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Ohio insurance consumers pay among the lowest average auto and homeowners insurance premiums in the country…that’s according to a recent analysis by the state Department of Insurance. Ohioans paid an average of $862, that’s ninth lowest, for homeowners insurance and $778 dollars for auto insurance (13th lowest). These are all …

The Central Local School District announces its plans for reopening schools this fall. On Sept. second, third and fourth…about 35% of students will report to school each day, respectively. The purpose?…is to allow staff members to determine areas of concern, and having only about a third of the students present …

Williams County Commissioners choose Vernon Nagel, Inc., of Napoleon, to begin a nearly $700,000 water line project in West Unity. The job includes replacement of a four-inch waterline, upgrading certain stretches to 12-inch lines…plus a list of other connected projects. All this?…in the areas of Pine, Defiance, Lincoln and High …

Amanda Pinette, of Kunkle is flown to an area hospital after a solo crash at county roads M and 18, in Holiday City. Officials tell reporters Pinette was eastbound on M, when she went off the south side of the road…hitting a utility pole. The car then flips on impact. …

A golf cart crash in DeKalb County. Responders get to a County Road 4 location, south of Ashley, on an injury call. Investigators say the driver of the cart lost control…a passenger is ejected from the front seat. Priscilla Christian was taken to an area hospital with a head injury. …

Republican lawmakers choose former state Supreme Court justice and current state Rep., Bob Cupp to lead the Ohio House, replacing the speaker ousted hours earlier…amid a scandal. House members voted in favor of the veteran lawmaker from Lima, after a private Republican caucus. It followed a historic, unanimous House vote …

The Ohio pharmacy board reverses course and tosses a rule that would have prohibited use of a malaria drug for patients with COVID-19. The decision followed public feedback and a request by Gov. DeWine to ditch the rule. At issue was the prescribing of the drug, whose effectiveness for the …

The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Ohio has a hit a new high. 1,122 people with COVID-19 are being treated in Ohio’s hospitals, that’s according to state health officials. Of those…348 people are in intensive care and 174 more are on a ventilator. The overall total topped …

Premier Financial reports a second-quarter net income of $29.1 million dollars. The Defiance based bank says it had earnings of 78 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions, came to 82 cents per. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts, …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an injury crash, between Hicksville and Edgerton. Officials say Jerry Ryland, of Auburn, was heading west on Ohio 249. Tiffany Gutierrez of Edgerton…was going south on Ohio 49. They say Ryland didn’t yield the right of way…and he hit Gutierrez’s car at the …