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OSU To Answer For Sex Case

Ohio State University violated state public records law by intentionally withholding old documents…alleging decades-old sexual misconduct by a school doctor…that’s according to a recently concluded look into the matter. In 2018, alumnus Steve Snyder-Hill requested records related to his having complained about being abused by Dr. Richard Strauss in the …

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A Fatality In Area Accident

A teenager…hurt in a crash with a dump truck outside New Haven on Friday, has died. The crash happened at the intersection of Dawkins and Ryan roads, just east of town. The passenger in the car…19-year-old Chloe Pratt…was pulled from the vehicle and taken to an area hospital in critical …

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Money For The Rails

Pioneer Railcorp gets 4.1 million dollars to invest in some infrastructure projects for the Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railway Co. Senators, Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown announce the award…as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2020 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant round. The award will fund 50% …

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Donald R. Rath, 86

Donald R. Rath, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away early on Tuesday morning, September 22, 2020, at his home, surrounded by his family. Donald retired from The Aro Corporation in Bryan with 40 years of service. He was an accomplished auto body repairman, working many years out of his …

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Jimmie Lyn Thompson, 63

Jimmie Lyn Thompson, 63, of Montpelier, passed away on September 21, 2020 at his home. His was born on December 23, 1956 in Montpelier to James Wesley and Dyrrel “Susie” Lurine (Cantrell) Thompson. He married Penny A. Wilder on July 18, 1998 in Montpelier and she survives. Jimmie was the …

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POTUS In Town

In Swanton…President, Trump is interrupted twice during a rally by sign-waving supporters chanting, “Fill that seat!” He told the crowd that is what he is going to do…as he launched into an extended riff on his plans to quickly nominate a successor to Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg….adding…it’s the …

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Bomb Threat In Bryan

A scary scene in Bryan. The Walmart, on S. Main St., is evacuated for a time after an employee finds a suspicious looking package in one of their produce shipments. Local first responders, as well as the bomb squad in Toledo are called in. After a bomb dog checks it …

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A New Employer In Town

ALG Health announces it is opening a new respirator mask making facility in Bryan that eventually could bring as many as 400 new jobs to Williams County. The company is moving into a W. Mulberry St., location. It’s the 400,000-square-foot industrial building, formerly occupied by Gendron Inc., a medical equipment …

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Drop Box Fight In Columbus

Ohio and Republican groups, including the Trump campaign are fighting to uphold a GOP election chief’s directive, limiting ballot drop boxes in the presidential battleground to one per county. They told a state appellate court in filings Monday that a county judge overstepped his authority when he blocked it, earlier …

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Cash Bail In Discussion

Ohio could save up to $264 million dollars a year by reducing the use of cash bail to house defendants before their case is resolved. Supporters of the idea say a savings of between $199 million and that $264 million dollar figure is based on recommended changes to the cash …

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