News Staff He looks great. A Bryan man is recognized as one of the top weight loss successes of 2020 by an international weight loss organization. TOPS Club Inc., or Take Off Pounds Sensibly, has begun announcing its royalty, the women and men who, at the end of the year, have officially recorded the largest weight loss … Read more
A Defiance man dies early Sunday in a solo crash in Defiance County. Officials say Jed Cooper was eastbound on Watson Road. Cooper drove the pick up off the left side of the roadway…hitting a guardrail…then overturning. Cooper dies at the scene. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash. State and local … Read more
Williams County Commissioners have suspended AquaBounty Technology’s environmental review process…and the release of funds, pending receipt of permits from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. As we reported…AquaBounty is planning a $200 million investment in Pioneer to create a nearly 500,000-square-foot facility…to raise and process genetically engineered salmon. Supporters of the facility say it’s not … Read more
An Edgerton man is arrested by Indiana State Police…in connection to the alleged sexual molestation of an Auburn child. The arrest comes after a 6-month investigation. Detectives were contacted by the state’s Department of Child Services. During the investigation, police collected enough evidence to determine that Steven Gilbert had been engaging in acts of sexual … Read more
Exceeding the state’s recommended prison term, Defiance County Judge Joseph Schmenk sentences a Defiance County man to more than a dozen years…for causing an injury crash while under the influence and fleeing the scene. Loren Smith gets prison terms totaling 12 1/2 years to 16 ½…on charges of aggravated vehicular assault…DUI…and more. He also was … Read more
Governor, Whitmer declares a state of emergency for St. Joseph, Branch and Hillsdale Counties…over the impacts of severe thunderstorms and straight-line winds that hit on August 11 and 12. The governor thanked first responders and line-workers…efforting to restore power to the communities hit by the storms. By declaring a state of emergency, all state resources … Read more
Officers in LaGrange County arrest an Iowa man in the death of a 4-year-old boy. Dylan Diericx of Eldridge, Iowa…is accused of neglect…resulting in the death of the child. Detectives say the boy was the son of Diericx’s girlfriend. Diericx apparently engaged in “horse-play” in the cab of a semi when the child was injured. … Read more
A Montpelier man with a long wrap sheet…is arrested…accused of threatening violence against another village resident. Officers say Melvin Berry beat loudly on the door of a home in the 300 block of West Water Street…while threatening to kill the male and female residents. He also remained on their porch after being told multiple times … Read more
Three inmates and two employees at CCNO are hurt in a two-vehicle accident in Grand Rapids. Officials say Derek Ringler, 57, of Grand Rapids, was driving north on Ohio 295 while Shawn Brown, 50, was eastbound on South River Road, in a CCNO transport van. When Ringler pulled out from the stop sign, the CCNO … Read more
A Defiance man is sentenced to ten years in prison in a Defiance County courtroom on a child sexual abuse charge. Don McGhee, 51, pled guilty…with prosecutors charging him with rape. He was given credit for 237 days served in jail while his case was pending…while classified as a tier III sexual offender. The sentence … Read more