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Method of purging voters from rolls ruled illegal

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the process Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is using to remove voters from the rolls is illegal. Husted’s office has removed nearly 1.4 million voter registrations from the voter rolls. Some were dead, were thought to have moved or were …

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UT receipient of multi-million dollar research funding award from a branch of the National Institute of Health

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), a senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee along with officials from The University of Toledo Health Science Campus are announcing today a ‘significant’ multi-million dollar research funding award from a branch of the National Institute of Health. The NIH funding award will support ongoing research …

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Judith A. Engler, 73

Judith A. Engler, age 73, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:17 A.M. on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Engler was a 1961 graduate of Pentwater, Michigan, High School, where she was homecoming queen her senior year. She was …

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Fire destroys vacant house Wednesday afternoon east of Edgerton

Fire destroyed a vacant house Wednesday afternoon east of Edgerton but the flames were the least of firefighters’ concerns on the scene. The fire, according to Edgerton Fire Chief Scott Blue, is being handled cautiously and with kid gloves. There’s a long history of naughty activity out here and the …

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One Step at a Time 5K Run/Walk to be held at Defiance College on October 1st

An opportunity to raise awareness of suicide, particularly for teenagers, will take place Oct. 1 on the Defiance College campus. That is when the One Step at a Time 5K Run/Walk will be held to increase the awareness of suicide and raise funds for local programs on suicide awareness. The …

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Certified drug court treatment program will expand to more counties

More Ohioans enrolled in a certified drug court treatment program will get help through an expansion of a state program. The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) Bureau of Criminal Justice this week expanded the Addiction Treatment Program (ATP) to eight additional counties in Ohio. The ATP …

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State’s highest ranking Republicans are coming out to support the oil and gas industry

Some of the state’s highest ranking Republicans are coming out to support the oil and gas industry and its impact on Ohio in an effort to counter rhetoric in the presidential race. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said she’d like to crack down on the use of fossil fuels …

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Donald L. Humbarger, III., 47

Donald L. Humbarger, III., age 47, of Montpelier, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Community Hospital & Wellness Center in Bryan. He was born on January 10, 1969 in Bryan to Donald L. and Linda L. (Green) Humbarger, Jr. Don graduated from Fairview High …

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7 million absentee ballot applications sent by AG office at the beginning of this month

Secretary of State Jon Husted sent out around 7 million absentee ballot applications at the beginning of this month. He says more Ohioans are taking advantage of that option this year. Husted says Ohioans are returning those absentee ballot request applications at a record pace. Husted said so far, the …

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