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A rural Angola man is facing two felony charges after an alleged sexual assault involving a knife near Silver Lake last week. 41-year-old Chad Farrell was formally charged with felony of rape with a deadly weapon and criminal confinement with a deadly weapon during an initial hearing in Magistrates Court …
Read More »Fremont man facing sex charges
In Fremont, police say a man was arrested on five felony child sex charges. 56-year-old Stephen Bartell was arrested on multiple warrants, charged with Child Molesting, Fondling and Child Seduction. Fremont Police said in a Facebook posting that the alleged incidents took place last year. Bartell is being held without …
Read More »Rural fire destroys family home, four escape
A smoke detector saved the lives of four people on Sunday when their home in rural Defiance County went up in flames. The fire reported around 2:30 a.m. on Ohio 18 just east of New Bavaria Rd. destroyed the single-story, wood-frame home owned by Lynette Begley. According to a GoFundMe …
Read More »Weather to get “nasty”
The National Weather Service says northwest Ohio will get some snow this week, possibly up to six inches through Thursday. The snow will be wet and stick to power lines and trees. While it’s been a mild winter, meteorologist John Taylor says the combination of snow and wind is going …
Read More »Early voting underway in Williams County
Early voting is underway in Williams County for the March 15th presidential primary. At the monthly elections board meeting on Monday, the deputy director said 270 early ballots had been cast since February 17th. Anyone can vote early at the elections office at 1425 E. High St in suite 104. …
Read More »Man’s wife forgets to give him new credit card
Here’s one from the “we’ll laugh about this one later” file. Police were called to the Circle K on S. Main St. on Sunday morning when a man was trying to use a card that came back as “reported lost or stolen.” When police arrived, they asked the man about …
Read More »Phyllis L. Luke, 80
Phyllis L. Luke, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died peacefully at 10:10 A.M. on Friday, February 19, 2016, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan. Mrs. Luke was a homemaker and a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan, where she was also a member of the Shamrock Circle. She …
Read More »Happy National Engineering Week
National Engineering Week is here and there are events planned in the area to explain and encourage people to get into engineering. Tonight at 7 p.m., the president of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers and dean of Ohio University’s College of Engineering will speak on the importance of engineering …
Read More »AG’s office sues Williams County home improvement contractor
A Williams County home improvement company is being sued by the Ohio Attorney General’s office. Ever Clean LLC and its owner, Thadius Wind, are accused of taking money for work it failed to perform as promised. The AG’s office says Ever Clean performed incomplete gutter installation and shoddy work. Eight …
Read More »Continental fire injures two
Continental firefighters were out in the middle of the night Saturday in Continental at a barn fire in Putnam County. Two people were treated for injuries from the scene on Putnam County Road 23. It took a couple of hours to get the flames under control and out. Mutual aid …
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