Law enforcement agencies throughout northwest Ohio want Zachary McCague, 27…after a police pursuit out of Fulton County…ends with a crash near Stryker. Deputies spot McCague in what appears to be a stolen vehicle. He sees the police and hits the gas. McCague ends up wrecking in Williams County, on County …

Fire officials say a carelessly discarded cigarette may have sparked a fire that forced the evacuation of an entire apartment complex in Edgerton. Crews responded to the structure fire at on N. West St., with mutual aid from the Bryan and Butler. Before they arrived, Edgerton PD cleared out all …

A proposal by Ohio’s elections chief…to attach postage to every mail-in ballot…fails to gain approval, making it all but impossible for ballots to be stamped in time for the November election. Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s fellow Republicans on the state’s powerful Controlling Board led the charge against him, with …

Norma Jean Baker, 82, passed away peacefully Sunday, September 13, 2020 in CHP Hospice Care, Defiance, Ohio. She was born on November 3, 1937 in Findlay, Ohio to Harry and Mable Uhlenhaker Preston. She was a graduate of Cory Rawson High School. On October 22, 1960, she married David A. …

Fredrick “Fred” L. Gambler, Sr., 73, of Montpelier passed away Monday evening at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He was born on March 23, 1947 in Bryan to John F. and Evelyn J. (Stine) Gambler.  Fred married Rebecca “Becky” Liroit and she preceded him in death. In …

Larry Allen Custer, 71, of Montpelier, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on December 6, 1948 in Montpelier to Dolan Wayne and Lavera Marie (Koby) Custer. Larry graduated from Montpelier High School and went on to attend college in Chicago. …

Karen S. Banks, 70 years, of Antwerp, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2020 in her home. Karen was born February 7, 1950, the daughter of the late Keith and Lillian (Brown) Davis. She attended Antwerp High School. On September 2, 1965 she was united in marriage to Nick Banks and …

The Montpelier Village Council approves the purchase of two new police cruisers. Coming in at $46,917 apiece, the village will buy the vehicles with federal money from the CARES Act.

Ohio’s elections chief says he continues to take steps to head off a potentially chaotic November election, including adding clarity to absentee ballot request forms…tracking poll worker recruitment…and upgrading his website…so the potentially large number of outstanding absentee ballots will be clearly visible on Election Night. Secretary of State, Frank …

In Toledo…the mother of two infants, whose remains were left in separate abandoned cars, is sentenced to 25 years in prison. Jenna Cisneros pled no contest last month to charges of involuntary manslaughter, endangering children, tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice. Her husband is also charged in the investigation …