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The unemployment rate in Fulton County was down during October, according the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The rate was 3.4% in October, a decrease from 3.9% in September. In October of 2020, the unemployment rate in Fulton County was 3.5%. It’s estimated that 700 county residents were …

Jim Renacci, a former Republican congressman, who’s challenging Gov., DeWine in next year’s primary, picks a Christian filmmaker who made a documentary about former President Donald Trump to be his running mate. Joe Knopp of Springboro comes into the race with no political experience. Renacci, a businessman and former Wadsworth …

Lawsuits are accumulating against Ohio’s new congressional map, just as they did for GOP-drawn maps of new legislative districts, as voting and civil-rights groups allege partisan gerrymandering against the state’s ruling Republicans. The latest suit comes from the Ohio arms of the League of Women Voters and the A. Philip …

Two people are hurt, one seriously…in a three-car crash on U.S. 127 at Mud Creek Road in Defiance County. Officials tell reporters…Stephanie Singer, of Ney, was driving south on 127…in front of Micheal Queen, of Bryan…and Alyssa Willey, of Mark Center. When Singer stopped…to turn left onto Mud Creek Road, …

North of Napoleon…two are taken to area hospitals…following a two car crash…at the intersection of County Road U and Ohio 108. Deputies get there…to find one car on its roof…in a field next to the road. The second vehicle…in the same field…but on its wheels. Officials say…Aadon Ford of McClure, …

With a few weeks left in 2021, Ohio has already broken the state record for new business filings. 181,586 new businesses were submitted in the state, this year, officials say. The old record was over 171 thousand…set last year. There’s a simple, new website that can take care of all …

After a brief lull, COVID-19… flares up again in Williams County. For the past two weeks the county has led the state of Ohio in number of COVID cases per capita, with 413 new cases, or the equivalent of 1,125 new cases per 100,000 population. That’s more than any other …

Five are hurt…three are hospitalized…after a car flips over in DeKalb County. Officials tell reporters…Cliffton Martin was driving east on CR 6 when he missed the turn onto Cr. 47. The car with four passengers inside, hits an embankment and overturns 3 times, coming to rest upside down. All five …

The Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a case involving the state’s attempt to tax NASCAR for broadcasting its races in Ohio. At issue before the court is whether the state tax commissioner properly subjected those broadcasts to Ohio’s commercial activities tax…during an audit from 2005 to 2010. …

A Montpelier man, accused of rape…and a Bryan man…accused of crimes involving children…both plead not guilty to all charges against them. Phillip Deck, 54, of Montpelier, now has a final pretrial conference…set for 1 p.m. on Jan. 6th. Deck remains held at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio on $100,000 …