News Staff A Defiance man pleads not guilty in an area courtroom…accused of trying to strangle another man. Leviticus Magitt, 28, faces attempted murder…burglary…and assault. A pretrial hearing is now scheduled for Oct. 20th…bond is set at $250,000 dollars. Prosecutors say Magitt tried to strangle a 20-year-old man on Sept. 10. The incident took place in the … Read more
A trooper from the Findlay Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol conducts a traffic stop on Interstate 75…it ends with the trooper shot and injured, and the suspect at large, for a time. Officials say the patrolman pulls over an SUV…with a Michigan registration, after a speed violation on Interstate 75 near mile post … Read more
The Williams County Fair will be two days shorter in 2022, but that’s actually the way it used to be. Fair Board president Matt Kennedy says the decision was made over the summer. Under the six-day plan, the livestock shows will be complete by Tuesday and the Showmanship Sweepstakes will be Wednesday night. The Band … Read more
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has received the water withdrawal permit application for the AquaBounty facility, proposed for Pioneer. We reported AquaBounty raises genetically modified salmon…and has proposed a $200 million dollar investment…to build a 479,000 square foot facility…with a capacity to produce 10,000 metric tons of genetically modified salmon a year. The ODNR … Read more
The right of individuals…to decline the coronavirus vaccine…and the right of businesses…to require it as a condition of employment…are at the center of debate over proposed House Republican legislation in Ohio…limiting employers’ ability to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations. Lawmakers began additional hearings on the bill…after a failed effort last week to fast-track a full House vote … Read more
Several people are in the hospital after a head-on crash at the intersection of S.R. 9 and C.R. 450 S in DeKalb County. Officials tell reporters Gage Naylor, 21, of LaGrange, was turning east onto 450 S…but he fails to yield to a northbound vehicle. Naylor’s SUV hits the car, driven by Melissa Bontreger, 47, … Read more
Defiance employer, APG plans to hire 135 workers…to manufacture pumps on 15 automated lines. Local officials who assisted in making the project possible through land deals and tax incentives are excited about the news. Defiance Mayor Mike McCann helped bring NAI Harmon Group to town as a potential developer early in his time as mayor…while … Read more
One of 13 current Republican candidates for Ohio senator in the May primary, J.D. Vance makes his first appearance in Williams County…in an hour-long meet-and-greet Monday with about a dozen locals at Kora in downtown Bryan. Best known for his 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance spoke briefly, then answered more than a dozen questions that … Read more
A Fort Wayne man is hospitalized after he loses control of his vehicle in rainy conditions on S.R. 1 in Spencerville. Officials say Maung Po is southbound on 1…when he loses control of his vehicle on the wet roadway. The car fishtails…and then hits another vehicle…driven by Brenda Witmer, of Auburn, on the driver’s side … Read more
Ohio’s minimum wage is scheduled to increase on Jan. 1 to $9.30 per hour for non-tipped employees and $4.65 per hour for tipped employees. The minimum wage will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $342,000 dollars, annually. The current Ohio minimum wage is $8.80 per hour for those who … Read more