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The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting four fatal traffic crashes which claimed four lives over the Labor Day holiday weekend. The data collected points to the 2022 Labor Day holiday weekend as being the safest since 2010. Troopers arrested 405 drivers for DUI and issued 1,992 safety belt citations. …

The Fountain City Amphitheater is getting a new lighted walkway. The Bryan City Council approved a $129 thousand dollar contract with Rupp Contracting that will connect the Imagination Station parking lot with the pedestrian path on the east side of the park. The goal is to have the project done …

The Village of Montpelier has agreed to take over a small sewer system now operated by the county. The so-called Ruble sewer system consists of five residential properties on the south side of County Road K, just east of the Montpelier School campus. Officials say…the county is operating the small …

In Steuben County…three people are hurt in a Saturday afternoon crash involving a motorcycle and a car, near Hamilton. Deputies were dispatched to the intersection of State Road 1 and County Road 500 south…near Otsego Township for the two vehicle accident. Officials tell reporters, 71 year old Frankie Handshoe of …

General Motors says a new electric vehicle battery plant built in Ohio has started producing cells, which could help customers get federal tax credits. The joint-venture plant near Warren is focused on training as it prepares to ramp up manufacturing. A spokeswoman for the venture said it is producing cells …

A Fort Wayne man suffered leg and arm fractures after crashing into a tree just outside of Garrett, Thursday morning. William Smith, 43, was driving on W Quincy Street in Altona, when the vehicle went off the road for an unknown reason. Smith struck a large tree with the front …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging drivers to be safe this Labor Day weekend. Troopers will focus enforcement efforts on removing impaired drivers from Ohio’s roadways. The Labor Day weekend reporting period begins today and ends Monday. During the 2021 Labor Day holiday weekend, there were 16 fatal crashes …

The village of West Unity has updated its community reinvestment area and annexed a property into its limits. The village council has been discussing extending the CRA…which offers tax incentives for investing in real property improvements, since last year. They approved extending the CRA to include the entirety of the …

A morning fire damages a barn in Williams County. Bryan Fire responded to the blaze on County Road G near County Road 9, early Tuesday. Officials say…after putting 50-thousand gallons of water on the fire and making the surrounding area safe, suppression efforts were ceased. Smoke reportedly lingered in the …

A conservative podcaster, who embraces former President Donald Trump’s discredited claims of a stolen 2020 election isn’t eligible to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate vying to challenge Ohio’s Republican elections chief. “Tore” Maras had vowed to appeal if incumbent GOP Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office …