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44 year old Daniel Zerbe of Indiana, was arraigned on a murder charge with a firearm specification in Paulding County Common Pleas Court. He entered a not guilty plea to the charge and waived his right to a speedy trial. Zerbe is accused of killing Wilma Schwartz on or about …

The Williams County Board of Election on Monday approved adding an emergency levy renewal for the Stryker Local School District. The levy is a renewal of a previous emergency levy, and is not a new levy or an increase, according to board member Jeff Erb. The five-year, 4.6 mill levy …

The county has taken the first step in a nearly $1 million improvement project for roadways and a bridge near the Ohio Turnpike plaza near West Unity. Williams County commissioners on Monday approved an agreement between the state and county to resurface sections of three county roads that service the …

There will be a special meeting of the Board of Education of Montpelier Exempted Village School District tonight. The purpose for the meeting is planning for negotiations and is an executive session. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Quality Inn on State Route 15.

A Napoleon teacher facing 13 counts of sex charges appeared Monday morning in Henry County Common Pleas Court. A jury trial date of April 3 was set by Judge John Collier during the pre-trial conference. A final pre-trial conference is scheduled for March 10. 28 year old Brian Kressbach of …

Authorities investigating the death of an Ohio State student say they have not ruled out the suspect’s possible connection to recent attacks in south Columbus. Twenty-nine-year-old Brian Golsby, of Columbus is charged with aggravated murder, rape and other counts in connection to the death of 21-year-old Reagan Tokes. At least …

The Bryan Times reports the recent increase in missing children reported as runaways and insubordinates has Montpelier’s chief of police cautioning parents to be aware and alert to what is happening around them. According to chief of police Daniel McGee, Montpelier resides right in the middle of two cities that …

The man accused of killing a 21-year-old Ohio State University student appeared in a Columbus courtroom Monday morning. 29 year old Brian L. Golsby is facing charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery in the death of Reagan Tokes. Grove City police arrested him on Saturday. During his …

Last week, the Ohio Ballot Board certified the proposed constitutional amendment known as the “Ohio Crime Victims Bill of Rights Amendment” as a single ballot issue. Petitioners will now need to collect 305,591 signatures, which is equal to 10 percent of the total vote cast for governor in 2014, in …

Today is Valentine’s Day and attorney general Mike DeWine is warning Ohioans about an escalating scam that targets victims with phony romantic relationships. He says people will create bogus accounts on Facebook and dating websites, draw a person in by pretending they have similar interests, then ask for money. DeWine …