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The unemployment rate in Fulton County was up slightly during the month of July, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The rate increased to 4.2 percent from 3.9 percent in June. Fulton County’s unemployment rate in July 2018 was 5.0 percent. The labor force in the …

Opponents, hoping to overturn the financial rescue of Ohio’s nuclear power plants and two coal-fired plants have cleared an initial hurdle to put the issue before voters next year. Ohio’s attorney general certified revised language submitted by Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts is a fair, truthful summary of the proposal. That …

State officials say the Eastern equine encephalitis virus has been found in a horse in Ohio. Ohio Department of Agriculture State Veterinarian, Dr. Tony Forshey says the confirmed case was in Ashtabula County. State officials say there have been no reports of any human cases associated with this latest outbreak …

A 16-year-old boy is flown to Parkview Regional in Fort Wayne after a crash at Walnut and Wilson streets in Bryan. Officials tell reporters the driver of a vehicle heading south on Walnut, ran a stop sign hitting a motorcyclist. The rider has lower body injuries. The driver of the …

A pretrial hearing for Williams County Sheriff, Steve Towns is postponed for two months. Towns is facing four misdemeanor charges in an incident in which he posted around 400 pages of documents related to child abuse cases and other complaints…that Towns alleges chronicles the systematic and investigative failure of county …

Because of cost-saving efforts by Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio staff over the past nine months, the five member counties of the regional jail will see a reduction in their per diem costs in 2020.

Lauber Insurance Group donates Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance curriculum to a trio of local schools. Pettisville, Archbold and Wauseon high schools will receive the material. Ramsey created Foundations in Personal Finance to teach students the value of saving, spending and giving to guide them down the path of …

With the Remembering Our Fallen Tribute Towers memorial coming to the Williams County Fair this year, the woman who brought it to here is seeking to have people welcome its arrival on Sept. 6. Gold Star mom Tarry Eicher, who lost her son, Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Hodshire, in Iraq …

Good news, motorists. Highway 6, between county roads 20 and 23, is back open…with lane restrictions…after being closed for two weeks…this, to accommodate work to replace two bridges.

A new judge is picked for the Phil Taylor trial…the Bryan man charged with animal cruelty. Reeve Kelsey, a retired judge in Wood County was chosen by the Ohio Supreme Court to hear the case. We reported Taylor is accused of using a 9mm pistol to shoot and kill four …