Ohio became the latest state…where Republicans are proposing a significant rewrite of state election laws. Legislation introduced in the Ohio House calls for prohibiting placement of ballot drop boxes anywhere but at a local elections office…eliminating a day of early voting…shortening the window for requesting mail-in ballots…and tightening voter ID …

Voters handily approve a replacement 4-mill EMS levy…meant to equalize funding among Fulton County’s seven emergency stations…and add an eighth, central station to provide mutual aid to the county’s northern communities. Officials say it will generate $4.5 million dollars annually, beginning in January. It replaces the current contract between the …

Pike-Delta-York voters approve a new 1% income tax…that will allow the school district to stave off massive cuts to staff and programs. The five-year tax is estimated to generate approximately $1.7 million dollars a year…to be used for the district’s general operating expenses, such as bus fuel, classroom supplies, facilities …

Ohio’s Republican legislative leaders abandon plans for a fast-moving constitutional amendment…that would have allowed deadlines for making state political maps to be extended due to pandemic-related delays in the 2020 census. Senate President, Matt Huffman says his idea, which would have required a three-fifths majority of both legislative chambers by …

Robert A. Roehrs, Sr., age 78, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at his home. Robert retired from Spangler Candy Company with 37 years of service. He loved the Detroit Tigers and enjoyed camping, family times, bowling, baseball, and fishing. Robert August Roehrs was born on …

Lauren R. Posey, age 97, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Posey retired as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Ohio Gas Company in 1986. He started as a ditch digger in 1945 and worked his way …

Lynn D. Schwartz, age 53, of Wauseon, passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at the Fulton County Health Center. Lynn was born in Broward County, Florida on November 24, 1967, the daughter of Marvin and Barbara (Aldenderfer) Peacock. On May 31, 1987, she married Jason F. Schwartz, and he preceded her …

James Coyne is placed on community control in a Paulding County courtroom on three felony wildlife violations and more. Four years of control, in all, in the sentencing. Coyne is also ordered to make a $43 hundred dollar restitution to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Officials confirm three guns, …

In DeKalb County…a woman is in the hospital…after getting rear ended. Angel Loy, 39, of Grabill, tells officers she was at a stop sign…at the C.R. 17, U.S. 6 intersection…but the other vehicle couldn’t stop…bad brakes. Loy is in fair condition after experiencing head, neck and knee pain. State and …

A 58-year-old woman is taken to an area hospital…after pulling in front of a vehicle while making a left turn…at C.R. 72 and Tonkel Road, in DeKalb County. Rebecca Minster, 58, of Auburn, is in fair condition with head, neck and chest pain. No word on any citations at this …