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An Angola man is headed to prison for decades fol­low­ing his sen­tenc­ing Tues­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. 49-year-old Jef­frey Pep­pler was sen­tenced to 60 years behind bars, for stab­bing his 52-year-old sis­ter Paige to death on Jan­u­ary 3rd. The 60 year sen­tence was the max­i­mum allowed under terms of a …

Romualdo Cor­doba Jr. will stand trial for mur­der in the April 25 shoot­ing death of Joshua McJil­ton but that trial will not be held next month. In Ful­ton County Court on Tues­day, Judge James Bar­ber approved a request for delay dur­ing a pre-trial hear­ing. Now, a two-day jury trial has …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment reports that they are cur­rently inves­ti­gat­ing nearly 17 reports of thefts from vehi­cles. There have also been a num­ber of reports of thefts from vehi­cles in Fre­mont that are being seper­ately inves­ti­gated by Fre­mont Police, all of which have occurred over the past two weeks, …

Not a lot of action to report on today from the Bryan Police Depart­ment. On Mon­day, 46 year old Jamie Henry of East Bryan Street in Bryan, was arrested for Fal­si­fi­ca­tion. She was released after processing.

Michael Lirot’s name will remain on the Nov. 3 bal­lot as a can­di­date for Vil­lage of Edon coun­cil. The Bryan Times reports today, that on Mon­day, the Williams County Board of Elec­tions unan­i­mously denied a protest of Lirot’s coun­cil can­di­dacy that had been filed by Edon Mayor Dar­lene Burkhardt, who …

The North­west Ohio Chap­ter of the Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion and sup­port groups that meet at the Defi­ance County Senior Cen­ter, remind every­one of the upcom­ing Alzheimer’s Walk, which is set for Sat­ur­day at Kings­bury Park in Defi­ance. Reg­is­tra­tion is at 9 a.m. with a cer­e­mony at 10:30 a.m. and the walk …

Now, another case of West Nile virus has been reported in Williams County. The Williams County Health Depart­ment said on Mon­day, that the lat­est case now makes nine con­firmed cases of West Nile Virus in Ohio so far this year. Yesterday’s report, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, comes fol­low­ing the …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol, along with the Bryan Police Depart­ment and the Williams County Sher­iffs Depart­ment, con­ducted a multi agency OVI check­point Sat­ur­day night from 9pm til mid­night on US 127 just south of the State Route 15 split at the north edge of Bryan. A total of 398 …

Dozens of peo­ple were rounded up in north­west Ohio last week, includ­ing many in Williams, Defi­ance and Ful­ton coun­ties as yet another drug roundup was under­taken by area law enforce­ment offi­cials. Williams County Sher­iff Steve Towns told the media that the roundup was the result of six-month long under­cover inves­ti­ga­tion …

A Williams County employer has announced plans to expand oper­a­tions, pur­chase new equip­ment and cre­ate more jobs. 20/20 Cus­tom Molded Plas­tics of Hol­i­day City, will invest more than $21 mil­lion and add 53 new jobs at its man­u­fac­tur­ing facil­ity, in an expan­sion that will add 220,000 square feet. 20/20 Cus­tom …