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The subject of medical marijuana was brought up during this week’s meeting of the Hicksville Village Council. The Defiance County Drug-Free Coalition recently approached Mayor Diane Collins, asking for the village’s support in fighting the establishment of a medical marijuana facility in town. This sparked a lengthy conversation about the …

The repeal of part of the zoning ordnance dealing with open storage on properties was on the agenda at the Paulding Village Council meeting. Council had the first reading of an ordinance to roll back a section in the ordinance that prohibits open storage of boats, tractors, trucks, mobile homes, …

Jay Clark will serve life without parole for the 2017 shooting death of Jeremy Barron. Clark appeared for sentencing in a Michigan courtroom. Barron’s body was found near Camden. Clark has requested and has gotten permission to appeal the decision. A woman, charged with him in the case, faces her …

A Williams County woman, with her two children in a car, careens off a bridge on Defiance-Williams County Line Road, east of Evansport. Elizabeth Fairchild of Bryan, and her passengers, ages 3 and 1, were taken to ProMedica Defiance Regional…then by air ambulance to Toledo Hospital. Fairchild is listed in …

A dead body is found alongside a road in Cass Township. Hancock County deputies say it was located on Township Road 215, between County Road 18 and County Road 236. The victim is identified as 28-year-old Danielle Rice. The death is considered suspicious and remains under investigation.

A man is hurt after he crashes a pickup truck into a ditch, just south of LaOtto at County Road 70 and State Road 3. Daniel Becker of Ossian, was driving north on 3 and tried to turn left onto 70. Officials told reporters he then went off the road …

Dr. Michael Thomson is picked by the Northwest State Community College board of trustees as the college’s next president. Thompson begins April 1. He becomes the seventh president of the college, replacing Dr. Tom Stuckey, who will retire on June 30. Thomson’s background includes working at the Ohio Board of …

A woman, who during the 2016 election, accused President, Trump of sexually harassing her more than a decade ago is running for a seat in Ohio’s legislature. Former Trump Tower receptionist, Rachel Crooks filed paperwork Monday to run as a Democrat in Ohio’s 88th House District, which covers a largely …

Williams County deputies are looking for Stephen Cohn of Stryker, for disappearing from felony supervision. In 2016, Cohn pled guilty to theft charges and was sentenced to 180 days at the Corrections Center, with five years probation. Cohn was released 29 days early, due to overcrowding. Anyone with information regarding …

Napoleon Police want a suspect in a robbery at the Family Video in town, Thursday night. Officers say a female threatened an employee before leaving the business with a small amount of cash. She’s white…5-feet 5…with dark eyes. Anyone with information is asked to contact Napoleon Police.