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Revised financial estimates mean an extra $3.3 billion dollars for lawmakers, crafting the upcoming state budget. With the news, Gov., DeWine urges lawmakers to be conservative when factoring in the windfall, calling it one-time money, attributable to federal pandemic aid. The updated forecasts call for an additional $1.7 billion dollars …

The Ohio Senate approves legislation to legalize sports betting in Ohio…along with a bill to allow college athletes for the first time…to earn money based on the use of their names, images and likenesses. Both bills now go to the House for consideration. The sports betting bill would allow 53 …

The trial of Raymond Cervantes…the Toledo man, accused of attempted murder and more…begins in a Henry County court room. A grand jury deduced…on the night of Aug. 17 Cervantes hit his wife with a piece of wood. They say he also tried to strangle her…all this, in Washington Township. We …

The VFW in Paulding is in some trouble…after a county judge cites the place for illegal bingo and games of chance. Grover Hill VFW Post 2873, through its commander John Moon, pled guilty. There’s a pretty long list of tasks the place has to satisfy, in the eyes of the …

The cops in Defiance foil a robbery at the Verizon outlet on Clinton Street. At least one person needs medical care. The police gets the call, while the heist is in progress. They spot the four suspects…in a stolen pickup out of Michigan…south of Stadium Drive. The truck crashes at …

In Steuben County…38-year-old Joshua Wicker of Angola is picked up by deputies…for invasion of privacy. The word goes out from the hospital…Wicker is hurt…someone hit him in the head with a machete. After an investigation…the weapon was actually a knife…and Wicker…who apparently broke a non-contact order in the case….faces charges.

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves a plan to allow the police and fire departments to train in deserted homes, owned by BMU. All of the properties are located near the utilities’ assets. BMU had rented the homes out…but in 2017, with the homes in various levels of disrepair, …

In DeKalb County…a 15-year-old girl on a moped is hurt…after she makes a left turn into a passing vehicle, on C.R. 48. Officials tell reporters…Connie Collins, of Garrett, was eastbound…and tried to pass the girl on the moped. While the car was passing, the teen turned on her left turn …

Ohio lawmaker, Larry Householder makes an impassioned case for not being expelled as a House member…while he awaits the outcome of his criminal case…declaring his innocence and asserting that charges against him do not constitute disorderly conduct, warranting removal. Before Republican and Democratic colleagues, Householder made references to the Civil …

Bryan Police posts video of a bicycle theft. Investigators are seeking tips on the incident. The video shows someone walking on the sidewalk, along North Walnut Street. The thief pauses for a moment, then walks into a front yard, picking up a bicycle…riding away from the scene. It happened on …