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The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle crash Friday in Washington Township at the intersection of Mulligan’s Bluff Road and state Route 15. Officials say…22-year-old Nicholas Jacob was northbound on Mulligan’s Bluff Road. They say Jacob failed to stop at the state Route 15 interchange. That’s when 38-year-old …

A conservative state lawmaker who lost to a fellow Republican in last week’s vote to determine who will lead the Ohio House as speaker says he has the support of most of the members of his party in the chamber. The fractures among Republicans raise questions about how the House …

Ohio prison officials shouldn’t be able to extend certain inmates’ time behind bars because the law that enabled that is unconstitutional, attorneys for two imprisoned men argued Wednesday before the state Supreme Court. At issue is part of a 2019 law that lets Ohio’s Department of Rehabilitation and Correction argue …

The Williams County Board of Elections gets the OK to begin renovations to create a new, smaller secure office within their current board office in the East Annex. Officials say…with the number and seriousness of the security directives coming from the Ohio Secretary of State’s office…which oversees the state’s elections…they …

Construction is beginning on the Arche Solar project in western Fulton County. The project is expected to create about 200 jobs across the supply chain during construction and provide over $30 million dollars in revenue to several public entities over the life of the project, the company said in a …

A Defiance man…originally charged with attempted murder for an incident involving his mother…is placed on community control at the victim’s request during his sentencing hearing. The court in Defiance placed Zachery Billings, on community for four years on charges of kidnapping, a first-degree felony; and domestic violence. Billings had pled …

We made a mistake yesterday during the newscast…the demolition derby at the county fair is back on Friday…like the year before last. Sorry about that. We said it was set for the first night of the fair.

County Commissioners on Monday approved a new position at the Williams County Job and Family Services office that would assist with kinship care issues. Kinship care is a temporary or permanent arrangement in which a relative or any non-relative adult with a long-standing relationship or bond with a child takes …

Caleb Turnbull is selected to join the Bryan City School District Board of Education. Turnbull will fill the seat vacated by Mike Stockman. He says he thought serving on the board would be a great opportunity to give back to the community and to the students in the school district. …

A tractor trailer accident Friday temporarily shuts down an Ohio Turnpike overpass. Officials say it resulted in a fire underneath the bridge carrying traffic across Ohio 15/U.S. 20A. The blaze was concentrated directly under the bridge, in the westbound right shoulder of the Turnpike. It shutdown of all westbound lanes …