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Janet Breneman throws her hat into the ring in a run for the 81st District in Williams and Fulton counties. She is unopposed in the Democratic primary on May 8. The West Unity describes herself as a strong advocate for education, unions, medical marijuana in the GOP stronghold.

A 23 year old man from La Crosse, Wisconsin is arrested by Indiana State Police at the 153 mile marker on the Toll Road. A search of Rymone Taylor’s car netted five grams of cocaine, a handgun and more than $9,500 cash. Taylor was taken to the Steuben County lockup.

An Edgerton woman, accused of stealing from patients at the Park View Nursing Center, pleads not guilty. Morgan Lewis was in a Williams County courtroom. She is charged with burglary and theft.

We are now at day three in the James Worley murder trial in Wauseon. Prosecutors reviewed the day Sierah Joughin’s body was found in a relatively deep grave in a cornfield in 2016. The jurors heard how a volunteer searcher found an area in a cornfield where the dirt seemed …

Mike Myers is hired as the new principal of Wayne Trace Junior/Senior High. Myers, the current assistant principal, was given a three-year contract. He will take over for Phil Nofziger, who announced his retirement, effective July 31.

A Coldwater woman is taken to jail, facing marijuana and methamphetamine charges, this following a traffic stop on the Indiana Toll Road, nine miles west of the Howe/LaGrange exit. Jasireee Bauder has a court date this week.

Demolition crews begin work at the site of the former Friendly’s restaurant on N. Clinton St. in Defiance. A Panda Express is expected to open at that location by July.

Ohio officers joined forces with other members of a 6-State Trooper Project in a drug and weapons sweep. In the end, they made 17 weapons and 248 drug arrests. The Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, West Virginia and Pennsylvania State Police, along with the Ohio State Highway Patrol worked together in the …

Indiana lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on legislation that would eliminate handgun license fees, while allowing people to carry firearms in churches located on school grounds. The bill repackages elements of other gun rights bills that died in the Legislature in the wake of the Florida school shooting that …

Former congressman, Dennis Kucinich sent a letter to the Ohio Democratic Party, demanding more gubernatorial debates before the May 8 primary. Kucinich says the party, which has technically held four debates but only one with the current slate of candidates, is failing Democratic voters by not having an aggressive schedule. …