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Etch A Sketch is leaving the City of Bryan, and heading north to Canada. The Ohio Art Company announcing it’s selling the iconic Etch A Sketch to Spin Master Corporation. The company says they will make a significant investment in new equipment to bolster their main business of lithography. Spin …
Read More »Man charged in Defiance burglary
A burglary reported in Defiance led to a man’s arrest. 23-year-old Cody Jenkins was arrested on Tuesday and charged with burglary, interfering with the operation of a train and inducing panic. Officers were called to Washington Ave. Monday night around 9 p.m. Jenkins was taken into custody on the Riverside …
Read More »Defiance wants to get eyesores cleaned up, removed
Defiance County commissioners have earmarked $150,000 from the unappropriated county funds portion of the budget to pay for removal of vacant properties. The county is targeting these eyesores and asking the townships and municipalities to each come up with a target list to start from. The Commission will take applications …
Read More »Paulding woman found dead in her apartment
A Paulding woman was found dead in her apartment on Tuesday. 21-year-old Hannah Fischer’s body was discovered in the late afternoon and police were called just before 5 p.m. No other details were released. The Paulding County Coroner Dr. Joseph Kuhn will do an autopsy to determine the young woman’s …
Read More »Superintendent Miller chosen for international scholarship
Antwerp Local Schools superintendent Dr. Martin Miller has been chosen to receive a scholarship to attend the Global Leaders Summit at the Hague in the Netherlands. Miller will join two other Ohio superintendents and a delegation of educational administrators from across the U.S. to travel to Finland, a country with …
Read More »Paulding County Sheriff considers reopening shuttered jail
The Sheriff in Paulding County is looking into reopening the county jail, and wants citizens to weigh in. Sheriff Jason Landers says he would like to see the county jail reopen, but realizes there are some issues that need to be addressed first. An operating levy would need to be …
Read More »Man arrested in Hillsdale County for man’s death
A suspect who had been wanted by Hillsdale County authorities following the death of a man last month is now in custody. 29-year-old Steven Francis Swan is being held in the Hillsdale County Jail. He’s waiting to be arraigned on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a …
Read More »Cameron Hospital Ball raises $42,000
The annual Cameron Hospital Ball raised $42,000 for new defibrillators for the Cameron Hospital. Last December’s event is part of over 30 years of commitment to benefit the hospital, and have raised nearly a million dollars. This year’s Cameron Benefit Ball will be held Saturday, December 3rd.
Read More »Paulding woman wanted on warrant
Defiance deputies are looking for a woman with a warrant. 36-year-old Amanda Cringle, who last lived in Paulding, has felony warrants out of Defiance County for contempt of court. She is wanted on domestic violence charges. Cringle is about 5′ 9″ tall, long brown hair, a medium build and wears …
Read More »Montpelier student awarded for public service
A fifth grader at Montpelier Middle School has been honored for her volunteering efforts. 11-year-old Jade Scott has been named as one of the top runners-up in the 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards in Ohio. Scott founded her school’s chapter of Help Us Give Shoes, which is otherwise known …
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