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A motorist is cut out of her vehicle by first responders after it leaves Paulding County Road 209, near Township Road 140 and comes to rest in a water-filled ditch. The motorist was taken to Mercy Defiance. The name has not been released by troopers. The crash investigation is underway …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is working with the Indiana State Police, Michigan State Police, Illinois State Police and Truckers Against Trafficking to raise awareness about human trafficking. The initiative began on Monday and concludes Saturday. The goal is to train and educate those who are in a position to …

A Defiance man is brought in after a break-in on Ottawa Avenue. Brandon Fairchild is charged with burglary and resisting arrest. Fairchild was taken to Mercy Defiance Hospital for treatment of a police dog bite. He was then taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, pending an appearance in …

Unemployment rates for the six-county area all increased from November to December, that’s according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The highest unemployment rate was Henry County at 5.1 percent, with Putnam County having the lowest at 3.5. Putnam County again had one of the lowest rates …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office wants a non-compliant registered sex offender. The court issued an arrest warrant, charging 58 year old Ted Benhower with 2 felony counts of failure to register as a sex or violent offender. Benhower is white…5-8…150…with hazel eyes and brown hair. If you know anything, give …

A Haviland couple is sentenced to two years in prison each for drug charges in Paulding County. Ruth and Dylan Keysor, stated they were sorry and had made bad decisions that resulted in the case. Judge Tiffany Beckman ordered that a truck the couple owned be forfeited and all contraband …

A manhunt that went throughout the early morning hours on Tuesday ends in an arrest in Bryan. Joshua Yates of Bryan, fled from a traffic stop in Defiance County. He has one warrant from Defiance Municipal Court charging him with child endangerment and two others from Bryan Municipal Court charging …

A fire destroys an Auburn business. Crews were called to the Auburn Heating & Air Conditioning storage building on Sprott Street. They quickly called for assistance from both the Angola and Ashley Fire Departments. 8 different departments eventually were on scene. It took them nearly 80 minutes to extinguish the …

A trial date is set in a murder case involving a 3-month-old boy in Paulding County. Tristen Blair of Grover Hill will have a date of May 15. Blair is accused in the death of his 3-month-old son. An autopsy indicated evidence of blunt force trauma. In November, Blair pleaded …

The giant Ohio online charter school that abruptly closed mid-school-year lost another round of its battle with the state over funding, even as many of its 12,000 students are looking for new schools. The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow is challenging how Ohio tallied student participation to determine the publicly funded …