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New dates are scheduled in the case of a Columbus man, who threatened a Putnam County retired judge. The presiding judge has been replaced. Kenneth Richey’s pretrial in Putnam County on charges of retaliation, violating a protection order and more, continues. He allegedly threatened retired Putnam County Judge, Randall Basinger …

Participation in Ohio’s voucher system, that pays for eligible public school students to attend private schools, would be based purely on family income in the future, not school performance, under a plan unveiled by House lawmakers. Under current law, Ohio’s EdChoice program provides private school tuition for students at public …

Area police finish a month-long investigation with a seizure of prescription pills, methamphetamine and more. Testing is still underway to confirm. Officers arrived at an Ohio 15, location in Holiday City. No arrests have been made in the case…as investigators continue to work the case.

A trial date is set for Donald Richcreek, the Oakwood man accused of killing his brother in 2019. A final pre-trial hearing is set for April 20…the trial date, May 5-8. Richcreek is accused of shooting his brother in the chest at a County Road 187 address in Oakwood back …

Ohio’s Medicaid department is asking for input from companies and organizations familiar with the program on how to improve the experience of patients. A formal request for information outlines the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s vision for reimagining the program. Responses to the information request will be combined with information the …

Gov., DeWine tells reporters he’s close to releasing a proposal to approve relatives caring for children taken from their parents, even when the relatives aren’t licensed caregivers. Ohio has been under pressure from child advocates to follow a 2017 federal court ruling, ordering equality in payments to non-licensed relatives and …

In Montpelier…Mayor, Steve Yagelski taps Dan Willis as the new president of the Montpelier Village Council. Willis will preside over council meetings in Yagelski’s absence. Yagelski travels often for his job at C.K. Technologies, Willis says he expects to be called upon at least once or twice in the coming …

Williams County’s unemployment rate holds steady. The county’s jobless rate was 3.2 percent in December, the same as in November, which was down from 3.4 percent in August. The rate was down significantly from the December 2018 mark of 3.8 percent and 3.7 percent in December 2017, showing year-over-year improvement. …

Gov. Mike DeWine delays three additional executions, as the state continues to struggle to find an adequate supply of drugs for lethal injection. The governor’s latest warrants of reprieve were issued for condemned prisoners Gregory Lott, John Stumpf, and Warren Henness. The inmates were scheduled to die in March, April …

Donald Trump, Jr. will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Allen County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner…held at the Grand Wayne Center on Thursday, April 23. Trump agreed to appear after an invite from Congressman, Jim Banks in an event that is one of the staple events of the Republican …