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Ohioans lost the right to appeal disputed tax decisions directly to the state’s high court, a scarcely debated policy change that critics say will have sweeping consequences for businesses, individuals and governments. The Ohio Supreme Court advocated for and defends the change, arguing it was necessary to lighten its docket …

The Community Humane Shelter of Steuben County invited the community to tour its new facility on Thursday. The shelter held an official ribbon cutting and open hours. The animals were moved there in late August. It is twice the size. Construction on the new facility began last October. The $1.6 …

A cause of an explosion that leveled a rural Defiance County home on Aug. 21 is determined. The blast at 15525 Sponseller Road is thought to be an accidental fire. Officials say the probable cause was a propane leak in the crawlspace. Defiance crews were called to the one-story home …

Fiber artists from throughout the region will be gathering in Archbold this weekend for the annual Fiber Arts Fest at Sauder Village. Visitors will be able to watch spinning, weaving, and many other fiber arts demonstrations. There will be workshops, fiber exhibits, and vendors will be there, too.

A Hicksville man is sentenced to a decade in prison in Defiance County on two child sexual abuse charges. Christopher Lake pled guilty in 2016 for sexual contact with a 7-year-old girl at a Hicksville residence. A county grand jury indictment for rape included the possibility of life imprisonment due …

A Toledo woman is sentenced in the death of a Northwood woman. Carrie Buckenmeyer pled guilty in a Fulton County courtroom to aggravated vehicular homicide. She was sentenced to five years of community control and 180 days at the Corrections Center, in Stryker. On Aug. 4, 2016, Buckenmeyer was eastbound …

Alan Krontz of Angola is arrested on three counts of Intimidation, this after he made threats to two County Judges and a Butler City Police Officer. Auburn Police got word of threatening telephone calls to the residences of Judge, Kevin Wallace and Superior Court Judge, Montel Brown. The calls, allegedly …

Police were on the scene of a crash in Hancock County on County Road 216, east of Trail 243 in Washington Township. A 22-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle and went off the side of the road. The car rolled several times…the woman was trapped inside…she was pronounced dead …

An Delphos man could spend some time behind bars on child pornography charges. 67-year-old, Vernon Murray possessed and had access to numerous digital files that contained images of children being sexually abused.

A captain with the Fort Wayne Fire Department dies while leading a training exercise at a commercial structure. He was a 19-year veteran of the department. Officials say more information is forthcoming. An investigation is underway.