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Boosting walking and biking opportunities for Ohio residents…could save billions of dollars over the next 20 years. That’s according to a plan, released by the state Department of Transportation. ODOT’s Walk. Bike. Ohio plan looks into options…as the number of teenagers earning driver’s licenses drops…while a growing over-65 population looks …

A rural Defiance man is sentenced to a decade behind bars…on 12 abuse charges involving two girls. Simuel Brown pled no contest. He’s given credit for 13 months served at CCNO while his case was pending. Brown is now classified as a tier I sexual offender…determining how often he must …

Public schools and colleges in Ohio would be prohibited from requiring individuals to receive vaccines not granted full approval by the FDA…under a bill, targeting coronavirus vaccinations signed into law by Gov., DeWine. The bill, to take effect in 90 days, would also prohibit those…who don’t receive emergency use vaccines…from …

Advocates for Ohio’s new school funding plan say it should finally provide a level of fairness and reliability that past spending programs lacked. The Fair School Funding Plan, approved as part of the state budget, spends about $12.4 billion dollars this year and $12.6 billion in 2023. At its core…the …

In DeKalb County…a crash kills a teenage boy, near Waterloo. Officials tell reporters…17-year-old, Alexander Barnhart, of Ashley, veers off the east side of County Road 35. The vehicle then goes over a raised gravel area. That’s when it rolls sideways, several times…smashing into a tree. Reports from other motorists come …

Two people are hurt after two vehicles collide on North Main Street, at U.S. 127, in Bryan. Word is…someone went through a red light. County responders handle the call. No word on injuries…or citations.

In Steuben County…a vehicle theft…pursuit…and crash, leaves a woman with serious injuries. The call from dispatch…it’s a stolen car…from a North Old 27 location. As the police converge…they see the hot car…going fast…on State Road 120. Lights…a 180…siren…gas. The police cruiser quickly catches up to car. The woman tries to …

Ohio officials will announce a second coronavirus vaccine incentive program…in the next few days…in a new attempt to boost the state’s vaccination rate, Gov. DeWine doesn’t provide details to reporters…but hints it could include smaller amounts of money…meant to spread out the odds…so more people win. With the Delta Variant …

A driver is hospitalized…after she drives into the St. Joseph River, in Leo. Police and medics are called to the river, in the area of Grabill and Schwartz roads…on the northeast side of town. There, crews found a vehicle 10 feet offshore, floating in the water, with the driver sitting …

So much for the conspiracy…Ohio’s elections chief…a republican…refers for possible prosecution?…117 apparent noncitizens, who either registered to vote or cast a ballot in last year’s general election. It’s a tiny fraction of the state’s electorate and a significantly reduced number from two years ago, despite the record 2020 turnout. In …