State Representative Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) introduced legislation that honors service members who received the Purple Heart. A portion of U.S. 24 to the Paulding County Line will be designated as the “Paulding County Purple Heart Memorial Highway.” Purple Heart recipients are service members who have been wounded or killed while in the line of duty.…
A project to improve safety at three U.S. 24 intersections, just east of the city of Defiance, was awarded funds from the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The project will: • Construct an overpass on Independence Road over U.S. 24. • At Jewell Road, remove the median preventing access to the opposite side of the highway.…
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…
