News Staff The Ohio Supreme Court orders a Democratic state legislative candidate to be listed on November ballots, after a tie had been broken against her by the state’s Republican elections chief. In its 4-3 ruling, the high court found Republican Secretary Frank LaRose and the two GOP members of the Athens County Board of Elections who … Read more
An area boy dies in a crash in York Township. At this hour…officials are investigating the two-vehicle crash on County Road 10 at County Road E we reported on the other day. They say an SUV…southbound on County Road 10 driven by Baylor Barnum, of Louisville, Kentucky…collided with a Jeep that was eastbound on County … Read more
An Archbold woman is hurt in a solo crash in Williams County…on County Road 21N. Officials tell reporters…Kristen Clark lost control of her vehicle in a curve, near County Road J. The car went off the right side of the roadway, where she struck a tree. Clark was transported by Williams County EMS to the … Read more
The Millcreek West Unity School Board approved an agreement with Bryan City Schools to provide special education services for the school year…and approved raising the district’s federal expenditure procurement micro purchase threshold to $50,000 the year at its meeting this week. Others also presented the first reading of the district’s North East Ohio Learning Associates … Read more
The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2019 misdemeanor ethics violation conviction of former Williams County Sheriff, Steve Towns…for posting confidential information on child welfare cases on the sheriff’s department official website. The charges against Towns stemmed from his October 2018 online release of documents related to child abuse cases his office had been investigating. … Read more
In Cecil…a three-vehicle crash near involving two types of trucks and a car injured two people…on U.S. 127, at the U.S. 24 interchange. Just after the crash, a tractor trailer was pinned against a guardrail on U.S. 127 while the front part of the trailer partially covered the top of a sedan. That vehicle also … Read more
Four Ohio Republican legislators, including Williams County’s state Senator, Rob McColley, announced the filing of an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court…of the Ohio Supreme Court ruling that Ohio’s most recently redrawn Congressional Districts are invalid because they unfairly favor Republicans. As recently as July 19, the Supreme Court of Ohio had invalidated a second … Read more
Four contracts were approved for the current school year at the meeting of the Four County Board. The funding will support a variety of drug awareness and prevention programs presented by trained law enforcement officers.
Two people are involved in a crash in DeKalb County…one man was taken to the hospital. Responders got to the intersection of County Road 68 and County Road 327. Officials say…41-year-old Randolfo Oliva was eastbound on 68…approaching the intersection of the two roads. Oliva then disregards the stop sign…into the path of 55-year-old Michael McConahay, … Read more
Officials are investigating a two-vehicle crash on County Road 10 at County Road E in York Township. They say an SUV was southbound on County Road 10 with 21 year old Baylor Barnum, of Louisville, Kentucky behind the wheel…while another SUV…eastbound on County Road E, a driven by Jasmine Torbet, of Wauseon was heading in … Read more