Category: Legal

Sheriff: Major Drug Bust in Paulding, Ohio

Paulding, Ohio—Early this morning, agents with the Multi Area Narcotics Taskforce (MAN Unit) and deputies with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant for suspected Methamphetamine at 758 North Walnut Street, Paulding. During the execution of the warrant, 7 adults and a 3-year old child were located in the residence and detached garage.…

Assault/Attempted Robbery near Antwerp

Antwerp, Ohio—At approximately 12:30 a.m. this morning, deputies responded to an assault and attempted robbery at 3190 Road 204 in Carryall Township near Antwerp, Ohio. When the homeowner pulled into his driveway, he noticed a dark colored, large SUV type vehicle parked near his outbuilding. As the homeowner approached his residence, he was attacked by…

PAULDING COUNTY JUVENILE COURT AWARDED TWO GRANTS WORTH NEARLY $200,000

Competitive RECLAIM & House Bill 153 Grants will Support New Services for Paulding County Youth Paulding County Juvenile Court Judge Michael Wehrkamp announced the Juvenile Court has been awarded two competitive grants totaling $193,348 from the Ohio Department of YouthServices, the juvenile corrections system for the state of Ohio. The grants will support new programming…

Rohrs Announces Run for Antwerp Town Council

Mike Rohrs has announced that he is seeking reelection for the for Antwerp Town Council. Mike Rohrs has served in the Village of Antwerp on the council and for the Antwerp School. Whether at the school or on the council, Mike understands how government works, “I look forward to continue working with the community to…

Steve McMichael FOR MAYOR OF NEW HAVEN

New Haven, Indiana. New Haven resident and local business owner Steve McMichael will hold a Press Conference for an announcement seeking the Republican nomination for Mayor of New Haven in 2019. The Press Conference will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 16th at the historic City Hall building located at 428 Broadway Street in…

Paulding FFA Travels to the Ohio State House

By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently, five Paulding FFA officers traveled down to Columbus for the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference. The officers included, Sentinel Abbie McMichael, Reporter Emma Horstman, Treasurer Kaylie Tressler, Parliamentarian Riley Noffsinger, Student Advisor Shannon Hale and their Ag Education teacher, Mrs. Staci Miller. In the morning, these students got to…

Defiance Post investigating Fatal Crash

Defiance — The Defiance State Highway Patrol Post is currently investigating a single vehicle fatal crash which occurred on September 8, 2017, at approximately 2:10am on State Route 111, near milepost 2, south of the city of Defiance. A 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by Darius King, age 39, of Defiance, Ohio, was northbound on State…

One Killed in US 24 Crash

Paulding County – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single vehicle fatal crash that occurred on US 24 at County Road 11 in Paulding County. At approximately 4:55 am a 2016 International semi driven by George J. Weiler, age 55, of Bowling Green, Ohio was traveling eastbound on…

Upcoming ODOT Work This Week July 31, 2017

The following is highway construction scheduled to occur within Defiance, Paulding, Putnam and Van Wert Counties. Defiance: State Route 2/state Route 49 within the village of Hicksville will close August 1 for approximately two weeks for excavation of a manhole. Traffic detoured onto state Route 18, U.S. 127 and U.S. 24 back to state Route…

Upcoming ODOT Work Week Of July 10, 2017

The following is work scheduled to occur in the coming week on state highways in Defiance, Paulding, Putnam and Van Wert Counties. Defiance: State Route 18 between township Road 115 and Glenberg Road will close beginning August 8 for culvert replacements at three locations: two located west of Sherwood, one east of Sherwood. Work is…