Arcanum News

''Murder is rare in the Amish community.'' That's a line from Sworn to Silence , a thriller set in .

NEAVE TWP., Darke County - A 10-year-old boy drowned Wednesday evening, June 17, while at a pool party, the Darke County Sheriff's office said.

Deputies in Darke County are investigating the near drowning of a 10-year-old boy.

The Preble County Sheriff's office has identified Dillon Crowe of Arcanum as the 2-year-old boy who apparently drowned Saturday, June 13, in Lewisburg's Swamp Creek.

The Preble County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy from Arcanum, Ohio, who apparently drowned Saturday in Swamp Creek near Lewisburg.

The Preble County Sheriff's Office is investigating a child's death in Lewisburg.

In February, when President Barack Obama signed into law legislation authorizing spending $787 billion on public works projects to stimulate the economy, many people had visions of grand scale constructions - dams, super highways, maybe a bridge or two to nowhere.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 345 AM EDT.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor Harrison Street Bridge in Wapakoneta likely will be closed starting Monday, a county administrator says.

There's a lesson to be learned as the result of a barn fire Saturday afternoon at the north edge of Arcanum in Darke County.

Darke County authorities are investigating a Friday-morning traffic accident that injured a man suspected of stealing a stolen pick-up truck in Preble County.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor Harrison Street Bridge in Wapakoneta likely will be closed starting Monday, a county administrator says.

Darke County is poised for a gust of wind farm growth after officials worked feverishly to land a wind turbine maker on short notice.

Bregeitti Soper of Centerville, Ind., and Shawn and Loretta Sparks of Greenville, Ohio, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of Brittney Soper and Nathanael Marley.

EATON, Ohio -- Ricky A. Falkner, age 61, of Eaton, Ohio, passed away Friday, May 1, 2009, at the Heartland of Eaton, Eaton, Ohio.

Testimony started Tuesday, April 28, in the re-trial of James A. Russell, as Montgomery County prosecutors called the prostitute who lured a 57-year-old federal aircraft safety inspector into the robbery attempt that led to his death.

Residents who live in the village of Arcanum will be losing their power overnight.

Firefighters are responding now to a report of a barn fire at 9900 Grubbs-Rex Road, according to the Darke County Sheriff's office dispatcher.

Growing up in the Ohio village of Arcanum, Roger Snell walked to and from school along E. George Street, past the home of "this kindly old gentleman" named Berlyn Dale Horne."He lived five doors down the street," Snell recalled.

Severe weather moved through parts of the Miami Valley as Tornado Watches and Warnings were issued.