According to a news release from The Williams County Prosecutors Office, County Prosecutor Katherine Zartman has received confirmation that Sheriff Steve Towns has been cleared of any possible charges in connection with the Bryan School Board investigations. Ohio BCI, in conjunction with the Ohio Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Section, concluded …
Read More »Audit Looks Good For CCNO
A recent audit of the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio will result in no findings and no recommendations. That news came during Wednesday’s meeting of the CCNO financial overview committee. CCNO Executive Director Jim Dennis said an independent CPA firm out of Toledo just completedCCNO’s fiscal audit as required by …
Read More »Tiles For Cancer Offered At Game Tonight
In an effort to bring awareness to breast cancer, Defiance High School art students of Melanie Wilson and Mandy Keck have banded together to produce “Hope” tiles which will be sold this evening at the high school football game at Fred J. Brown Stadium. The tiles will be sold by …
Read More »Hilltop Wins Quiz Bowl
The Williams County Elementary Quiz Bowl for grades 5 & 6 was held last night at Hilltop School. The following schools participated: Bryan Edgerton Edon Hilltop Montpelier North Central Stryker St. Mary St. Patrick Stryker was runner –up and Hilltop took home the winning trophy.
Read More »Angola Teens Arrested
Two teens from Angola were arrested by Angola Police and the Steuben County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday afternoon, and charged with felony battery. 18-year-old Chance Sheets and 19-year-old Tayyar Azzan were picked up on East Broad Street in Angols at about 8:00am yesterday, and taken to the Steuben County Jail. The …
Read More »Electrocution At Paulding County Business
An investigation is underway after a worker reportedly died when electrocuted at a Paulding County business. The Ohio Occupational Safety and Health Administration says a worker at Haviland Plastic Products was electrocuted in the accident that occured early Monday morning. Details have not been made available and the name of …
Read More »Fulton County Courts
An Archbold man is now facing charges of felonious assault and attempted murder. 20 year old Preston Klopfenstein was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury. Prosecutors allege that on Sept. 23, Klopfenstein engaged in conduct that, if successful, would have resulted in the deaths of his mother, Holly Klopfenstein, …
Read More »Freemont Student Killed In Tree Cutting Accident
A Fremont High School student died Tuesday night at Parkview Regional Medical Center from injuries he suffered in a tree cutting accident. 16-year-old Colin Book, according to the coroner’s report, died from blunt force trauma. The accident happened around 4:40PM Tuesday near St. Paul’s Catholic Chapel. Book was part of …
Read More »Trooper Involved In Crash
A trooper from the Van Wert post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was one of three people injured when a vehicle slammed into his marked patrol car as he was assisting a stranded motorist Monday morning. Trooper Jared Miller was taken to Paulding County Hospital for treatment of non-life …
Read More »Fair Tensions Surface
Ongoing tensions between the Defiance County Fair Foundation and the county’s fair board surfaced at the county commissioners’ meeting earlier this week. The Crescent News reports that on Monday, several members of each organization’s board were on hand for the commissioners’ regular session. Some differences between the fair foundation — …
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