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The State Fire Mar­shal is now inves­ti­gat­ing two fires that were inten­tion­ally set. Inves­ti­ga­tors have ruled an aban­doned house fire and a barn fire recently, both on Ful­ton County Road 12 in Wauseon, were cases of arson. The fire at the house was reported around 3am on Mon­day. The barn …

In the local elec­tions held yes­ter­day, two pro­pos­als for tax­a­tion in Defi­ance County — one for fire and res­cue ser­vices, the other for a new school — both won sup­port. And a renewal levy for Patrick Henry Local Schools also squeaked by. Mean­while though, vot­ers in Williams County’s Spring­field Town­ship …

Two peo­ple were killed Sun­day evening in a motor­cy­cle crash in Defi­ance. 32 year old Andrew Her­sh­berger was pro­nounced dead at the scene of that acci­dent. His pas­sen­ger, 31 year old Shamenn Moun­sey, was taken by ambu­lance to Mercy Defi­ance Hosp­tial, then air­lifted to Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in …

The inves­ti­ga­tion con­tin­ues today into a fire that destroyed the Flo­rence Town­ship Fire Depart­ment in Williams County on Sun­day. Two fire­fight­ers were taken to the hosp­tial, but no word yet on the nature or extent of their injuries. It hap­pened around 7 Sun­day evening, when flames report­edly broke out in …

It’s not even close to what they were orig­i­nally intended for… Bryan offi­cials are upset that the city’s red recy­cling bins are not being used for the pur­pose they were put there for. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, pet waste, dirty dia­pers and used syringes are just some of the …

The Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day night, voted to rezone prop­erty on the west side of Ohio 49, just north of the inter­sec­tion with River Street, in order to acco­mo­date a new strip mall. The prop­erty is the frontage of the Fle­gal Farm being devel­oped by Al-Phine Devel­op­ment, LCC. The …

A dog owner and her dogs are back together again. A cou­ple of weeks ago, Tatiana Lee and her boyfriend Tyler Hutchin­son, were at her home in Bryan when they let their two dogs out the front door for a cou­ple of min­utes unsu­per­vised. Within those cou­ple min­utes, the dogs …

Flames broke out Sun­day evening at most likely the last place you would think might catch on fire… a fire sta­tion. The blaze was first reported just before 7 last night at the Flo­rence Town­ship Fire Depart­ment sta­tion in Edon. The cause has not yet been deter­mined and inves­ti­ga­tors from …

Early Sun­day morn­ing, around 2:30am, the Williams County Sheriff’s Office was called to County Road-K to check out a report of a sus­pected metham­phet­a­mine lab. Three peo­ple there were taken into cus­tody… Brian Oliphant, Jerred Bar­ron, and Mark Oliphant. Brian Oliphant tried to run, but he didn’t get far after …

A vacant house fire in Wauseon early this morn­ing is being inves­ti­gated as sus­pi­cious. The first calls came in around 3:30am from the prop­erty on County Road 12 in Wauseon. Crews were called out to a blaze at the same house about a week ago. That fire appears to have …