The man accused of killing a Swanton girl in 1985 allegedly has made a jail-house confession, telling an inmate that he beat a 14-year-old girl to death because she wanted to break up with him, and he couldn't handle it.

By TODD HELBERG cnedit@crescent-news.com A juvenile with a prior record has been arrested for allegedly robbing Defiance's Meijer gas station Thursday morning.

Two weeks ago Kassandra Gallaghen loaded up her two dogs and left her home near Camp Pendleton in California to make the 23 hour trip to Junction City, Kansas.

Man travels cross country by covered wagon to find - America' By Jessica Flores - Contributing Writer/Southside Reporter Carlos Estrada, 55, a history buff, wagon builder and modern day pioneer, is on a cross-country trek through the U.S. Just stopping in San Antonio for two nights last week, Estrada said he was driving a covered wagon across the ...

Man travels cross country by covered wagon to find - America' By Jessica Flores - Contributing Writer/Southside Reporter Carlos Estrada, 55, a history buff, wagon builder and modern day pioneer, is on a cross-country trek through the U.S. Just stopping in San Antonio for two nights last week, Estrada said he was driving a covered wagon across the ...

The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio wants to offset some of its costs by billing inmates for their stays.

A Springfield Township psychologist whose security clearance was revoked earlier this year by officials of the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio,was named in a lawsuit filed by a former inmate at the Stryker facility.

Walter E. Zimbeck II, 42, of Strawberry Plains, Tenn., who was indicted last week on one count each of aggravated murder and murder in a decades-old case involving a 14-year-old Swanton girl, pleaded not guilty Monday during an arraignment in Fulton County Common Pleas Court.

The Evansport Terquasquicentennial Committee is searching for a rhyme for "terquasquicentennial" or a catch phrase that sums up Evansport's rich heritage.

A Williams County man is facing charges of felonious assault with a firearm after allegedly firing a shotgun at an occupied vehicle, according to the Williams County Sheriff's Office.

The best interests of minor children are often secondary in the minds of parties to a divorce or other legal proceedings, but not in the minds of judges and magistrates.

Tony, the new Owner of the Stryker Glass Bar comes to us from MI. He has had training in the Culinary Arts and is one of the best cooks around the Tri-State area. He specializes in Italian and American cuisine as well as the All-American breakfasts. Let's all support Tony in his new venture of the Fine Dining he will be offering NW Ohio.

When last we checked in with the Coys of Williams County, they'd begun planting -- not only this year's crop, but seeds of hope that they'd be able to save the family farm that had gone into bankruptcy protection.

Plans for Evansport's 175th anniversary in 2010 are beginning to take shape, the Evansport Terquasquicentennial Committee learned at its meeting at the Tiffin Township Fire Station this month.