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A fatal crash took the life of an Antwerp woman Sunday morning. The Ohio Highway Patrol says 47-year-old Lisa Recker was a passenger in a vehicle that went off the right side of the road, then the opposite side and hit a tree. The driver, 30-year-old Bobbi Brkovic of Paulding …
Read More »Bryan police post two OVI arrests
Bryan police tell us they’ve made two OVI arrests this weekend. 55-year-old Tim Szabo of Bryan was arrested for drunk driving just after midnight. He was released on his own recognizance. A 30-year-old Montpelier woman as arrested for OVI about 2 a.m. Sunday. Elisha Roden was arrested and released on …
Read More »Suspected robbers of The Barn held
In other area crime news, two people arrested for robbing The Barn in Defiance last Monday were in court yesterday. Joshua Brown was assigned a public defender and charged with robbery. His case was continued until this morning. He has a $150,000 bond already set. The woman arrested with him …
Read More »Pair accused of robbery in Sherwood in court
The two men charged with robbing a man in the parking lot of the Village Food Emporium in Sherwood appeared in court for the first time yesterday. Dequavis Farris waived his preliminary hearing and was bound over for the county grand jury. His bond set at $150,000. The other man …
Read More »Troopers seize liquid codeine in traffic stop, arrest 4
Most of the time, The Ohio Highway Patrol finds heroin or marijuana in cars traveling through the area. This time, it was liquid codeine they found on the Ohio Turnpike in Fulton County. Four people in a car with temporary Illinois plates were arrested after the stop for speeding. After …
Read More »I-69 semi driver recovering after rollover
An update on the semi driver injured in a rollover crash on northbound I-69 near the rest area at the 344 mile marker yesterday. The 44-year-old driver is Ronald Sherard from Cairo, Ohio. He went off the right side and over-corrected, rolling his semi and snarling traffic for hours. He …
Read More »Hudson sex offender surrenders after warrant issued
A Hudson man wanted for failing to register as a sex offender in Steuben County has turned himself in. Levi Tink walked into the Steuben County jail after the Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Marshal’s Office were searching for him. He was booked into the Steuben County Jail, bond set at …
Read More »Paulding man trapped in Mack truck crash
A man from Paulding is recovering today from a crash Wednesday morning. 25-year-old Rodney Osbun Jr., at last check was in “good” condition at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne. According to the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, Osbun was driving a Dodge 1500 on U.S. 127, north of Crane Township …
Read More »Mayor: Loss of River Street Market is “devastating”
The loss of the River Street Market is devastating to the local community, according to Mayor Ray Delong. He said the fire that destroyed the market caused a “tremendous loss to the community.” He said “a small town without a grocery store is a dying town. It’s a terrible tragedy …
Read More »Scholarships for Defiance seniors majoring in education
Parents of Defiance High School seniors who are planning to major in education this fall are reminded that scholarships are available now for the Claude W. Henkle or Marie Kauser Memorial Scholarship. They are due by March 15th, and are available from the Defiance High School counselors’ office.
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