News Staff Heidi Grant…the Antwerp woman, charged with the murder of her husband…made another appearance in Paulding County Municipal Court. She now has a court date, set for Feb. 10th. Grant is charged with the killing last week of her husband, Christopher Franklin, 47, Antwerp. He had been the subject of a missing person’s report last week … Read more
Ohio’s election chief has COVID-19. Secretary of State, Frank LaRose began experiencing minor symptoms Sunday evening, officials say. That would have been about 24 hours after he cast a vote on new state legislative maps, as a member of the Ohio Redistricting Commission. He was joined by Republican Gov. DeWine and others at that meeting, … Read more
A Wauseon man is charged with exposing himself to a minor at the West Unity Subway, earlier this year. Witnesses were able to identify Gerardo Morquecho in response to the Jan. 5th incident. Officers catch up to the suspect…and charge him with indecent exposure. He now has a court date, set for Feb. 10th. Officials … Read more
Nine departments combine forces at a structure fire, five miles west of Pioneer…at CR Recyclers, on Ohio 576. Injuries are reported in the blaze, officials confirm. Early word is the fire appears to be an accident…not suspicious at all. State and local fire officials continue going over the scene…looking for what started the blaze.
Williams County deputies say…Cody Hartman, 24, of Bryan, was driving east on Ohio 2…when his car goes off the left side of the roadway, east of County Road 20. The car slides down the embankment, hitting a tree. The crash finally ends…in the Tiffin River. Hartman is okay…officials say he escaped his sinking vehicle…but getting … Read more
Bryan crews are dispatched to a boiler fire at a Beech Street address over the weekend. The Ohio Gas Company is in on the call. When the crew gets there…they see smoke. They get in the place and find the boiler was catching the floorboards beneath it…on fire. It’s quickly handled. The gas crew helped … Read more
A man is dead after a snowmobile accident in rural Steuben County on Sunday. Deputies were called to help locate Adam Fifield, 34, of Angola. Fifield had been missing for almost 90 minutes…after leaving a home in Hudson, on the snowmobile. Crews were unable to find Fifield after conducting a search where he had last … Read more
The number of COVID-19 cases both in the state of Ohio and Williams County have reached all-time highs, driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. The county reported 462 new cases for the one-week period of Jan. 11-18…with two hospitalizations and three deaths. The county has reported 8,127 cases and 135 deaths since the … Read more
Williams County deputies respond to an anonymous tip…reporting one fugitive at the M&D Motel, on Ohio 15 in Bryan. In the end…the officers arrested two others. Officials say, John Kreischer, 41, of Bryan, was arrested on a Defiance Municipal Court warrant…charging him with aggravated menacing. Mackenzie McBride, 31, is picked up, too…on a Williams County … Read more
The Ohio Rail Development Commission approves a 100 thousand dollar grant…to help Nova Tube & Steel put in rail infrastructure at its new location on County Road H in Delta. Nova Tube is building a $105 million facility…in an effort to expand its capabilities in the Midwest. The company says it will hire 100-plus new … Read more