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The owner of Ohio’s two nuclear power plants is asking the state Supreme Court to block a proposed statewide vote that aims to overturn a financial rescue for those facilities. FirstEnergy Solutions argues in a lawsuit the financial rescue approved by state lawmakers in July can’t be overturned by voters …

Randy Burke, the former Napoleon High School coach and teacher is sentenced in Henry County on sexual imposition charges. He gets five years of community control and 180 days incarceration at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. Last month, a jury found him guilty. The 2018 incident in question centered …

The wife of a man, accused of shooting four pet dogs to death, is charged in Fulton County with two felony counts of cruelty to animals. Theresa Taylor of Bryan, was booked into CCNO. Taylor is the owner of Theresa’s Grooming and Boarding in Archbold. It’s unclear whether the charges …

Officers want a man who pulled a gun on a truck driver in the Edon area, on Ohio 49. They are looking for a white Ford sedan with a specialty plate that features either a badge or a heart. The investigation continues.

The Ohio Supreme Court in a unanimous decision upholds the Williams County Board of Elections’ decision earlier this summer, blocking the County Alliance from placing a county charter initiative on the November ballot. The Alliance had sought a charter as a way to create home rule and to protect residents …

An Ohio congresswoman says she’ll be back at work after the car she was driving was hit by a backhoe. Marcy Kaptur says the accident happened as the she was driving in a construction zone in Toledo. She was examined at the hospital and released.

The Bryan driver-examination testing station is one of 13 across Ohio that has closed. Officials say the closure affects the testing station only at the County Road D.50 location. The closures are part of an effort to streamline resources, offset costs and improve customer service. The BMV operates 69 driver-examination …

The State Medical Board of Ohio plans to review nearly 2,000 closed cases of alleged sexual misconduct or impropriety by doctors over the past 25 years to determine whether any involved evidence of criminal behavior that was ignored. A review of such cases that were closed without action was requested …

Economic Development Assistant, Megan Puehler is named interim director of the Williams County Economic Development Corporation…following the resignation of Executive Director, Matt Davis, last week. Puehler, a Defiance native, has been heavily involved in the organization’s inner workings since her arrival in the summer of 2015. No timeline has been …

A semi driver is shot and killed near Delphos, after a pursuit that began in Spencerville. The suspect, from Allen County, died at the scene. Officials say Spencerville Police tried to stop the semi as it was leaving the village, after a reported criminal complaint involving the driver. The suspect …