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The Henry County Fair is back! The fairgrounds will host the 173rd Henry County Fair starting on Thursday and running thru August 20th.  Gates will open at 7 a.m. on Thursday to kick off an eight-day schedule of events, including food and amusement attractions.  Free parking and entrance to all grandstand …

According to the most recent data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, unemployment rates in six local counties slightly increased in June compared to May, although they were all still below 3.8%.  Williams and Fulton were somewhat higher at 3.7%, but four of the six (Putnam, Paulding, …

A woman has been detained on suspicion of using her car to kill a Maumee man over two years ago.  42 year old Sonia Rodriguez is accused of aggravated vehicular homicide after being taken into custody on Tuesday. Before being freed on her own recognizance, she had an appearance in …

Everyone is being reminded by the Defiance County Safe Communities Coalition to “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is collaborating with law enforcement organizations nationwide, including local partners in Defiance County, for the annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign from August 19th …

Independence Dam State Park will get crowded this weekend.  Supplies for “Walk through History,” a component of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ year-long America 250 commemoration, are starting to arrive, including cannons and a big-top tent.  The two-day festival, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, has been planned for 21 …

Austin Dickinson, a State Wildlife Officer assigned to Defiance County, got a Turn In a Poacher complaint about several people snatching fish on the Auglaize River beneath the Power Dam.  When Dickinson arrived, he saw two people snagging and holding onto channel catfish. Dickinson contacted the fishermen and discovered that their fishing licenses were …

At its meeting on Monday, the Hicksville Village Council approved the annexation of more than forty acres for a housing project.  A resolution to annex 40.497 acres of developer Justin Kuhn’s land into the village was passed by council by emergency.  The annexation will also require the approval of county commissioners.  …

In Henry County Common Pleas Court, a McClure woman has filed a civil case against a Michigan man for causing her husband’s death in a traffic accident in 2024.  Attorney Joseph Hartle of Maumee filed the lawsuit in common pleas court on behalf of Annette Richard, the executrix of Ronald Richard …

A Defiance man was recently found guilty by a Defiance County jury on five drug-related offenses, including two second-degree felonies.  After a jury trial, 46 year old Carl Hagerman was found guilty on two counts of aggravated trafficking in narcotics and tampering with evidence, and aggravated possession of drugs and …

During a pretrial hearing on Tuesday for a 17-year-old accused of the June 6 Old West End Festival mass shooting, a Lucas County Juvenile Court judge deemed the prosecution’s delays “inexcusable” and ordered the young person to stay in juvenile prison for an additional week.  The adolescent has been detained …