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New bed allocations for 2019 were approved for the lockup in Stryker. Lucas County goes from 275 beds now to 222 next year. Defiance County has 60…Williams, 58…Fulton, 55…and Henry County, 37.

Area jobs numbers are released. Williams County’s unemployment rate slipped down to 3.9 percent in July…from 4.2 percent in June. The number for July 2017 was 5.0. In July 2016, the rate was 4.7 percent. 18,400 were employed in the county this past July.

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce isn’t saying much about a planned seminar on how companies can avoid unions organizing their workforce because of the risk of disruptions during the event. Chamber officials’ secretiveness about the “Remaining Union-Free” event in October includes not disclosing the location until 24 hours before the …

A Hammond woman, who says she was tricked into traveling to Syria, is accused of providing material support to the group, ISIS. Prosecutors say Samantha Elhassani aided and abetted the terrorist outfit…the proceedings in the Indianapolis area courtroom continues.

A Bryan man gets arrested twice at his girlfriend’s house. Officers arrived at the East Wilson Street residence to arrest Daniel Yeich. The girlfriend just wanted him to leave. He didn’t, officers were forced to make the arrest. That was over the weekend. Then, on Tuesday, Yeich is at it …

Two Williams County residents are indicted by a Fulton County grand jury. Laura Gilmer of Bryan faces heroin possession charges stemming from a March arrest. Jason Grubb of Montpelier also now faces heroin charges from a December incident.

The convicted murderer of Sierah Joughin will not face execution in less than 10 months, as ordered by Fulton County Judge Jeffrey Robinson. In fact, due to the potentially lengthy appeals process involving death sentences, James Worley may not face lethal injection for at least another 15 years.

A pedestrian is hit by a car southwest of Paulding. Investigators tell reporters the victim was hurt at the intersection of Township Road 93 and Ohio 500. Officials add the driver left the scene after the fact. They are looking for that driver at this hour.

Fire investigators are in Defiance after a fourth fire erupts on the same street since April. Crews Tuesday morning took on a blaze on Hill Ave…no one was home during the fire. At least one of the other fires, a May 10th blaze at the same address, has been deemed …

Cullen Parsons, the Liberty Center man previously convicted of attempted murder in 2016 will still serve 12 years in prison after a re-sentencing hearing. Parsons was convicted in Henry County of trying to kill another Liberty Center man who was jogging on a county road. Authorities say Parsons drove by …