News Staff Saturday is the much anticipated Girl Named Tom concert at the Fountain City Amphitheater. Initially scheduled for last year, the concert had to be canceled when the band developed COVID-19. Moore Pool Parking Lot The lot will be closed on Friday. The lot will reopen on Saturday at 4 p.m. to the general public on … Read more
A 21-year-old Detroit man is arrested…in connection to a shooting in Garrett that injured a teenager, according to Indiana State Police. Authorities arrested Kerry Hawkins and charged him with one count of attempted murder, a Level 1 felony. Hawkins is currently being held in the DeKalb County Jail on a $200,000 dollar cash bond. A … Read more
A federal appeals court upholds a lower court ruling…that transgender students in Indiana must have access to the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identities. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upheld a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana last year…ordering the Metropolitan School … Read more
The Indiana State Police is investigating a shooting that injured a 16-year-old in Garrett. Officials confirm…ISP detectives and a crime scene investigator were helping the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department in a shooting investigation at a trailer park on Garrett’s north side. Officers could be seen around a pond in North Pointe Crossing. The victim was … Read more
Grant funding is helping the Northwest Ohio Juvenile Detention, Training and Rehabilitation Center complete some needed updates. Officials say the center received more than $600,000 dollars in grant funding from Department of Youth Services that will fund most of the two-phase project. The first phase of the project has been bid out. Aspects include replacing … Read more
Three men who have worked as Republican political operatives agree to pay more than $50,000 dollars in restitution and penalties in Ohio for their roles in operating a phony charity that collected cash purportedly to help victims of the East Palestine train derailment. The settlement, announced by Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost, requires Isaiah Wartman … Read more
Federal prosecutors are seeking a man…charged in the misuse of more than $30 million dollars donated by religious groups and individuals for Christian ministry in China, including an Ohio-based group receiving donations from Amish and Mennonite communities. Jason Shenk, formerly of Dublin, Georgia, is charged in a recently unsealed federal indictment with wire fraud, money … Read more
A second group of mosquitos has tested positive for the West Nile Virus…all this, according to the Paulding County Health Department. A post on the department Facebook page indicates the mosquitoes were captured in the Village of Antwerp. So far no human cases have been reported. As always, the health department offers the following guidelines. … Read more
In New Haven…three people are in critical condition….after a semi and a car crash at the intersection of Minnich Road and Lincoln Highway East. A preliminary investigation showed the big rig was heading east on Lincoln Highway East…as a sedan approaches…from the north on Minnich…then…both vehicles collide. They say the car pulled in front of … Read more
A second group of mosquitos has tested positive for the West Nile Virus…all this, according to the Paulding County Health Department. A post on the department Facebook page indicates the mosquitoes were captured in the Village of Antwerp. So far no human cases have been reported. As always, the health department offers the following guidelines. … Read more