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NEWARK -- Few people would want to scrub dried blood off mattresses and walls after a homicide, but it's just another day at the office for Ron Lillibridge.

In county Municipal Court on Tuesday, a Salem man was bound over to grand jury on a charge of burglary.

Plans to start a $43 million environmental restoration project along the Ottawa River have hit another scheduling snag, though the federal official in charge of the unprecedented two-year project said it could get under way later this month.

Members of Galena Village Council on Oct. 26 decided to re-consider a plan to build a covered footbridge for Kane's Crossing Trail over Big Walnut Creek.

TIFFIN: Timothy C. 'Tim' Dahms, 58, of Tiffin, died Wednesday morning, October 28, 2009, at Ann Arbor Veteran's Hospital.

Graveside services will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Gethsemani Cemetery. Visitation: immediately following the service Saturday at Old Barn Out Back.

Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes, Bluffton.

Owens Community College lost national accreditation for its registered nursing program from an organization that had recognized the program for 35 years.

In county Municipal Court on Tuesday, a Salem man pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of criminal damaging after the court dismissed a felony charge of vandalism against him.

The Gibsonburg American Legion Auxiliary Post 17 members will host the Fifth District American Legion Auxiliary Fall Conferences at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Legion home, Main Street, Gibsonburg.

Gibsonburg schools health director Sarah Halbeisen, better known to most students as Nurse Sarah, has organized an official Walk to School Day at 8:45 a.m. Oct.

Amanda Hoon, Rauch Road, East Palestine, reported Thursday her SUV was entered overnight and her wallet was missing.

Sexually oriented businesses would be banned from locations at least 500 feet from churches, schools and parks, under a proposal City Council will consider.

Upcoming workshops at Scrap4Art, 1501 Adams St., are Visual Art Journaling and Vision Boards, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct.

After a Sylvania man shot an intruder inside his Williamsburg Drive home last month, what appeared to be a case of self-defense became clouded by the discovery of 200 potted marijuana plants in the basement, some waist-high. Now, police say the pieces of the bizarre burglary-shooting-drug case appear to be falling together.

Theft -- Victoria L. Wolford, 18, of 350 Tabernacle Road, case dismissed without prejudice because necessary witness did not appear; Sept.

A Kentucky woman who stole a car and tried to outrun police in a two-state chase will go to prison.

Local candidates got moving on their campaigns Saturday, helped along by state Rep.

Now that another academic year has begun, area educators are pausing to reflect on last year's final grades which were recently released by the Ohio Department of Education.

MARION - Beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, detours will be posted in the downtown Marion area to accommodate the activities for the 2009 Marion Popcorn Festival, Mayor Scott Schertzer announced.