Fremont News

During the 2012 campaign, candidates and independent watchdog organizations alike lamented the onslaught of tax-exempt organizations that ultimately poured $250 million into elections.

In early 2010, an Internal Revenue Service team in Cincinnati began noticing a stream of applications from groups with political-sounding names, setting in motion a dragnet aimed at separating legitimate tax-exempt groups from those working to get candidates elected.

A BOY, Conner Andrew Smith, was born May 3 to Alyson Michael and John Smith of Spencer.

A local Tea Party group is now mixed up in the brewing scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service.

A Kent man was not injured during a two-vehicle crash on the Ohio Turnpike that killed a Sandusky County man on Wednesday.

Randall Ross, who authorities say killed his wife and then shot himself twice in the head in March, was released from Mercy St.

The aunt of one of three women held captive for about a decade in Cleveland thanked police for their help, asked the public for time and privacy to heal and urged the community not to retaliate against the suspects.

The Milan post of the state Highway Patrol is currently investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that happened at 5:32 p.m. Wednesday on the Ohio Turnpike near the Fremont toll gate, milepost 91 in Sandusky County's Sandusky Township.

The Fremont post of the state Highway Patrol is investigating a serious injury ATV crash that occurred at 8:46 p.m. Sunday near County Road 177 in Sandusky County.

In 2009, inmate Craig Burdine died at the Sandusky County jail after being repeatedly electroshocked by guards, deputies and Fremont police officers using Tasers.

The Temperance company makes banquet and food-service seating for the hospitality market.

Two people died today in a two-vehicle crash at U.S. 6 near Sandusky County Road 32 in Scott Township, troopers at the Fremont post of the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

The city has petitioned the Ohio Supreme Court for mediation in a long-standing lawsuit involving the city's reservoir project.

Two Terra State Community College students were honored by the Ohio Association of Community Colleges at a luncheon April 25 in the Ohio Statehouse Atrium in Columbus.

County Commissioner Terry Thatcher and Mayor Jim Ellis were among 40 people who gathered Thursday afternoon at Fremont City Hall in observance of the National Day of Prayer.

Sandusky County law enforcement officials collected more than 300 pounds of discarded medication during National Prescription Drug Takeback Day, recent statistics from the Metrich Drug Task Force show.

The vehicle was found to be stolen from the Bellevue area. THEFT * 2:23 p.m., a 22-year-old Vickery man was charged with theft and possession of criminal tools after stealing electronics from Walmart.

Ten area residents have been chosen to receive the 10th annual Outstanding Service Awards by Owens Community College's Alumni Association for tremendous contributions to Northwest Ohio's surrounding communities.

The city of Fremont will have brush drop off May 6 to 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 11 from 8 a.m. to noon at Universal Farms, 325 E. Stahl Road.

The Sandusky County Safety Council had its Safety Awards Banquet April 24 at Ole Zim's Wagon Shed.