You know what they say about the best laid plans. Well, sometimes Mother Nature isn’t in the mood to cooperate with plans.

The Paulding County Senior Center car show, scheduled for Sept. 18, was canceled because of rain. “We did have 26 cars and their drivers show up,” said Marsha Yeutter, director of the Center. “But then we had to cancel because of the heavy rain.”

A key ruling on evidence moves Heidi Grant’s trial in the death of Christopher Franklin one step closer. At question was whether four pieces of evidence in the case could be introduced at trial. In the motion to suppress, the defense argued oral and written statements Grant made to members of the Antwerp police department should not be allowed because Grant was not given proper Miranda warnings.

A who’s who of Ohio Republican candidates and elected officials descended on the Paulding County Extension Building Saturday night, as the Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert County Republicans held a Lincoln-Reagan Dinner.

Paulding County residents who use U.S. 24 will need to find alternate routes for the next couple weeks, as road construction will close access ramps from U.S. 127 starting Monday, September 26.

“Relief.”

That’s what Nancy Eagleson’s family felt when a motion to exhume her body was approved today by Judge Michael Wehrkamp in Paulding County Probate Court, in hopes of finding DNA evidence solving her 62-year-old murder.

“It’s been a long journey. It’s really sad, mixed emotions, but happy he said yes,” Eagleson’s younger sister Merrill Miller said. “We’ve been wanting to get this since 1985 when DNA evidence was available.”

COLUMBUS – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) are participating in Rail Safety Week, September 19-25. The week is dedicated as a reminder to Ohioans to practice safety around all rail crossings.

PAULDING – Catholics along Route 49 in Paulding County will have to travel a bit farther to attend Mass after Divine Mercy Parish announced plans to close churches in Antwerp and Payne.