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Feds, Ohio BCI join Sheriff’s department looking for missing woman

The FBI and the Ohio BCI are looking for a local woman who was reported missing on Tuesday evening. Fulton County Sheriff Roy Miller said yesterday that 20 year-old Sierah Joughin was reported missing by a family member after she failed to return home from a bike ride. She was …

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Kokomo man arrested after traffic stop for drugs and guns

A man was arrested in Napoleon early Tuesday morning on several charges and allegedly possessed a stolen firearm. 33-year-old Isaiah Barbary of Kokomo was stopped for speeding on Appian Avenue on Tuesday about 2:30 a.m. Police saw an alcoholic beverage in the vehicle, and searched the rest of the car, …

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Senator Brown makes stop in Defiance

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown made a stop in Defiance on Tuesday, meeting with bankers and lenders at Defiance College’s Serrick Center to discuss various topics, including making sure that small businesses can receive financing to help their businesses grow. Brown said he is in line to be chairman of the …

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Wauseon man charged with abduction

Police arrested a 25-year-old Wauseon man for allegedly abducting a woman on Tuesday. Police got a call from a manager of a business on Wood Drive in Napoleon who was concerned about the disappearance of a female employee from the business. The officers investigated and learned that the man, Korie …

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Fired OSU marching band director loses defamation lawsuit

The fired Ohio State University marching band director’s defamation lawsuit against the university has been dismissed by a state court. Jonathan Waters claimed that negative statements surrounding his dismissal were slanderous, defamatory and an invasion of his privacy. In the ruling this week, the judge at the Ohio Court of …

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Storm damages school construction site

Defiance City Board of Education held a special meeting Monday afternoon, learning about storm damage at the grades 6-12 construction site. Superintendent Mike Struble told the board that a strong storm on last Wednesday evening damaged the Palmer Drive construction site. With concrete block walls going up, there was damage …

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Paulding council rejects Mayor’s choice for new village administrator

The village of Paulding is still in need of a village administrator, that’s according to Mayor Greg Reinhart. He presented his recommendation for the position to council during its meeting on Monday. Reinhart asked council to hire James Brown as the village administrator. Brown has a bachelor of arts degree …

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Angola man hits tree head on

In Steuben County, Deputies were dispatched to a personal injury crash at Division Road between County Roads 600 E and 700 E just before 6 a.m. Tuesday morning. Deputies found a red 1997 Dodge Ram pick-up truck driven by Tyler Parr of Angola off the roadway. The truck hit two …

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Fentanyl is the next bad thing

In the fight against opioids, the Bryan Community Health Center is reporting a big increase in people seeking help with drug addiction and requesting medically assisted rehab. According to the Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force Commander Doug Engle, heroin has been the big problem, and now fentanyl is right behind. It’s …

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