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Ohio State troopers are putting together a DUI checkpoint somewhere in the area this week. More on the exact location, later.

Paulding has a new administrator. Council agreed to hire E. Thomas Ault. He replaces Robert Fisher, who resigned from the post in April. Ault currently is the village administrator in Louisville.

In Williams County, the May unemployment rate fell to 3.3 percent. Henry County checks in at 4.1 percent. Defiance County?…4.2. In Fulton County, it’s now at 3.7 percent. All the counties are at or below the average, statewide.

The Bryan City Band’s summer concert series continues at the Bandstand in downtown Bryan. Some works on the playlist this week include those by Francis Scott Key, Irving Berlin and Red Skelton.

Forecasters say this week’s heat wave won’t be as severe or last as long as anyone suspected. Bryan Municipal Utilities issued a public request last week for industrial and residential customers to curb power consumption from 2-6 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week to deal with the …

A Leipsic man is being checked out after a shooting incident at a County Road H residence. Investigators say officers were called there on a welfare check. They tried to talk to the man at the door. He goes back inside. A minute later, a shot rings out, followed by …

A large tank, holding anhydrous ammonia rolls off a trailer and onto Ohio 18 in Richland Township. One person was injured in the mishap. The vessel was quickly loaded back onto a trailer and hauled away. An investigation is underway

Stryker first responders are dispatched to a motorcycle crash on County Road F, 50. The driver was taken to a Bryan facility with minor injuries. Officials tell reporters a deer came out of nowhere, causing the accident. The investigation into the accident is begin handled by both state and local …

Area officers deal with a drug overdose in Alvordton at a South Anderson Street address. The victim survived. Under the state’s 911 Good Samaritan Law the victim wants to remain unidentified and will not face charges.

Two men, both currently facing murder charges in Paulding County in separate cases, are indicted on additional charges after digging a hole in a cell wall last month at the Paulding County Jail in an attempt to escape. Matthew Dempsey and Tristen Blair now each face escape and vandalism charges. …