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The Four County Career Center Board of Education recently approved service projects and heard multiple presentations. It was reported the board approved service learning projects between Napoleon CBI and the Filling Home to prepare Christmas Cheer boxes, and the Wauseon CBI and Fulton County Christmas Cheer program to prepare a …

The former director of a prison reentry nonprofit has been sentenced to 10-13 years behind bars for stealing more than $200,000 from the organization and its donors, including elderly Ohioans, Attorney General Dave Yost announced.“He didn’t just steal money – he deprived the community of a helping hand for inmates …

With Ohio getting deeper into winter with snowfall and cold temperatures, homeowners will be out bundled up and shoveling snow until the warmer months. But if you don’t clear the snow and/or ice from your sidewalk, are you liable if someone slips, falls and gets hurt? No, Ohio property owners …

A Defiance County man was sentenced to prison Tuesday in Henry County Common Pleas Court for causing a traffic fatality last year on U.S. 24 while under the influence. 39 year old Christopher Borstelman was given a 54-month prison term by Visiting Judge James Bates on a charge of aggravated …

A January 2026 online auction may now determine the fate of the Community Memorial Hospital building and adjacent property following the termination of a purchase agreement by the Village of Hicksville. No date has been set for the auction. Village officials expressed that the main goal for purchasing was to …

Fulton County commissioners voted to oppose a large solar project near Fayette during a recent meeting, but this did not stop a state agency from approving the project. Commissioners’ 3-0 vote on the Ritter Station project in Gorham Township was followed some days later by the Ohio Power Siting Board’s …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports 11 deaths in eight fatal crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday reporting period, which began at midnight on Wednesday, November 26 and concluded at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 30. According to preliminary Patrol statistics, at least two of the eight fatal crashes recorded during …

A Toledo area man was sentenced in Henry County Common Pleas Court to a prison term on drug-related charges that could exceed 10 years. 34 year old Victor Watson, of Sylvania, was sentenced to eight to 12 years on a charge of conspiracy, a second-degree felony; and having weapons while …

After a one year hiatus, “A Storybook Adventure,” a program for children in pre-kindergarten through second grade, is back. The program is returning to Defiance’s Northtowne Mall on Saturday from 11-a.m.-2 p.m. Storybook Adventure first appeared in 2014 and was held annually, until Sept. 16, 2023. At first, the program …

The 14th annual “Lights for Lives” traffic enforcement effort once again demonstrated the impact of coordinated policing across northwest Ohio. The Ohio State Highway Patrol Findlay District partnered with agencies in Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Defiance, Henry, Wood, Putnam, Paulding, Hancock, Van Wert, Allen and Hardin counties for the two-day operation, …