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Helicopter question solved, sort of

The Defiance County Sheriff’s office got calls wondering why a helicopter was seen over the city for several hours on Wednesday. According to the department, the chopper was checking utility lines. No word on who commissioned the work.

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Toledo Restaurant Week wraps Saturday night

This is restaurant week, and in Toledo restaurants are wrapping up a week of special menu offerings for discounted prices, to encourage new business. There are 44 restaurants participating in restaurant week, which runs through Saturday. More details on the restaurants which are participating, then menus, prices and more at …

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Son arrested in dad’s shooting death

A 51-year-old Steuben County man was found dead in the road on Wednesday. The Sheriff’s Department say he was shot to death, and now police have arrested his son. 25-year-old Cody Smith is being held after he was taken into custody following a two hour manhunt. The body was found …

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Bryan man charged with disorderly conduct, jailed

Bryan police arrested 21-year-old Mason Gansmiller of Bryan for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct from an incident on North Lynn St. on Wednesday night. He was taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio to be booked.

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Kendallville man accused of stabbing Wal-Mart employee

A man from Kendallville, Indiana has been arrested for stabbing an employee at the Sturgis Wal-Mart last week. The suspect is 48-year-old Randy Decker, who was arraigned on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery and two counts of resisting and obstructing an officer. According to Sturgis Police, the victim was …

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OSP joins 5 states in drugs, weapons enforcement

The Ohio State Highway Patrol released the numbers during a recent drug enforcement sweep. OSP said in a release they made 194 drug arrests and six weapons arrests from March 3rd to March 5th. The initiative was part of a bigger collaboration with other neighboring patrols, including Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, …

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Paulding couple murdered, victim’s son charged in Florida

New information this morning about the murder of a Paulding couple. A man has pleaded not guilty in a Florida courtroom to all the charges against him in the deaths of Kevin and Shanna McGrath, and Elbert Merrick III of Florida, on January 23rd. The suspect, Jacob Langston, is Shanna …

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Flu numbers increasing, though better than last year

Ohio Department of Health Officials are saying that while the numbers of people suffering from the flu have jumped in the last week, the numbers are no where close to last year, when the flu vaccine didn’t match the strain and thousands of people in Ohio got sick. The CDC …

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Man who shot at jogger convicted, sentencing set

In Henry County Common Pleas Court, a man who was charged with shooting at a jogger has been found guilty of attempted murder. The man, Cullen Parsons, fired shots at a man in September while the man was jogging along a Henry County Road. The shots missed and the jogger …

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Wauseon needs more ca$h for 4th of July fireworks

City leaders in Wauseon have more money to raise if they want to have a Fourth of July fireworks celebration. A councilman told the City Council they have raised about $15,000 from the city and the Homecoming Committee. That leaves about $10,000 still needed. Local businesses have pledged to hold …

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