Crawford County News

MOUNT GILEAD - A 19-year-old New Washington woman died Sunday after a car she was riding in slammed into a tree near Mount Gilead on Saturday, the Ohio State Patrol said.

When you were a kid did your mother ever put the wrong tag on a Christmas gift and you had to give this really cool gift back? Friday, November 20, 2009 Well, that sort of happened in Crawford County .

The Crawford County sheriff's office is investigating two accidents, one of which claimed a woman's life.

One of two serious accidents reported Thursday morning. 28-year old Tad Williams drifted left of center Thursday morning in the Village of Chatfield on State Route 4, Sideswiped a southbound vehicle driven by 26-year old Lisa Roggenbeck.

A Galion woman faces multiple charges, including driving under the influence, following a one-car accident Thursday night on Middletown Road at Fairview Road in Crawford County.

Vaughn's car was southbound, drifted left of center and hit a truck driven by 42-year old Anthony Schumm.

One person died in a car accident on Ohio 98 north of the Crawford-Marion County line Thursday morning.

State Route 98 is closed, between S.R. 294 and the Marion County line, after a fatal crash on Thursday morning.

The Richland and Crawford County Workforce Investment Boards have helped many people find work and job training through the Workforce Investment Act in the past four months.

Vaccine for those 6 months to 24 years old, pregnant women, and caregivers for those 6 months and younger.

Shelby officials have been able to work out a deal to house prisoners at the Richland County Jail.

A Bucyrus teen was hurt in a one-car crash Saturday night on Wyandot Road near Krauter Road in Crawford County.

MARION - A coalition organized to fight underage drinking and drug use is no more, but its organizer believes there still are lessons to be learned.

Test results are 30 days out. Galion resident Kathleen Wirick will submit to a psychiatric evaluation after submitting the guilty by reason of insanity plea to conspiracy to commit murder.

The race for Crestline mayor was extremely tight Tuesday, with Dave Sharrock beating incumbent mayor Joseph Polito by seven votes.

The Cash for Clunkers program helped Crawford County-area dealerships sell 42 cars with combined sticker prices of $902,095, data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows.

Crawford County Sheriff's Office has reported an 83-year-old Galion woman missing this morning.

Voters in Crawford County Tuesday passed an additional 1.5-mill levy for the Board of Developmental Disabilities.

Tuesday's election results in Crawford County shows Jennifer Kuns and George McElligott taking Galion School Board seats.

BUCYRUS -- Crawford County Board of Developmental Disabilities Superintendent Chuck Frobose let out a sigh of relief as he received the final election results Tuesday night in the Crawford County Courthouse.