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A man is in police custody after barricading himself inside a Garrett mobile home park early Tuesday morning. Around 5 a.m., multiple police units were seen inside the North Pointe Crossing mobile home park in Garrett…near the intersection of State Roads 327 and 8. Officers order the man to come …

Defiance’s CSX Railroad viaduct on South Clinton Street was the scene Monday of another crash involving a truck that would not fit beneath it. The driver was not injured. Defiance police handled the crash report. Trucks have struck the low viaduct numerous times over the years. State and local officials …

A person is shot and killed on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus over the weekend. Officers tried to revive the victim but he was pronounced dead shortly afterward, officials say. The victim wasn’t immediately identified. Officials say…the shooting wasn’t related to any official business at the Statehouse, …

Republican state lawmakers in Ohio have fast-tracked a fall ballot measure that would expressly prohibit noncitizens from voting in local elections. The proposed noncitizen voting ban — which emerged just last week and cleared the Ohio House 68-28 on Wednesday — stands to ignite GOP voters ahead of this year’s …

In June 2021, Gov. DeWine ended Ohio’s participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program ahead of a government deadline for stopping the payments. Attorneys for the Republican governor argue he had the legal authority to do so. People who lost out on additional benefits say DeWine didn’t, and should …

An Archbold man gets 4 to 6 years in prison in a Fulton County courtroom. Scott Burris, 32, was accused of assault in a domestic incident, last fall. Prosecutors tell the court…Burris, who pled guilty back in March…caused physical harm to an adult male and an adult female during an …

A teen gets cut out from her car after it is hit…head-on by a minivan on County Road 28 in DeKalb County. Witnesses tell officers…the minivan was heading west…then suddenly…the driver crosses the center line…smashing into the hatchback, driven by the 18-year-old girl. She has a broken arm…mended at an …

The Democratic nominee for Ohio attorney general files a criminal complaint against the five Republican members of the state’s redistricting commission…a day after the Ohio Supreme Court rejects the commission’s legislative maps…for a fifth straight time. State Rep., Jeff Crossman says the filing seeks charges of dereliction of duty and …

AquaBounty Technologies files a second Water Withdrawal and Consumptive Use Permit Application for what it calls the East Well Field. Officials say…if approved, it would nullify the previous application. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Water Resources is currently reviewing the application for completeness…filed on May 12 for …

A West Unity man gets 18 months in prison…for a drunken driving crash in Fulton County. We reported David Daugherty, 41, had previously pled no contest and was found guilty of aggravated vehicular assault and DUI…all in a Sept. 2020 crash.