Tag: Ohio

2015 Election Information Now Available

The Ohio Secretary of State’s office has issued the 2015 Election Calendar, Candidate Requirement Guide and Campaign Finance Reporting Calendar. Links to each of these documents, which are available online at OhioSecretaryofState.gov, have been included below for your convenience. · 2015 Election Calendar · 2015 Candidate Requirement Guide: · 2015 Campaign Finance Reporting Calendar: If…

Small Business Saturday

Hey Antwerp! We all know that Friday is ” Black Friday” and Monday is “Cyber Monday” but did you know that Saturday is national “Small Business Saturday”? We are encouraging everyone to visit a small business to do some holiday shopping in Antwerp this Saturday. Our local Chamber of Commerce has been working with local…

Fatal Crash Near Hicksville

The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle crash at approximately 9:21 PM on State Route 2, one half mile east of Casebeer-Miller road in Hicksville Township, Defiance County, near the village of Hicksville. A 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by 41 year old James Cummings of Hicksville, was eastbound on SR 2 and…

Joseph J. Zigovits Jr

PAULDING: Joseph J. Zigovits Jr., age 94 died Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at his daughter’s home in Oxford, Ohio. He was born in North Hampton, Pennsylvania on August 16, 1920 the son of Joseph and Theresa (Zamper) Zigovits Sr. On May 22, 1948 he married Ruth Ann Losher, who preceded him in death on April…

Patrol Investigates Fatal Crash

Village of Pioneer – The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle crash at approximately 8:29 PM on US Highway 20, one half mile west of County Road 15 in Madison Township, Williams County, near the village of Pioneer. A 2000 Ford Explorer, driven by 87 year old Lavon Joice of Montpelier, was…

Oversized load to slow traffic

Convoy from Indiana destined for Husky Energy Lima RefineryLIMA (Monday, November 10, 2014) – An oversized load traveling from Indiana into Ohio on Wednesday will slow traffic as it makes its way to the city of Lima. Officials with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) are working with Barnhart Crane and Rigging, Memphis, Tenn., on…

Raiders Finish Fantastic Season at Tinora

Wayne Trace went north of Defiance to take on the GMC champions for the first football game of sectionals. There is not much to say. The game was dominated by Tinora and turnovers plagued the Raiders. This was no Cinderella story like last year for the Raider Nation team on their path to the state…

Another Meth Lab Taken Down by Sheriff Deputies

What are these people thinking? The Authorities have done another great job of ridding the community of dangerous drugs. Why do people think this is the thing to do? Who knows, but the law enforcement is doing a great job in Paulding. Paulding – Shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, Paulding County Sheriff…

Plane Crash Update in Paulding County

Update: The plane that crashed between Grover Hill and Wayne Trace High School appears to have been flying from Iowa to Findlay according to a local pilot who has tracked information based upon a missing plane. The course began at 4 pm and ended around 6 pm in an untimely fashion. At nearly 5 pm…

From the Sheriff: Fatal Plane Crash

Grover Hill, Ohio— On November 6, 2014, shortly before 6:00 p.m., 911 calls were received about a possible explosion near Rd 60 & Rd 137 located in Latty Township. First responders located a crash involving a small aircraft in an open field at the above intersection. “At this time, due to the level of destruction…