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Ohio’s major league sports teams, beginning their seasons this spring, could be allowed up to 30% of fan capacity under approved pandemic plans. Gov. DeWine makes the call. It’s all contingent on social distancing and continued mask wearing, the governor adds. A formal announcement is set for Thursday. The expanded …

Two of the biggest remaining American tire companies are joining forces. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is acquiring Cooper…in a deal with an equity value of $2.8 billion dollars that will combine the two century-old Ohio manufacturers. Cooper, founded in 1914, is the 5th largest tire maker in North America, based …

In Defiance County…the Highway Patrol is investigating a serious injury crash on CR 13, north of CR J. Officials tell reporters Ethan Pontious, 16, of Montpelier, was northbound when he loses control and careens off the right side of the roadway. The vehicle hits a mailbox and rolls several times. …

Educators in Paulding County get their first round of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. It’s part of the state’s vaccination program, designed to get the state’s schools back to in-person learning by March 1. Antwerp scheduled a remote learning day, so their staff did not have to worry about any side …

The Coast Guard and fire department personnel rescue 10 people…stranded on ice floes in Lake Erie in Cleveland. A helicopter was dispatched from Air Station Detroit for air support. Six people were rescued in an ice skiff. Seven adults and three children were involved. The ten were on a finger …

Legislative testimony, in support of a GOP-backed effort to limit public health orders made by Governor, DeWine is removed from YouTube…after the service deemed it contained COVID-19 misinformation. The video showed Thomas Renz, an attorney for Ohio Stands Up, make the opening testimony during a House committee hearing on a …

A Pike-Delta-York Local School District school bus slides off the side of a snowy road. Officials tell reporters there were no injuries. All students were safely transported to school. District officials have been communicating with the parents of the students involved.

The Wauseon City Council begins the process of raising water and sewer rates by 6%…as the first readings for the proposed ordinances are passed.

Capital punishment would be banned in Ohio, under upcoming legislation announced Thursday…with both Democratic and Republican support…in the latest bipartisan effort to end executions in the state. The backing of some GOP lawmakers to do away with executions in Ohio isn’t new, with numerous abolition bills over the years garnering …

Legislation to help expand high-speed internet access in underserved and rural areas of Ohio is getting bipartisan support. A measure that would direct $210 million dollars toward increasing broadband access, passes the House. The total includes $20 million dollars annually, plus another $150 million for the coming year that was …