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A new effort to acquire properties in the river flood plain is underway in Defiance City Hall. City council approves a related ordinance…kicking off another potential round of property purchases…one of four legislative items that received approval. The ordinance concerns 116 and 118 Seneca St., where a residential duplex near …

Former death row inmates in Ohio are being denied the opportunity for parole, despite legal precedent…requiring they receive meaningful consideration for release. That’s what two organizations allege in a new lawsuit. At issue in the suit?…are requests for parole by ex-death row prisoners sentenced before 1978, when the state’s then-death …

Indiana’s new cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 have rebounded to levels last seen in May…as an especially contagious coronavirus variant continues spreading. After falling below 200 in late June, Indiana’s seven-day weekly average of new coronavirus cases reached 708 on Sunday. That’s the highest weekly average since a few months …

A crash in Amboy Township leaves two people injured, one seriously. The Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash on US 20, west of Assumption. Officials say a motorhome, driven by 67-year-old James Dye of Madison, New York, was eastbound on 20. Meanwhile…a box truck, …

A pro-marijuana group says it will submit signatures to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office…in an effort to have the Republican-led Legislature legalize recreational marijuana. Attorney, Tom Haren, a spokesperson for the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol…says the submission of the first 1,000 signatures will require the Attorney General’s Office …

Ohio University has suspended another fraternity for violating hazing rules. The school has notified the Delta Pi chapter of Sigma Chi that it has been shut down for four years…following an investigation by the school that revealed student code of conduct violations. The fraternity accepts responsibility for providing false information …

The Williams County Port Authority board is back to full strength, after two new members are sworn in. Dawn Fitzcharles, administrator of the Village of Edgerton, was sworn in at the board of county commissioners meeting July 22, and Tyson Stuckey, managing partner of Shultz Huber & Associates, was sworn …

Utility giant FirstEnergy Corp. will reevaluate the company’s previous denial…that it used customer money to fund a $60 million bribery scheme…to win legislative approval of a $1 billion bailout for two unprofitable nuclear power plants in Ohio. The Akron-based company issued a notice to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio …

Ohio doesn’t plan to mandate masks in schools this fall, but health officials strongly recommend students and staff wear face coverings…if they aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Some of Ohio’s largest districts, including Columbus and Cleveland, already decided to require masks for everyone when the school year begins. Others are still …

A semi crashes into a minivan, killing a woman and injuring 5 others, in Williams County. Officials tell reporters a Wyoming man was driving a minivan northbound on State Route 101…when he stopped at the stop sign at State Route 34. Officials say he then pulled forward from the stop …