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Unemployment rates throughout the six-county area rose significantly from December to January, according to statistics from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Rates throughout the region rose anywhere from 1 to 1.8 percent. Putnam County had the lowest rate at 4.8 percent. Henry County had the highest at …
Read More »Nonprofit organization Teens With Dreams being disbanded after AG investigation
The nonprofit organization Teens With Dreams, which operated in Toledo and Columbus is being disbanded. Founder Darnell Robinson started the organization with the expressed purpose to keep teens busy and off the streets and also to do work free for seniors and help community fundraisers. But investigators from Ohio Attorney …
Read More »The 2017 class of Leadership Williams County selects their group project
The 2017 class of Leadership Williams County has selected their group project: renovating the circa-1850 Quaker Meeting House on County Road 21.N in Brady Township. The Quaker Meeting House was built for $250 by the Borton brothers, who moved to Williams County from New Jersey, and was a well-known Underground …
Read More »Trial date reset for man accused in murder of U of T student
Judge Jeffrey Robinson re-set the jury trial for 57 year old James Worley of rural Delta for January 16, 2018. Worley is charged in the abduction and murder of 20 year old Sierah Joughin, a University of Toledo student who disappeared July 19 while riding her bicycle on a rural …
Read More »6-State Trooper Project results in weapons and drug arrests
The Ohio State Highway Patrol joined forces with other members of the 6-State Trooper Project to remove drugs and illegal weapons from our communities. During the initiative from midnight Thursday, March 2 through midnight Saturday, March 4, OSHP made 12 weapon arrests and 217 drug arrests. This high-visibility enforcement effort …
Read More »Two out-of-state men arrested after six-month investigation of marijuana distribution
A six-month investigation of marijuana distribution into northwest Ohio by the Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force (MAN Unit) concluded Monday with the arrest of two men. 33 year old Isidro Tovar of Gibsonton, Fla., and 58 year old Gilbert Garcia of Grand Prairie, Texas, were arrested Monday morning on Hotel Drive …
Read More »Ohio’s lethal injection process under review by a federal appeals court
A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over the constitutionality of Ohio’s lethal injection process as the state tries to start carrying out executions once again. State attorneys say they’ve provided plenty of evidence to show that the contested first drug in Ohio’s three-drug method will put inmates into a …
Read More »Montpelier man facing multiple charges
The Henry County Sheriff’s Office reported deputies initially responded to a theft complaint in the 100 block of S. East St. in McClure around 4:45 p.m. Saturday, where 36 year old Benjamin Hill of Montpelier, was charged in the matter. Deputies later responded to a reported assault on North Vine …
Read More »Hudson man killed following a two-vehicle accident east of Auburn Saturday afternoon
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department says a Hudson man was killed following a two-vehicle accident east of Auburn Saturday afternoon. The crash happened at 1:10 p.m. Saturday at State Road 8 and State Road 1 approximately nine miles east of Auburn. According to police reports a vehicle driven by 84-year-old …
Read More »Ohio State mourns loss of legendary assistant coach
The Ohio State University is mourning the loss of a longtime athletics employee and coach. Bob Tucker suffered a heart attack Sunday near his home in Worthington. Tucker spent 15 years at OSU as a coach and administrator. He was part of 9 Big 10 Championship teams under Earle Bruce …
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