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Crews in Bryan take on a house fire on Ohio 567 at Chicago Street in Williams Center. There was light smoke coming from the eves and windows when they arrived at the scene. No injuries reported. Damage is extensive but repairable.

The Bryan Fire Department extinguishes a blaze at an area employer. Foam insulation in the back of a truck at S&S Directional Boring on County Road 17 caught fire. Apparently, a chemical reaction the cause. Employees at the business pulled the truck out of the building before fire crews arrived. …

A Paulding County man is indicted for murder. Matthew Dempsey faces those charges in the wake of the murder of Gina Mann, last month. Mann’s body was found in the garage of Dempsey’s home. He is being held on $7 million bond

Alan Laney is convicted on charges for abusing and torturing a 1-year-old girl in 2017. Laney, of Montpelier, was found guilty in a Williams County courtroom. Prosecutors say Laney was seen hitting the child. He is scheduled for sentencing on June 6.

State fire officials hope tips from the public, regarding a garage fire in Defiance will materialize as investigators continue to go over the scene at a Hill St residence. An attached carport was heavily damaged in the blaze. Just before the fire was discovered, a white female with blonde, shoulder-length …

A Fulton County man is behind bars after police say he went after two teen girls walking on the side of the road at the Fulton-Henry County line. A 13 and a 14-year-old girl were in the area of County Roads 24 and W. They told officers a car, driven …

Noble County deputies wants a woman for failing to appear in court and, now, escape. Brooke McKenney is a white woman, 5-8…170, with blue eyes and brown hair. Anyone with information on McKenney is asked to call the Noble County Sheriff’s Department.

Bad heroin laced with fentanyl in Williams County leads to the third near-fatal overdose within the last 10 days in the area. The victim responded to treatment. Officials say it was a close call.

Williams County deputies want a Bryan woman. Brandie Grandey was arrested in December by Bryan Police and charged with drug possession. In Jan, a failure to appear was added to the charges…she has not been seen since.

Defiance County deputies get a firearms complaint in Sherwood that leads to charges 20 minutes later. Witnesses told officers Stephen Shaw fired off a round while attempting to enter a residence on South Taylor Street. Deputies got a description of Shaw. An Ohio State trooper spotted his vehicle on U.S. …