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Security at the Paulding County Courthouse was the topic of discussion at Tuesday’s county commissioners meeting. The commissioners met with members of the court including a judge, prosecutor and Sheriff Jason Landers. The commissioners agreed to look into options for making the courthouse safer. Officials agreed to investigate some options …

The state capital is mourning the loss of SWAT officer Steven Smith, killed in the line of duty on Sunday morning. Funeral arrangements are being made now for the 27-year-veteran officer shot in the head, allegedly by a suspect they were trying to arrest for arson.

Troopers with the Defiance post of the Ohio Highway Patrol are investigating A three-vehicle on Tuesday evening about 7:35 p.m. in Delaware Township happened when a truck driven by Michael Bittinger crashed into a semi driven by 32-year-old David Covell of Blissfield, Michigan. It happened at Ohio 18 and Bend …

The Dekalb County Sheriffs Department says an Angola man was arrested after crashing his SUV into a utility pole late Monday night around 11:30 p.m. 27-year-old Adam Fell was northbound on CR 61 when he ran off the road and slammed into a utility pole. A passenger, 35-year-old Daniel Anway …

The Williams County Sheriffs Deputies arrested a West Unity man. 46-year-old Allen Grimm was taken into custody on a Williams County Common Pleas Court warrant for non-support of dependents. Grimm was taken to the Corrections Center of NW Ohio.

At the Wauseon Exempted Village school district schools, three main buildings’ surveillance cameras will be upgraded following a decision by the board of education. The District superintendent Larry Brown said new camera equipment will allow law enforcement to view live images at the primary, elementary/middle and high school buildings. That …

Superintendent Steve Arnold of Wayne Trace Local Schools has signed a contract to become the next superintendent of the Allen County Education Service Center and the Western Buckeye Education Service Center. Arnold has worked as the superintendent at Wayne Trace since August 2011. He will turn in his resignation at …

In Toledo, two men were sent to prison for smuggling teenagers into the U.S. and keeping them as working slaves at an Ohio egg farm. Two years ago, ten young Guatemalans were found during a raid who had been living in a dilapidated trailer park near Marion with no heat …

Sauder Village is reopening on April 26th after being closed for months due to flooding. They have new themed exhibits in the Museum Building, the 40th annual Quilt Show and many anniversary events.

Fred Lord has been named director of Williams County Job and Family Services. He replaces the current director Pam Johnson. He’s worked as a senior human resources consultant in Lima. Lord was the only candidate considered for the position, according to the Commission President Brian Davis. One commissioner dissented in …