News Staff A lawsuit, filed Thursday, challenges Ohio’s newly drawn state legislative districts…as giving an extreme and unfair advantage to the Republican Party, which controls the state’s new redistricting commission. The American Civil Liberties Union, its Ohio arm and a law firm filed the litigation on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio. The groups … Read more
A solo crash injures a Williams County teen. Officials say Kelly Schaffter, of Montpelier, is flown Parkview, in Fort Wayne…in serious condition. Schaffter was on County Road M, just west of County Road 10, when her vehicle went out of control and into a cornfield, overturning several times. Officials are pretty sure she didn’t have … Read more
The driver of an overturned tractor trailer, Luis Reyes, of Anderson, Ind., will be okay, following a crash on the Krouse Road overpass, over the 24, just west of Defiance. He was taken to an area hospital for observation….then, soon released, after that. Officials tell reporters his big rig hit and destroyed part of a … Read more
August heat has accelerated corn and soybean harvests in Fulton County, with both faring well for the season. Corn for grain is being harvested a couple weeks early, and some early soybeans are being brought in…despite the normal harvest period that begins up to a month away. Officials are pretty sure corn will do better, … Read more
The One Step at a Time 5K Run/Walk celebrates its 10th anniversary, when the annual event gets underway Saturday, at Camp Lakota in Defiance. It’s held in memory of Scott Hammersmith, remembering those lost to suicide.
A Butler woman is hurt after she hit a trailer attached to a semi…stopped on County Road 40. Officials tell reporters…Peggy Puckett, 72, was westbound…where the big rig was stopped…with its hazard lights on. The driver of the semi was sitting in a forklift at the time. Puckett drove into the back of the trailer … Read more
Ohio Congressman, Bob Latta becomes the second member of Congress from Ohio to test positive this week for COVID-19, despite being vaccinated against the virus. The Republican lawmaker from the 5th Congressional District announced Tuesday he contracted the virus after he was exposed to someone who also tested positive. Latta’s announcement came shortly after Congressman, … Read more
Republican state Sen., Matt Dolan formally enters the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat… adding a centrist voice, more akin to exiting Rob Portman’s than to the crowded, Trump-aligned field of GOP hopefuls. In a telephone interview, Dolan said Portman’s work, building a bipartisan coalition to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure package…a bill he … Read more
A Paulding County Commissioner died Monday morning of an apparent suicide. Responders are dispatched to a Cecil location…on the report of a dead body. There, deputies discovered the body of Clint Vance, 30, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Vance was found in an outbuilding at his farm. He won the commission seat, last November. … Read more
There were 212 new COVID cases reported last week by the Fulton County Health Department. That is up from 145 new cases the previous week. At last check, there are 261 active cases in the county. There were 10 new hospitalizations but no new deaths. Fulton County’s case rate jumped to 716.9 per 100,000 over … Read more