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The city of Bryan tells residents to stop using water immediately Tuesday evening in a Facebook post…due to a valve failure at the city’s water treatment plant. While the water is safe to drink and there is no evidence of contamination, the city is unable to pump water into the …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says a fight…involving someone with a shotgun led to the arrest of four people…in connection with a drug trafficking investigation…at an East Peachy Road location in. Prosecutors say…it started from a dispute over a recent drug trafficking incident that several people were involved in. Soon…the …

After just under three hours of deliberation, a Williams County jury finds a Pioneer man not guilty on both counts of felonious assault stemming from an incident last year in an emergency room. Ricky Collins, 62, had been charged with assault following an altercation between himself and an emergency room …

A Defiance man…convicted of domestic abuse with a long criminal history and considerable medical problems…is given a unique sentence in a Defiance County courtroom…house arrest. Kellis Hatton, 56, gets community control for four years with electronic monitored house arrest…on two counts of domestic violence, each a third-degree felony. Hatton is …

Area Congresswoman, Marcy Kaptur visits the Defiance Senior Center…to meet constituents, address concerns about Social Security and more. Kaptur spoke to the crowd of about 70, largely senior citizens, and assured them that Social Security and Medicare are not in danger. Kaptur briefly noted recent legislation, passed in Congress to …

The Northwest Ohio Juvenile Detention, Training and Rehabilitation Center gets a grant to help finance upgrades to the facility in Stryker, but member counties are also being asked for an additional payment. During the Four County Joint Board of Commissioners of Defiance, Fulton, Henry and Williams Counties meeting, Fulton County …

A man is arrested…after hitting a victim on the head with a firearm…while breaking and entering into the victim’s home. Steuben County deputies responded to S Angola St. There…they find a male victim as well as one female witness. The victim said 54-year-old James Donbrock of Angola entered the residence …

Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims…and anti-American propaganda about it…on Twitter, using Elon Musk’s new verification system to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility. The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on several …

The trial of a Pioneer man…accused of attacking an emergency room doctor last year…begins in a Williams County Common courtroom. Ricky Collins is charged with two counts of felonious assault…accused of attacking and inflicting injuries on an emergency room doctor at Community Health and Wellness Centers in February of 2022. …

A man dies in DeKalb County after getting hit by a train. Central Communications was contacted by Norfolk Southern in reference to an individual that was trespassing on the train tracks. While a deputy was heading to the complaint, another call was received…advising the male had been struck by an …