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Woodlan defeats Jay County at homecoming

Woodlan Senior Landin Golden takes the ball after it bobbles out of the opponents hands and then runs the yardage to score a touchdown for Woodlan in the first quarter. More pictures at westbendnews.net The Warriors hosted Jay County Patriots in Friday night’s homecoming football action to win over the patriots 31-7. The game started…

EMA: Storm Damage in Paulding County

Ed Bohn, Paulding County EMA sent in a field report that at 6:27pm tonight a weather event damaged a livestock barn, a addition under construction to a house and overturned a westbound semi on US 24, all this occurred near the intersection of Paulding County Road 143 and US 24, in the northeastern part of…

Patrol Investigates Fatal Crash

Defiance – The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred February 15, 2021 at 8:09 p.m. on County Road 24 north of US 6 in Springfield Township, Williams County. The driver of a 2011 Dodge Nitro was traveling northbound on County Road 24 when it went off…

PRESS RELEASE: Homicide Suspect Perishes

Paulding, Ohio—On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, Paulding County Jail Inmate William R. Miller, II, age 73, passed away due to natural causes in a Toledo hospital. Miller was arrested on May 10, 2018 for shooting his grandson, 19 year old Evan Andrew Holcombe at 15648 Road 1037, Oakwood, Ohio. Miller was facing one count of…

PCED Appreciation Banquet Scheduled

The annual Paulding County Economic Development Business and Industry Appreciation banquet has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 9, 2018.  This year’s banquet will be held at Grant’s Reception Hall 503 East Canal Street in Antwerp.  Social networking will begin at 5:30 with dinner starting at 6:30.    This year’s main speaker will be Valarie Sathe…

Drug Identification Unit Purchased in Paulding County

Paulding County would like to annouonce that with the continued spread of the drug epidemic, a collaborative effort by the Sheriff, Prosecutor and Commissioners of Paulding County was undertaken to purchase a portable Tactic ID Drug Identifiction Unit. This unit is handheld and utilizes laser technology to identify many chemicals and narcotics. The purpose of…

EACS Board Of Trustees Recognize 4-H High Achiever

Recently, the EACS Board of School Trustees recognized Tobyn Smith, Leo High student for being named the 2018 4-H High Achiever! The Allen County Fair is all about 4-H and Tobyn has been participating in the program for nine years. His favorite 4-H projects includes Swine and Sheep because he gets to connect with the…

LEPC Meets in Paulding

The Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting started on August 29 with a full house with Davide Bradley from Athens, OH. He came into the meeting to talk about the 6 counties that he oversees. FEMA approved the emergency plan and accepted by the Commissioners. Each village will have to look it over and approve it. Antwerp…