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Level 2 Road Advisory Issued for Paulding County

ROAD ADVISORY  Paulding County Sheriff Jason K. Landers has issued a Level 2 Road Advisory for Paulding County. This Level 2 Road Advisory means that roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow and most of the roadways could be icy. Only those individuals who feel it is necessity to travel should be on the…

Paulding County Court Records

Criminal/Traffic Disposition Tony M. Hanson, Woodburn, IN; OVI/breath high; Case shall be bound over; bond continued Tony M. Hanson, Woodburn, IN; OVI/under influence; Preliminary hearing waived; Case shall be bound over Tony M. Hanson, Woodburn, IN; Driving under non FRA suspension; Bound over to Common Pleas Court; Bond continued  Tony M. Hanson, Woodburn, IN; Failure…

****SCAM ALERT****

IRS SCAM: 1099-G FORM is being sent to individuals throughout the State of Ohio. This form deals with Unemployment Benefits. The form shows them what they made in Unemployment for year 2020, but the individuals receiving the forms did not collect any Unemployment Benefits for 2020.  If you receive the 1099-G form from the Ohio…

Paulding Chamber Makes a Transition

Paulding, OH: Mikayla Pieper has been the executive director of the Paulding Chamber of Commerce for three years. During her three year employment with the Chamber she has made many connections within the community and has worked hard to reinvent some parts of the Chamber while strengthening the core of the organization; its members. Pieper…

Defiance Post Investigating Fatal Crash

Sherwood – The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two vehicle fatal crash on February 11, 2021 that occurred at approximately 10:30 P.M. The crash occurred on State Route 18 just west of US 127 in the village of Sherwood. Jorge Casares, age 31, of Mark Center, was driving a…

MILITARY HISTORY OF PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry  Henry Jackson Donnell  Henry lived to the ripe old of 98, earning him the distinction of being Paulding County’s oldest veteran, let’s look at his life’s story. Henry was born October 27, 1900, in Antwerp, Ohio. The son of Oscar Eugene and Barbara Manilla (Boyd) Reed, those who knew her best called…

A CHICKEN HEAD; A FROG AND A SPIDER

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker What do people usually do on a date, before a dance, celebrate a birthday or just do it because it is fun?  We do this when we don’t feel like cooking or we do it because we are hungry.  We do it at graduations; church events; ball games…

Heating Assistance Available

The Ohio Development Services Agency and Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission want to remind Ohioans that assistance is available to help with their home energy bills. The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) helps Ohioans at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty guidelines pay their heating bills. And Ohioans who are threatened with disconnection,…

Paulding County Exceeds 1,278 Vaccinations

February 4, 2021, Paulding, Ohio –We are proud to announce that with the coordination between Paulding County Health Department and Paulding County Hospital combined, both entities have been able to vaccinate 1,278 healthcare workers and community members thus far. Both entities have been working closely with the State of Ohio and remain committed to provide…