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Ohio lawmakers, looking at creating a statewide database of violent offenders, now are considering making all of that information only available to law enforcement. A revised proposal calls for allowing the public to get a list of offenders only within their home county if they stop by their local sheriff’s …

A woman is indicted on involuntary manslaughter and child-endangering charges in the death of a 12-year-old boy who died from a fentanyl overdose during a sleepover at her Ohio apartment. The Franklin County prosecutor says the boy, Kanye Champelle, got the drug from atop a refrigerator and ingested it while …

Michigan’s jobless rate saw an increase in the month of September. The state Department of Technology, Management and Budget says unemployment in September rose by four-tenths of a percent from August to 4.3 percent. The number of unemployed increased in September by 19,000 while total employment was essentially flat.

Montpelier joins other Ohio towns to join a legal battle against the state, challenging the constitutionality of a change in the way income tax is collected. The coalition opposes a provision of Gov. Kasich’s two-year budget that would allow business owners to file net-profit income-tax returns with the Ohio Department …

A man is struck by an arrow in Fostoria. It happened on Walnut Street. Police found a 24-year-old man wounded through his lower extremities. The man was taken to Fostoria Community Hospital, then flown to a trauma center. A juvenile was practicing with a target behind his house when he …

State University denies a request to rent space for an appearance by white nationalist Richard Spencer, citing risks to public safety. An attorney representing Ohio State said in a letter the university consulted with law enforcement and considered Spencer’s appearance at the University of Florida earlier in the week before …

The Holiday City Council decides to move forward on a project to put a power line under the Ohio Turnpike. It comes after power lines that serve the Menards distribution center were blown down last spring. Engineering will cost $35,000 and Turnpike approval will be needed.

A structure fire that breaks out at a N. Cherry St. home in Bryan forces firefighters to remain on scene for seven hours. Officials say the blaze started in an upstairs bedroom, as heat and smoke damaged two other rooms…causing the floor to collapse to the ground level. The cause …

A 41-year-old man from Bryan is arrested after he ran from police…while trying to discard a container containing meth, heroin and LSD. Alexander Kendall was pulled over for speeding on a motorcycle on State Route 18 in Hicksville. After identifying himself as someone else, Kendall took off on foot. Police …

Emergency crews take on a house that blew up early this morning. Firefighters responded to a home on S 150 W in Pleasant Lake that exploded around 12:30 a.m. Firefighters were still trying to get the blaze contained two hours later. Officers blocked off the area because the heat from …