News Staff A $9,500 state grant will increase the number of people capable of handling hazardous materials in the county. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio announced $800,000 dollars in grants for training across the state, including one to the Williams County Local Emergency Planning Committee. Money for the grants come from fines are paid by hazardous … Read more
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a motorcycle injury crash in Farmer Township, Defiance County on State Route 2, south of Beerbower Road. Officials tell reporters…Logan Rehle, age 27 of Defiance, was riding southbound on 2…when he struck a deer attempting to cross the roadway. Riehle was not wearing a motorcycle helmet. The crash … Read more
A company can proceed with plans to build what will be the first freshwater offshore wind-powered electric-generation facility in North America, in Lake Erie off the coast of Cleveland, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled. At issue is the 2020 approval by the Ohio Power Siting Board of the project by Icebreaker Windpower, which proposed the … Read more
A Toledo man, accused of running unlicensed funeral operations in four counties across Ohio is convicted of dozens of felony charges. Shawnte Hardin, 41, maintained his innocence after a Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge found him guilty of 31 counts, concluding a bench trial that began earlier this year, Hardin, who was acquitted on … Read more
A crash on U.S. 30 outside New Haven shut down the highway for several hours on Wednesday. According to INDOT, the crash happened eastbound at Doyle Road, less than a mile east of the Interstate 469 interchange. All lanes were blocked for a time. State and local officials are handling the post-crash investigation.
Another person has died after that crash in Steuben County last week, on S.R. 120 near C.R. 850 West, a mile east of Orland. We reported…a pickup truck, driven by 50-year-old Donald Squires of Howe was traveling westbound on 120 when it drifted left of the center line and hit an eastbound car. The two … Read more
A drug policy reform group has sued the state panel that will decide how Ohio distributes more than half of the money it will receive from a nationwide settlement…regarding the opioid addiction crisis. Harm Reduction Ohio filed two lawsuits against the OneOhio Recovery Foundation Board, claiming the panel isn’t following public records and meeting laws. … Read more
An Ohio man is in custody after being accused of sending about three-dozen feces-filled letters to lawmakers around the country, including Ohio’s 25 Republican state senators in early July. Officers arrested Richard Steinle, a former Common Pleas Court mediator. Steinle is charged with sending “injurious articles as nonmailable, violating a federal law that prohibits mailing … Read more
A suspect wanted in Ohio, in the shooting deaths of four people, including a teenage girl, has been arrested in Kansas. 39-year-old Stephen Marlow was taken into custody by local police in Lawrence. Officials say, Marlow will be extradited to Ohio to face charges in the slayings. Officers were called to the Ohio neighborhood shortly … Read more
A Wauseon man…wanted on charges related to the death of a three-year-old girl…turns himself into police. Officials tell reporters…Devon Harris was taken into custody without incident and is held at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. On Friday, an arrest warrant was issued for Harris…for felonious assault and murder. Wauseon officers responded to assist rescue … Read more