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Families explore estate planning options at Delphos seminar

DELPHOS — Area residents filled the Fraternal Order of Eagles hall Wednesday for a free seminar on estate planning, where an attorney from Cooper, Adel, Vu & Associates explained the differences between using a transfer-on-death designation and setting up a trust. The session aimed to help families better understand how to protect their assets and make plans that avoid costly probate disputes.

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Preventing harvest fires

August and September have been dry with higher-than-normal day time temperatures prevailing. Crops are drying down quick so harvest may be early. All that dry tinder may create fire hazards when harvest equipment starts rolling.

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Wrong way driver struck by semi

MARION TOWNSHIP – On September 12, 2025, at approximately 1:48 AM, officers with the Delphos Police Department attempted to initiate a traffic stop with a vehicle on Fifth St. in the City of Delphos. The vehicle failed to stop and continued to US Route 30 where the vehicle entered the highway in the wrong direction. Taneesha S. Stuckey, age 36, of Bryan, was operating a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox and began traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of travel. Ms. Stuckey traveled in the wrong direction on US Route 30 for almost a half mile before entering the grass median in attempt to enter the eastbound lanes. When Ms. Stuckey entered the eastbound lanes of travel, she was struck by an eastbound 2025 International Semi-Truck and trailer, operated by Alex J. Chance, age 50, of Ashland. Ms. Stuckey’s vehicle was pushed into the median and rolled over on its side. The semi-truck came to controlled final rest on the right berm of the eastbound lanes.

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