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A crash knocks the lights out for some in Bryan. Officials say the multi-vehicle accident at County Roads F and 18 affected 100 Toledo Edison customers, northeast of town, for a time. A woman was southbound on 18…they say she failed to yield for a stop sign, hitting a vehicle …

Ohio’s governor wants state lawmakers to drop bills that would prohibit local governments from forbidding the use of plastic bags. Gov. DeWine opposes a pair of bills offered by fellow Republicans that would forbid municipalities and counties from banning single-use plastic bags by groceries and other stores. Some lawmakers and …

Ohio Supreme Court Justice, Sharon Kennedy says she will seek re-election next year. In a statement shared by the Ohio Republican Party, the 57-year-old Kennedy noted she has worked in the justice system for over three decades, including as a police officer, a lawyer and a magistrate in Ohio. She …

A nephew of 1930s gangster, John Dillinger needs a cemetery’s permission to exhume the notorious criminal’s Indianapolis gravesite to prove whether he’s actually buried there. A judge made the ruling, dismissing the nephew’s lawsuit against the cemetery. Michael Thompson sued the cemetery in August after it objected to his plans …

A crash kills a Paulding woman. Officials say Stephanie Hull’s vehicle, on Defiance-Paulding County Line Road in Delaware Township, went off the right side of the road, hitting an embankment. The SUV goes air borne…smashing into several trees before coming to a rest on the Maumee River bank. Hull died …

A school bus crash in DeKalb County. Police responded near the 325 mile marker in the northbound lanes of I-69, south of the Auburn Auction Park. Officials say the bus was one of three new school buses that were heading to Ontario, Canada for use, there. Apparently, the bus left …

Bryan Municipal Utilities department heads shared their projected expenses and revenues with the Board of Public Affairs, as they prepare to finalize the 2020 budget. Expenses are budgeted to be slightly higher for 2020…at $24 million dollars…they were at $23, plus million, last year. The water department’s 2020 expenses are …

Ohio’s elections chief refers for investigation more than 350 apparent non-citizens, who either registered to vote or cast a ballot last year. Secretary of State, Frank LaRose says that, of those, 77 cast ballots and 277 simply registered. They were identified as part of a routine review. Ohio does not …

A Hicksville man is brought in for a November break-in at the Sunoco G-Mart in Antwerp. James Prescott is charged with receiving stolen property. Defiance County deputies searched a W. High Street home in Hicksville. Several items in connection to the burglary were discovered there. Prescott faces the court, this …

Donald Richcreek, the Oakwood man charged with murder has his case delayed, due to illness of the presiding judge. The pretrial hearing for Richcreek will take place at some point in Paulding County. Richcreek is charged with the Aug. 10 shooting death of his brother. He had previously pled not …