Fulton County News

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.

Bed mattresses, standing upright, block the front window view at the South Toledo home of a woman accused of pimping her 13-year-old daughter.

Bed mattresses, standing upright, block the front window view at the South Toledo home of a woman accused of pimping her 13-year-old daughter.

Ronald Schmidlin, 70, the third-generation owner of a business that evolved from growing tomatoes to growing bedding plants in greenhouses, died Sunday in his home in Fulton County's Fulton Township.

A prostitution bust put hundreds of pimps and johns behind bars and rescued dozens of underage prostitutes.

Federal agents say seven underage girls have been rescued from prostitution in the Northwest Ohio area, a result of a nationwide bust that took place last week.

To earn a Matron Housekeeper badge in 1913, Girl Scouts were encouraged to learn to polish floors, clean kitchen utensils, and store fur and flannels.

A Fulton County man is facing several charges after allegedly leading police on a motorcycle chase reaching speeds in excess of 120 miles per hour through Defiance on Thursday afternoon.

Two people were killed Saturday morning when their vehicle collided with a train just east of Fulton County Road 11 in York Township.

A Defiance man was injured seriously Sunday morning when his tractor trailer hit a bridge pillar on the Ohio Turnpike, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

Two people were killed Saturday morning when their vehicle collided with a train just east of Fulton County Road 11 in York Township.

Friday, October 16, 2009 at 2:36 p.m. A car crash on SR 109 near milepost 5 in York Township in Fulton County resulted in a driver being life flighted to UT/MUO. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the collision between a silver 1998 Pontiac Bonneville and a red 2002 Pontiac Montana van.

Five years ago, the biggest concern of the Van de Kolk brothers and their wives was adapting to northwest Ohio winters that were chillier than in their native Holland and adjusting to a new life.

The Toledo post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at approximately 1:43 this afternoon.

You're at a family picnic when a relative - or even just a stranger nearby - suddenly collapses.

Unanimous in their stated reluctance as well as their votes, Fulton County commissioners Thursday approved a half-percentage-point increase in the county sales tax, bringing it to the 1.5 percent state maximum.

I did the crime, I did the time, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt. Such a reaction could crop up in Fulton County, where a no-nonsense judge is requiring some criminals to wear customized clothing in public: neon green shirts with large, black letters announcing, "I'm a thief." To curb crime and provide a form of public punishment, Western ...

While others had broached potential economic consequences from raising Fulton County's sales tax by half a penny to plug a growing budget gap, Phil Liechty suggested political fallout.

An Archbold, Ohio, woman was in serious condition Tuesday morning after losing her unborn baby when a minivan in which she was riding crashed the day before in northeastern Fulton County, the Ohio State Patrol said.

A northwest Ohio judge has added neon green T-shirts to his sentencing repertoire.