News Staff A Bowling Green man…wanted for injuring two people in a suspected road-rage incident in Napoleon…is arrested by Toledo police. Kyle Kirby, 38, had a warrant for his arrest in Henry County for attempted murder…and four counts of felonious assault. Kirby is accused of stabbing of Nicholas Winterfield, of Perrysburg, and injuring Debora Hall, of Springfield. … Read more
Over in Lyons…officers are investigating a theft…reported on US 20. Officials tell reporters someone stole a homemade, 20-foot aluminum car hauler. The trailer has a flat deck with reflective tape around the sides, aluminum fenders and heavy duty aluminum ramps. Total loss?…estimated at around 12 thousand dollars.
Ohio became the latest state…where Republicans are proposing a significant rewrite of state election laws. Legislation introduced in the Ohio House calls for prohibiting placement of ballot drop boxes anywhere but at a local elections office…eliminating a day of early voting…shortening the window for requesting mail-in ballots…and tightening voter ID requirements.
Voters handily approve a replacement 4-mill EMS levy…meant to equalize funding among Fulton County’s seven emergency stations…and add an eighth, central station to provide mutual aid to the county’s northern communities. Officials say it will generate $4.5 million dollars annually, beginning in January. It replaces the current contract between the county’s EMS entities and its … Read more
Pike-Delta-York voters approve a new 1% income tax…that will allow the school district to stave off massive cuts to staff and programs. The five-year tax is estimated to generate approximately $1.7 million dollars a year…to be used for the district’s general operating expenses, such as bus fuel, classroom supplies, facilities maintenance, personnel costs, etc. Yes … Read more
Ohio’s Republican legislative leaders abandon plans for a fast-moving constitutional amendment…that would have allowed deadlines for making state political maps to be extended due to pandemic-related delays in the 2020 census. Senate President, Matt Huffman says his idea, which would have required a three-fifths majority of both legislative chambers by Wednesday, was unworkable because of … Read more
James Coyne is placed on community control in a Paulding County courtroom on three felony wildlife violations and more. Four years of control, in all, in the sentencing. Coyne is also ordered to make a $43 hundred dollar restitution to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Officials confirm three guns, seized in the investigation, were … Read more
In DeKalb County…a woman is in the hospital…after getting rear ended. Angel Loy, 39, of Grabill, tells officers she was at a stop sign…at the C.R. 17, U.S. 6 intersection…but the other vehicle couldn’t stop…bad brakes. Loy is in fair condition after experiencing head, neck and knee pain. State and local investigators are on the … Read more
A 58-year-old woman is taken to an area hospital…after pulling in front of a vehicle while making a left turn…at C.R. 72 and Tonkel Road, in DeKalb County. Rebecca Minster, 58, of Auburn, is in fair condition with head, neck and chest pain. No word on any citations at this hour.
An Angola woman is taken by helicopter to a Fort Wayne hospital…after the pickup she is in…is hit by a semi in Steuben County…on CR 600 West, at U.S. 20. Officials say the big rig was headed north on 600. That’s when it fails to stop at the intersection…the impact causes the pickup to roll … Read more