The state’s education department is asking a court to force its largest online school to hand over log-in information. But the e-school known as ECOT says it’s not ready to budge and claims the state has been mishandling their attendance audit for months. ECOT consultant Neil Clark says documents between …
Read More »Sales tax holiday in Ohio coming up August 5 – 7
Holiday shopping bargains are not normally found in the summer months but for the second year in a row, the state of Ohio has enacted a sales tax holiday for Ohio beginning at 12.01 a.m. Aug. 5 and ending at 11:59 p.m. Aug. 7. While the crowds may not be …
Read More »Defiance County grand jury indictes 13 persons
A Defiance County grand jury has indicted 13 persons, including one person charged with selling large amounts of cocaine. 27 year old Orlando Perez Jr. was indicted for three counts of trafficking in cocaine, each a first-degree felony; and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a first-degree felony. Perez …
Read More »Defiance woman killed Saturday in a two-vehicle crash in Paulding County
A Defiance woman was killed Saturday in a two-vehicle crash in Paulding County. According to the Van Wert post of the Ohio Highway Patrol the crash occurred at 6:30 p.m. on Paulding County Road 176, just west of Township Road 105. A Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 33 year old …
Read More »Hamler Community Park receives some upgrades
The Hamler Community Park has received some upgrades just in time for one of the park’s biggest events, thanks to the work of several community volunteers and donations from local businesses. More than 50 volunteers with the Hamler Summerfest, Hamler Country Fest and Hamler Men’s Club raised money and donated …
Read More »Indictments from WillCo Grand Jury
The Grand Jury handed down multiple indictments yesterday. Operating under the Influence Timothy A. Baltosser, 35, West Unity Theft William C. Killion, 41, Montpelier Brittany M. Bland, Bryan, Theft From An Elderly Person Edgar B. Elizondo, 26, Bryan Drugs Michaela A. Studer, 26, Montpelier Alex P. Haley, 19, Toledo Robert …
Read More »Search intensifies for missing Metamora woman
A reward of $25,000 has been put up by a private donor for information about the disappearance of 20-year-old Sierah Joughin, whose bicycle was found in a cornfield on a Fulton County road this week. Officials want to talk to a jogger who may have seen her before she was …
Read More »Henry County man charged with rape
A Henry County man is facing two felony charges. Benjamin Rohdy of Deshler has been charged with rape and abduction. He was arrested early Wednesday morning by the Deshler Police Department and taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. Later Wednesday, Rohdy was arraigned in Napoleon Municipal Court. Bond …
Read More »Trump is the nominee, Cleveland escapes violence feared at RNC
In Cleveland, The Republican National Convention ended with Donald Trump accepting the party’s nomination for President last night. As for the numbers, only two dozen protestors were arrested and the violence that was feared didn’t materialize, much to the relief of city officials, police and much of the public who …
Read More »Ohio AG Dewine sues to block Aetna, Humana merger
Ohio and seven other states don’t want medical insurance companies Aetna and Humana to merge, and Attorney General Mike Dewine said in a news release yesterday that his office studied the merger carefully and determined a challenge was necessary to protect Ohioans. A lawsuit challenging the merger alleges if the …
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