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Fiber artists from throughout the region will be gathering in Archbold this weekend for the annual Fiber Arts Fest at Sauder Village. Visitors will be able to watch spinning, weaving, and many other fiber arts demonstrations. There will be workshops, fiber exhibits, and vendors will be there, too.

A Hicksville man is sentenced to a decade in prison in Defiance County on two child sexual abuse charges. Christopher Lake pled guilty in 2016 for sexual contact with a 7-year-old girl at a Hicksville residence. A county grand jury indictment for rape included the possibility of life imprisonment due …

A Toledo woman is sentenced in the death of a Northwood woman. Carrie Buckenmeyer pled guilty in a Fulton County courtroom to aggravated vehicular homicide. She was sentenced to five years of community control and 180 days at the Corrections Center, in Stryker. On Aug. 4, 2016, Buckenmeyer was eastbound …

Alan Krontz of Angola is arrested on three counts of Intimidation, this after he made threats to two County Judges and a Butler City Police Officer. Auburn Police got word of threatening telephone calls to the residences of Judge, Kevin Wallace and Superior Court Judge, Montel Brown. The calls, allegedly …

Police were on the scene of a crash in Hancock County on County Road 216, east of Trail 243 in Washington Township. A 22-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle and went off the side of the road. The car rolled several times…the woman was trapped inside…she was pronounced dead …

An Delphos man could spend some time behind bars on child pornography charges. 67-year-old, Vernon Murray possessed and had access to numerous digital files that contained images of children being sexually abused.

A captain with the Fort Wayne Fire Department dies while leading a training exercise at a commercial structure. He was a 19-year veteran of the department. Officials say more information is forthcoming. An investigation is underway.

The Angola Board of Zoning Appeals approves a request from Speedway to build a truck stop with fueling lanes at the rear of the existing Speedway on W. Maumee St. Construction for the project will begin sometime in late spring, 2018.

Maybe you’ve seen it. Workers used a jack hammer to knock out the concrete at the abandoned former AP/Clark gas station, at the corner of South Main and East Maple streets in Bryan. It’s been closed since 2005…taxes and an absent owner the problem. Crews are going to be removing …

An area woman makes the senior enlisted ranks in the Navy. Aubry Rupp is from Bryan. She graduated from Bryan High in 2002. This week, she put the golden anchors of Chief Petty Officer on her collar. One in five make the grade annually. Damage Controlman Chief, Rupp is stationed …