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Early voting opportunities in Ohio for the Nov. 5 election begin next week. Voters have a couple options. They can contact their county board of elections and have a ballot sent to them in the regular mail or by email. Ballots must be postmarked no later than Nov. 4. Or, …

An Ohio man is sentenced to six years in federal prison for cyberattacks that disrupted websites of various government entities, including the city of Akron, the Ohio Department of Public Safety and a number of federal agencies. The sentence handed down to James Robinson, of Akron, includes an order to …

Two people are behind bars, after a police chase in Montpelier. It starts with the search of a residence near South Platt Street and Brown Road. The police are looking for Gabriel Gambler, 41, of Bryan, on a felony warrant for drugs and more. As officers arrive…they see a car, …

The suspect accused of stealing a vehicle from a Defiance residence and then fired shots at the owner is arrested. Curtis Mowery was picked up by police in Woodburn…in possession of the car stolen from Defiance on Sept. 21. Mowery was taken to the Allen County Jail in Fort Wayne. …

The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash between two vehicles on C.R. 100 S. David Stanley was heading west…he crosses the center line and crashes head-on into an SUV. All four people inside the SUV, including two teenage girls, were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Some …

Two men appear in Defiance Municipal Court, charged with attempting to rob a store at the Northtowne Mall. Kaleb Stafford and Hunter Huffman face a list of charges. A preliminary hearing is set.

Ohio Treasurer, Robert Sprague suspends a program that allows the use of cryptocurrency, bitcoin, for business tax payments. Sprague says he determined the third-party payment processor for the OhioCrypto.com website, Atlanta-based BitPay, may be functioning as a “financial transaction device.” If so, the company should have been chosen through the competitive selection …

Williams County Fair Board President, Matt Kennedy picks director, Josh Mercer to serve as the board’s interim vice president, at least until new officers are elected at the board’s annual meeting in Nov. Mercer fills in for Alan Bennett, who offered his resignation during the fair in September.

Craig Mosler, the man who led Edgerton Police in a chase after a failed traffic stop this week, turns himself in to officers, there. Mosler was booked on a felony charge of failure to comply with police. The pursuit lasted roughly 15 minutes. Mosler had a previous charge of resisting …

A Bryan woman heads to prison. Amanda Edwards pled guilty to drug charges. She is given a prison term 4 ½ years in a Williams County courtroom. Edwards was given credit for 68 days served in jail while her case was pending. She was charged after authorities executed a search …