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Activity across the Ohio housing marketplace was brisk in May, as sales increased 19.8% from the level reached during the same month a year ago…that’s according to Ohio Realtors. Home sales in May reached 14,130…a sizable jump from the 11,790 sales recorded during the month last year. The average sales …

Two major Ohio business groups come out in opposition to pending GOP legislation in the state House that would prohibit employers, either public or private, from requiring employees to receive vaccinations. The bill also would prevent workers from being fired as a result of refusing to get vaccinated…and allow them …

A big rig driver is badly hurt in a rollover crash in Amboy Township. Officials tell reporters Mark Vliek, of Edwardsburg, Mich., is eastbound on U.S. 20, near milepost 24…when he swerves to avoid downed power lines across the roadway. The tractor trailer, hauling lumber, careens off the right shoulder…overturning …

Near McClure…Michael Shaner of Temperance, Michigan is in serious condition…after he loses control of his cargo van on Highway 6 in Henry County. Officials say Shaner had to suddenly turn, to avoid a passing vehicle. He hits a culvert. Shaner is flown to a hospital in Toledo. He’s under observation …

Some Ohio casinos and racinos could be left with losing tickets…if the state Senate’s sports betting legislation…giving professional teams priority for obtaining a brick-and mortar sports book licenses…is ultimately enacted. We reported the bill was passed by the Senate and sent to the House for consideration. It assigns the 30 …

An Angola man is hurt after crashing his motorcycle in Steuben County. Officials say 56-year-old Alan Jones was riding east on CR 500 S…when the bike begins to swerve back and forth…leaving the north side of the roadway…smashing into an embankment. A witness tells officers he believes Jones may have …

Williams County Commissioners approve a bond purchase agreement…saving an estimated $895,000 dollars…from three separate loans.

Montpelier Police arrests a man…after he assaults an employee at a Holiday City business. Officers are called to Hutch’s Towing & Recovery, on County Road M.50…for a reported break-in. Officials tell reporters the suspect was spotted by an employee. They say that’s when the burglar, Kyle Tyler attacks the worker. …

Ohio is no longer in a state of emergency…COVID-19. So far, nearly 5.5 million people in the state have gotten at least the first dose of the vaccine…roughly 47% of the population. In Williams County, the number is 13,291, or 36 %. According to state data, the county estimated 38 …

Members of the Ohio House expel Larry Householder, the federally indicted Republican ex-speaker…in a bipartisan vote that invoked their powers to remove a member for the first time in 150 years. The GOP-controlled House voted 75-21 to remove Householder, of Perry County, approving a resolution that stated he was not …