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Backers of a proposal…to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution…can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter signatures required to put the issue before voters this fall…all this…after the petition cleared another hurdle this week. The constitutional amendment moves to the signature-gathering phase after the Ohio Ballot Board confirmed …

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose unveiled legislation that would clarify and standardize the way election data is organized, stored and shared across the state, a proposal that the Republican says can serve as a national model in addressing the “crisis of confidence” in American elections. The Data Analysis Transparency …

Former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is joining forces with the University of Cincinnati to create a new academic center that will foster civility, open and inclusive dialogue and bipartisanship in politics, the Republican and the university announce. The newly established Portman Center for Policy Solutions will be housed within the …

A Montpelier man dies in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of county roads G and 12. The Defiance Post of the patrol reports…William Goddard, 86, was driving north on County Road 12 when he failed to yield at a stop sign at County Road G. Neil McGill, 38, of …

A Defiance resident is displaced after a structure fire at a home on Ottawa Ave. When firefighters arrived, the resident, Joshua Henry, said that he was the only person in the building and he was uninjured. Henry told firefighters that he woke up to the smell of smoke and was …

The Bryan Police Department and the Williams County Sheriff’s Office continued to combat drug abuse in the county in 2022. Bryan’s police chief delivered his 2022 review of the police department operations this week. He pointed out Williams County accounted for nearly 25% of the cases handled through the Multi …

Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers and Parkview Health are teaming up. CHWC has three facilities in Williams and Fulton counties…a hospital in Bryan and Montpelier…and a medical center in Archbold. Those will all become affiliates with Parkview Health, based in Fort Wayne. Among Parkview’s many locations is a medical group …

A Butler woman dies…after crashing, head-on, into a big rig, just east of Kendallville. Officials tell reporters… Chantel Wells, 30, was on U.S. 6…when she drove into the path of the oncoming semi. The collision causes Wells’ vehicle to roll into a ditch…she was ejected. The semi also jack-knifed into …

Amid a federal corruption case, a company that owns nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and northern Ohio will be sold for more than $3.4 billion dollars to an Irving, Texas-based firm. Ohio-based Energy Harbor will become part of a newly formed Vistra subsidiary. Energy Harbor is at the center of an …

The City of Bryan is doing well, Mayor Carrie Schlade said during her State of the City Address Monday night, but a little growth would be nice. Part of that was on display earlier in the meeting, when council passed, under suspension of the rules requiring three readings, two resolutions …