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The effort to bring a job-creating new business to the Ohio Turnpike in Williams County got a financial boost. The Ohio Development Services Agency announced Williams County has received an anticipated $500,000 Community Development Block Grant award through the Economic Development Loan Program for the planned Love’s Travel Stops and …

Multiple charges are filed against a Coldwater man for his online relationship with a 15 year old girl. Coldwater detectives say they arrested 21 year old Tyler Caldwell following an investigation. The girl’s mother found out about the relationship between her daughter and Caldwell in April. At that time she …

A former Napoleon man, who was a Marine Corps veteran, dies while trying to thwart a robbery attempt at a store on Toledo’s south side. Tom Thacker, 53, of Maumee, was a customer in a Dollar General store on Heatherdowns Boulevard when Dale Slocum entered and attempted to rob the …

One person is critically hurt in a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Dupont and Fritz roads, 2 1/2 miles west of Lima Road. Witnesses told officers three cars collided. The chain reaction crash sent one of the vehicles into the ditch. The driver of the second vehicle was flown …

Construction work at Ayersville Local Schools is winding down. Officials gave the rundown to district staff. At last check, the terrazzo floors are complete and installation of the vinyl flooring is ongoing in the high school section. Crews will move to the elementary side this week. Concrete walks have been …

Some unemployment rates in the area, including Williams County’s, experienced a significant seasonal spike last month. Statewide, unemployment for June 2017 was at 5.3 percent. In Williams County, the rate for June was 4.2, a noticeable spike from 3.3 percent in May and April. Roughly, 18,600 of Williams County’s 19,400-person …

Former White House Press Secretary and White House Communications Director, Sean Spicer will be in Toledo promoting his book, The Briefing. In it, Spicer takes readers behind the scenes of his tenure as President, Trump’s press secretary in 2017, shedding new light on the headline-grabbing controversies of the first year …

A Paulding County woman dies in a two car crash at the County Road E, 22 intersection. Officials say Cindy Adams of Oakwood was flown to St. Rita’s in Lima, where she later died. Witnesses told officers Mikayla Mayes was southbound on 22, when Adams pulled into the intersection off …

That missing juvenile, thought to be armed and dangerous…is found. Details are light. We reported 16 year old Charles Alexander was wanted for questioning by officers in Fulton County. He was reported missing in the Metamora area. Officials say they will release more on the case in the coming days.

A Wauseon woman is sentenced in Fulton County on heroin possession charges. Haven Trucks previously pled guilty, following her January arrest. Judge, Jeffrey Robinson sentenced Trucks to 3 years of community control and ordered her to pay prosecution costs, stay out of bars, and a list of other things.