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Officers are searching for two people who escaped from a Lima correctional facility Tuesday. James Lee, 47, and Bradley Gillespie, 50, got away from Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution. Gillespie is bald, has blue eyes and weighs 200 lbs. He was convicted of murdering two people in 2016. Lee has brown hair, blue eyes and is 300 … Read more

The Montpelier Village Council hashes out some details for their Neighborhood Revitalization Grant application. The village can apply for up to $750,000 dollars through the Neighborhood Revitalization Grant to go toward a minimum of three projects. The application is due to the Williams County Commissioners by June 14.

A staff member at DeKalb Middle School is on administrative leave after being accused of aggressive behavior toward a student, district officials tell the media. They addressed the situation and a report was filed with the Department of Child Services. The investigation into the matter is ongoing, officials say.

The Montpelier Parks and Recreation Department officials tells the Montpelier Village Council about immediate plans and hurdles as well as long-term goals. Officials say the department is busy keeping village property mowed and maintained…over at Storer Park, Municipal Park, Founder’s Park, the tree grove and more.

Edon Northwest Local Schools District Superintendent Anthony Stevens recommended to the School Board Transportation Committee that the district work with an architecture firm to complete a grant-funded project that will redesign the main entrance of Edon High School. Edon received $200,000 dollars in the fifth round of Ohio’s K-12 School Safety Grant Program. Stevens said … Read more

A Michigan prison inmate….transported to an Ohio court…has been missing for nearly two months after being mistakenly released from a jail there. Officials say…Christopher Bibbs was incorrectly released from the Warren County, Ohio, jail on March 23. Bibbs, 21, likely is in the Detroit area, they add. He began serving a minimum four-year sentence for … Read more

Williams County mayors learned about cybersecurity issues…and how the state can help combat them. The mayors met at the Holiday City Village Office for their monthly meeting and were joined via Zoom by Mark Bell, a cybersecurity outreach coordinator for the state of Ohio. Bell says response teams can come to local governments, under the … Read more

A man from Garrett is hurt…when the motorcycle hits a deer on I-69 in DeKalb County. Officials say…Jordan Gunion, 24, was northbound…near the 325 mile marker…when a deer entered from the east side. Then the collision. The vehicle goes off the interstate…sliding into the median. Gunion was able to get off the motorcycle as it … Read more

A ballot question…seeking to make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution…clears for an August ballot. Teams of Republican and Democratic lawmakers…assigned to write pro and con arguments, will be presented to voters. The process before the Ohio Ballot Board followed the raucous legislative floor session and months of drama leading up to approval … Read more

The man being held responsible for hitting and killing an Indiana State Police Trooper in March appears in court on Tuesday. Terry Sands is accused of hitting and killing ISP Master Trooper James Bailey on March 3 along I-69, just south of Auburn. According to court reports, Bailey came in to work on his day … Read more