upcoming year. The OAC approved 679 separate grants for arts projects and events around the state. Defiance and Napoleon received similar funds for arts projects …

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Its That Time Again

The Williams County Fair is set to start this weekend in Montpelier. New this year, will be glass-blowing demonstrations. There also will be Chases Racing Pigs, with midway races three times a day, and of course…entertainment by local artists and bands daily. Opening day of the fair will include the …

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Edgerton School District Gets Solar

Officials in Edgerton give the okay for the school district to start installing solar panels at the main office, there. The project will involve around 260 of them that produce roughly 74 kilowatts of power for the school. They say it will be a big cost saver for the district. …

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