Here’s the latest on the UAW strike. Officials tell reporters a tentative four year contract gives workers a mix of pay raises, lump sum payments and an $11,000 signing bonus. In return, the contract allows GM to proceed with factory closures in Lordstown, Warren and in Maryland. Union officials are …

A subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. plans to emerge from bankruptcy protection by the end of the year, after getting final approval from a federal judge. The company warns it will take steps to close its nuclear plants in Ohio if a proposal to overturn a roughly $1 billion financial rescue …

The NFL says team owners have given the OK to invest up to $10 million in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village in Canton. Hall of Fame officials are planning a multi-year development at the site. It includes a hotel with an indoor water park, retail stores and an …

Archie “George” Harris, age 70, of Williams Center, Ohio, died at 8:40 P.M. on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. Archie was a veteran of United States Army and served in Korea during the Vietnam War. He was a retired printing press operator with …

Diana Jean McCool, 72 years, of Hamilton, Indiana passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Parkview Noble Hospital, Kendallville, Indiana. Diana was born June 13, 1947 in Butler, Indiana, the daughter of Forest and Emma (Williams) Trenary. She was a 1965 graduate of Butler High School and continued her education …

Bargainers for General Motors and the United Auto Workers reach a tentative contract deal that could end a monthlong strike that brought the company’s U.S. factories to a standstill. The deal, hammered out after months of bargaining, won’t bring an immediate end to the strike by 49,000 hourly workers. They …

Perrysburg becomes the eighth and final customer to join the Uniform Water Purchase and Supply Agreement with the City of Toledo. Perrysburg joins Maumee, Sylvania, Whitehouse, Fulton County, Monroe County and the Northwest Water and Sewer District in signing 40-year contracts with the Toledo water commission. Officials from those entities …

The Ohio Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of a police officer’s vehicle stop…based on the car’s color not matching vehicle-registration records. The court ruled 6-1 the officer had a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity based on his experience that such a discrepancy often meant a vehicle was stolen. At issue …

Ohio lawmakers introduce a bill to forbid employment and housing discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. The latest version of the Ohio Fairness Act was introduced by state Rep., Michael Skindell. The bill’s unveiling comes about two weeks after a request from minority Democrats to extend employment protections to …

Rhonda S. Dietrich, age 60, of Palm City, Florida, passed away on September 27, 2019, at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart, Florida. Rhonda was a 1976 graduate of Fairview High School. She was a respiratory therapist at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. She loved reading …