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An alert employee at the Edon Main Stop on Ohio 49 finds two credit card skimmers attached to some gas pumps…skimmers were soon found at two gas stations in Edgerton as well.

A motorcycle accident south of Quincy leaves one person injured. The crash happened in Algansee Township on South Fremont Road just south of Middle Lake Drive. The victim was taken to the Community Health Center of Branch County. No word on the extent of the motorcyclists injuries.

A tree stand falls in Steuben County, injuring a deer hunter on the first day of the season in the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area. Two other hunters heard someone yelling and followed the voice to where 33-year-old Brent Chester was laying injured at the bottom of the tree …

Williams County faces a projected $35,000 shortfall in its sewer budget this year. Officials say a 77 percent base fee increase in city of Bryan sewer rates initiated last year is to blame.

A Sherwood man is sentenced to life in prison. Jimmy Pelliccia plead guilty to four counts of rape. Defiance County investigators and the FBI determined Pelliccia had engaged in sexual conduct with two girls, both under the age of 10, between September 2016 and this past January.

A 4-year-old boy is safe after authorities spent hours searching a corn field Friday afternoon. The boy wandered into the field, at a farm on County Road K, southeast of West Unity. Search crews located the boy in the 100 acre plot.

A coroner says her office could not determine what led to the fatal brain damage of a young Ohio man detained in North Korea for more than a year. While the parents of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier and President, Trump have accused the North Korean government of torturing him, doctors say …

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 …