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Williams and its surrounding counties appear to have improved in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Health officials say Williams County’s standing in the Ohio Public Health Advisory System was downgraded from Level 2, Orange, to Level 1, Yellow. Defiance, Fulton and Henry counties were all also downgraded to Yellow …

The Pioneer Village Council approves the costs for the design phase of a project to improve the water plant, over there. Council separately approved a resolution, seeking state approval to transfer money from the electric fund to the water and sewer fund. to help cover higher costs in the job.

A box of riot control munitions, found in an arms storage room in the sheriff’s office, sparks some pre-election rhetoric between current Sheriff Tom Kochert and former interim Sheriff Gary Mohre. The two face each other in the Nov. 3 general election. Kochert says the box lacked proper documentation, and …

Ohio health officials say school districts will not be allowed to use face shields, rather than facial coverings or masks in most cases, as a means of curbing coronavirus transmission. They cited guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says there is currently not enough evidence …

A Paulding man is sentenced to community control for four years. Joshua Finfrock pled guilty to theft charges. A grand jury indicted Finfrock in June. Prosecutors told the court he robbed a disabled adult of $500 in cash while possessing a knife. Force or coercion conditions in the case were …

Andrea Hite, of Wauseon is sentenced to two years of community control. She is also ordered to pay prosecution costs. She will serve some time at CCNO as well. All connected to drug charges.

Nearly 600,000 Ohio schoolchildren in 325 districts will return to school this fall for in-person classes, that’s according to figures released by Gov. Mike DeWine. Almost 400,000 students in 55 districts will be attending online, while about 380,000 students in 154 districts will be doing some combination of in-person and …

The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus calls for state lawmakers to increase accountability and transparency for the state’s police officers. Caucus members released a wide-ranging package of criminal justice reform proposals that they plan to push for during next year’s legislative session. Key to their policy agenda is establishing more frequent …

Indiana’s public schools would be assured of full state funding for the rest of this year…under a plan announced by the governor to sidestep a warning from a top fellow Republicans…that schools could face a 15% cut if they didn’t hold in-person classes. Gov. Holcomb says he and GOP legislative …

Montpelier school officials pass remote learning plans. They add they will go into effect…only if the school needs to shut down due to COVID-19. The focus of online learning would be on reading, writing and arithmetic. A list of expectations for teachers, students and administrators is set. They will be …