Tornado sirens were heard throughout the Tri-County area last night as storms raced through northwest Ohio.  No storm damage was reported in Hancock, Wood and Seneca Counties...

A spokesman for the state Emergency Management Agency says damage was reported at a mobile home park and other sites across four northwest Ohio counties after storms that spurred multiple twisters in Indiana moved across the state line. Spokesman Jay Carey said Wednesday night that there was damage in Defiance, Henry, Paulding and Van Wert counties. Officials in Van Wert County say at least two tornadoes touched down there. In Defiance County, a mobile home park sustained the most damage.

Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer pleaded not guilty to charges he stole medications from prescription drug disposal drop boxes, deceived doctors into giving him painkillers and misused department funds.  Overmyer faces six felony charges in a 43-count indictment released Tuesday night.  A judge ordered him to turn over his county property and told him not to contact anyone from the sheriff’s office.  Overmyer was released from jail a short time later on a $150,000 bond.  A special prosecutor said she would begin the process of having him suspended from his job.

32 year old Bradley Stemen of North Baltimore who pleaded guilty in June to amended charges  of permitting drug abuse and obstructing justice in connection to a 2015 overdose death was sentenced to five years of community control on Tuesday.  Stemen and his codefendant 34 year old William Patterson also of North Baltimore, were indicted last year on one count each of reckless homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the May 27, 2015 death of 35 year old Todd Williams of  North Baltimore.  Stemen was also sentenced to pay a $1,000 fine to the North Baltimore Police Drug Fund.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is donating $250,000 to aid in flood recovery efforts in Louisiana.  The Red Cross will receive $100,000; United Way will receive $50,000; and various local organizations with critical needs will receive the remaining $100,000.  The company's refinery in Garyville, Louisiana, is the third-largest refinery in the nation…At least 10 percent of its employees were also impacted by the devastating floods.

At Findlay’s Income Tax Review Board meeting, Findlay Auditor Jim Staschiak raised several questions about staffing and funding for staff.  The board met to discuss the possible transfer of $155,000 from one fund in the income tax department to another, in order to pay for temporary staff that has been provided through an accounting agency.  During the meeting, Staschiak questioned how using temp workers affects the integrity of the department, whether temporary workers would be more likely to share confidential information, and if the $155,000 request was the most exact estimate.