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A proposal to implement downtown traffic changes, aimed at increased pedestrian safety…moved along with Defiance City Council’s approval of a related design contract this week. An ordinance in that matter was one of four legislative items passed by council, including one concerning long-standing discussions with Ohio EPA on mandated wastewater …

Officials take an 18-year-old male to the hospital…after his car flips over in a solo crash in DeKalb County. They say…18-year-old, Tyler Caudill was westbound on County Road 28…approaching an “S” curve, near County Road 100. That’s when Caudill…at high speed…missed the first curve, causing the vehicle to head off …

Ohio State University is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider questions about the law known as Title IX…in a case that affects whether more than 230 men can proceed with lawsuits against the school…over decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor, the late Richard Strauss. The petition urges the …

A tractor trailer fire on U.S. 24 in Henry County shuts down traffic for more than two hours. A vehicle carrier was in flames…in the eastbound lanes…officials tell reporters…the cab of the truck was saved. The trailer was destroyed and vehicles on it…damaged. Napoleon Fire was called to the scene…along …

Backers of a proposal…to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution…can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter signatures required to put the issue before voters this fall…all this…after the petition cleared another hurdle this week. The constitutional amendment moves to the signature-gathering phase after the Ohio Ballot Board confirmed …

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose unveiled legislation that would clarify and standardize the way election data is organized, stored and shared across the state, a proposal that the Republican says can serve as a national model in addressing the “crisis of confidence” in American elections. The Data Analysis Transparency …

Former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is joining forces with the University of Cincinnati to create a new academic center that will foster civility, open and inclusive dialogue and bipartisanship in politics, the Republican and the university announce. The newly established Portman Center for Policy Solutions will be housed within the …

A Montpelier man dies in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of county roads G and 12. The Defiance Post of the patrol reports…William Goddard, 86, was driving north on County Road 12 when he failed to yield at a stop sign at County Road G. Neil McGill, 38, of …

A Defiance resident is displaced after a structure fire at a home on Ottawa Ave. When firefighters arrived, the resident, Joshua Henry, said that he was the only person in the building and he was uninjured. Henry told firefighters that he woke up to the smell of smoke and was …

The Bryan Police Department and the Williams County Sheriff’s Office continued to combat drug abuse in the county in 2022. Bryan’s police chief delivered his 2022 review of the police department operations this week. He pointed out Williams County accounted for nearly 25% of the cases handled through the Multi …