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Two people are injured in a motorcycle crash in Defiance County. Shawn Theis, of Cecil, was riding south on Canal Road when he went off the south side of Powers Road. Theis and his passenger, Thelma Bowers, of Paulding, were thrown from the motorcycle. Both were seriously hurt and flown …

Crews in Angola are dispatched to Jimmerson Lake to take for a house fire. The first units on the scene find a two-story home with heavy fire on the first floor, extending into the second floor and the attic. Crews battled the high temperatures and the humidity. Most of the …

The scammers are at it again…this time Bryan Municipal Utilities is warning its customers to be on the lookout. Residents and businesses in the area are getting phone calls from someone claiming to be with BMU, urging them to pay their bill with a credit card over the phone and …

A man goes to jail after a decision in a Defiance County courtroom. Valentino Urbina is given an eight-year prison term by Judge, Joseph Schmenk for cocaine and other charges. He also gets a ten thousand dollar fine.

Congressman, Bob Latta announces one Williams County community could be getting significant funding from the federal government to be put towards a long awaited project. Kunkle is selected to receive $1,025,000 in Ohio Environmental Infrastructure Program funds to build a sanitary sewer system. In 2017, wastewater issues in Kunkle and …

An Indiana legislative staffer becomes the third woman, and the first Republican, to publicly accuse state Attorney General, Curtis Hill of groping her at a March party. Hill, who was elected to a four-year term in 2016, has repeatedly denied the allegations and has refused calls for him to resign. …

President, Trump nominates a northern Indiana agribusinessman to be the nation’s next ambassador of agriculture to the United Nations. If the U.S. Senate confirms Kip Tom for the post, he would be based in Rome, Italy and oversee three U.N. agencies based there. Tom is chief executive officer of Tom …

The State Board of Education approves policy guidance for new graduation guidelines mandating that Indiana high school students do more to graduate and are ready for college, the workplace or enlisting in the military. It passed on a 10-0 vote. Beginning in 2023, students will have to complete additional coursework, …

A Ney man pleads guilty to drugs and stolen guns charges. James Thomas was in a Williams County courtroom. Prosecutors say on Feb. 2, he possessed methamphetamine and a stolen police service revolver when he was arrested. They added he had several other handguns on him at the time. His …

A Bryan man, arrested back in January for his seventh DUI gets 14 months in jail. Gabriel Nichols was sentenced in Williams County. Nichols was clocked at 128 miles per hour before he was pulled over on Ohio 15, between Holiday City and Bryan, last winter. Nichols was also ordered …