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The Williams County Election Board approves continuing education for the elections director and deputy director after reorganizing during Monday’s meeting. Prior to that vote, the board held its reorganization meeting, selecting Paul Duggan, a Democrat, as chairman of the board for the next two years. Several counties in the state …

A Toledo man enters a plea in a Henry County courtroom to a rape charge. Joseph Soto, 33, pleaded guilty to the charges. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and his bond was continued. Sentencing was scheduled for April 12. He is held in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. A …

In a special meeting of the Stryker Village Council…Sgt. Steve Mendez was officially promoted to chief of police starting next month. Mendez has served on the Stryker Police Department for 22 years. He will be moved to a full-time position on Monday. Police Chief, Steve Schlosser had previously announced his …

The recent heavy rains may have been playing havoc with much of the county, including multiple closed roads, but it helped electric generation for Bryan. Bryan Electric Superintendent Jim Coressel told the Bryan Board of Public Affairs that a very dry fall impacted electrical generation at the Hydroelectric Plant, which …

A Marion man is taken into custody…after a crash kills an Indiana State trooper, on Friday. The suspect driver involved in this incident, Terry Sands…was taken into custody and is now held in the DeKalb County Jail on a preliminary charge of Resisting Law Enforcement Causing Death to a Law …

The Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a fatal crash on County Road L, near County Road 2 in Fulton Township. Officials tell reporters…a vehicle…operated by Erich Stasa, 50, of Swanton, was heading west on County Road L when it ran off the south side …

Ethan Egnor, 20, of Paulding, waived his right to a preliminary hearing…on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a third-degree felony. His case was bound over to Paulding County Common Pleas Court. Isaac Swary, 26, of Payne, waived his right to a preliminary hearing on a charge of possession…his case …

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office approved summary language in a petition to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s state constitution, advancing the closely watched amendment to its next step. Attorney General, Dave Yost determined the summary submitted by a pair of abortion rights groups is a fair and truthful representation of …

Authorities in Dekalb County say the wind was to blame for a crash on I-69. They say…Justin O’Reilly, 36, was heading south on I-69…when a strong gust of wind blew his trailer which was unloaded. The wind gust caused him to hit a guard rail on the east side of …

Railroads…like the one involved in last month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio…would be subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences…all of this, under bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday by the state’s two U.S. senators. The Railway Safety Act of 2023, co-sponsored by Sens. …