The Williams County Sheriff’s Office has a new police dog to replace K-9 Max, who will be retiring at the end of the year. The new K-9, named Ruin is a 1 ½ yr. old Dutch/German Shepherd mix that was imported from Poland. Deputy Ken Jacob, a 17 yr. veteran, …
Read More »More Deputies For WC
Officials in Williams County agree in a 2-1 vote to make the budget adjustments necessary to add two new sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff, Steve Towns requested roughly $160,000 in what he referred to as “monetary adjustments” to meet obligations for this year. Sheriff Towns also asked for an additional $222,000 for …
Read More »Fatal Motorcycle Crash
A motorcyclist is killed following a crash with a pick up truck in west Toledo. 23-year-old James Ketchum was headed down Laskey Road when the driver of the pick-up, 61-year-old Richard Rodriguez attempted to turn into a restaurant. Rodriguez’s truck hit Ketchum, throwing him from the vehicle. Both were transported …
Read More »Area Bus Accident
No students are seriously injured after a Quincy Community Schools bus was struck from behind by a pickup at the corner of Central Road and Donald Drive, just east of Fremont Road. The back emergency door and the rear bumper on the bus were damaged. The pickup needs significant front …
Read More »Coach Goes To Jail
Ryder Sommers is sentenced to 180 days in the Correction Center of Northwest Ohio for sex offenses involving two children. Sommers, a former competitive cheer coach with the Head Over Heels Gymnastics Academy in Bryan, entered a guilty plea to three counts of sexual battery on July 10 in Williams …
Read More »Entertainment For A Good Cause
This year’s Defiance Has Talent & Heart fundraiser benefits Fairview High School senior, Erica Reineck, who was severely injured in an automobile accident last summer. The event will once again be held at the Defiance Knights of Columbus.
Read More »Defiance Roundabout Update
A grant application for a traffic roundabout on a south side Defiance street received city council’s approval. It allows city administrator, Jeff Leonard to ask the Ohio Public Works Commission for a $325,000 grant to help build it at Palmer Drive and Jefferson Avenue. The cost is $816,800.
Read More »Teacher Contract Finalised
A three-year agreement between the Napoleon Area Board of Education and the Napoleon Faculty Association is approved. The board also agreed to salary increases for administrative, confidential and aide staff. The agreement provides raises of 3 percent each year of the contract. It also provides, in the first year, an …
Read More »Latest Job Numbers For WC
The unemployment rate for Williams County in July was 5.1 percent, an increase from 4.6 in June. The number is also up from 4.7 percent in both July 2015 and July 2016. The rate is the county’s highest since it was 5.1 percent in January and February 2017, before it …
Read More »NC Victim ID
Police in Noble County reveal the identity of a homicide victim. 39-year-old, Suzanne Moore previously lived in the Rome City area but most recently was staying in Fort Wayne. That’s where police served a search warrant and arrested 39-year-old Tracey Martin. Moore’s body was found Sunday along Noble County Road …
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