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UPDATE: Highway Patrol announces capture of dangerous escapee

Posted by Staff on Saturday, December 31, 2022

UPDATE: January 2, 2023

Last night at 11:34 p.m., Jacob Davidson was taken into custody near Chapmanville, West Virginia. 

COLUMBUS–The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently seeking the public’s assistance in locating a dangerous escapee.

On December 29, Jacob D. Davidson escaped from Twin Valley Behavioral Heath Hospital located at 2200 West Broad Street in Columbus. Davidson, 38, is described as a white male with blue eyes, 5’11” tall and 210 pounds. He was last seen with brown hair and a full beard.

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AHS girls basketball defeats rival Rams to take 3rd at Border Battle 

Posted by Staff on Saturday, December 31, 2022

By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School girls basketball team rode a big second quarter to convincingly defeat backyard rival Upper Scioto Valley 55-30 in the third-place game of the fifth annual girls basketball Border Battle early Friday afternoon, December 30, at Waynesfield.

Ada improved to 5-6 with the win, while USV fell to 3-8 with the defeat.

The Bulldogs outscored USV 37-15 over the middle two quarters to pave the way to the win.

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Weekend Doctor: Don't say "resolutions"

Posted by Staff on Friday, December 30, 2022

By Maria Slack, MD
Allergy & Immunology Specialists of Northwest Ohio

New Year’s resolutions can feel overwhelming, and guilt-inducing if you can’t keep them. This year, why not assign yourself a few tasks to keep your allergy and asthma symptoms under control in 2023?

The best way to tackle health challenges is in small bits, and that goes for allergy and asthma control too. The last few years have been hard on everyone, but you still want to figure out ways to improve your health routine. Making small, manageable adjustments are a great start to getting on a healthier path toward improvements in controlling allergies and asthma.

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AHS boys basketball nips Tigers on late Conley basket

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, December 30, 2022

Team advances to title game vs. AE

By Cort Reynolds

WAYNESFIELD–The visiting Ada High School boys basketball team scored in the final seconds to edge tournament host Waynesfield-Goshen 51-50 in the semifinals of the fifth Border Battle tournament Thursday night.

The Bulldogs rallied from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to lead 49-48.

Then Tiger junior guard Drew Breitigam scored on a drive in the final minute to give W-G the lead back, 50-49.

But Bulldog senior Carter Conley answered by making a layup for the last of his 26 points with 20 seconds remaining to pull out the victory.

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Icon on New Year's holiday with exceptions

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, December 29, 2022

Dear viewers, the Icon editor is on holiday Friday, December 30-Monday, January 2. Exceptions are breaking news including sports. Wishing you a happy, healthy New Year.

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New transportation advocacy group forming in northwest Ohio

Posted by Staff on Thursday, December 29, 2022

The following is an excerpt from The Crossroad, Ohio Department of Transportation news for Northwest Ohio.

A map displaying the counties currently represented by a transportation planning organization shows a glaring fact--many northwest Ohio counties are not included.

Chris Hughes, Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 deputy director, sought to remedy that and introduced the idea of forming a regional transportation planning organization (RTPO) to serve Van Wert, Putnam, Hancock, Hardin, Wyandot, Auglaize and Mercer counties. 

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