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Ohio parents could soon see more taxpayer money in their pockets to help send their schoolchildren to private and religious schools, or fund homeschooling, under changes to a voucher program that Republican state lawmakers and the governor must hammer out by month’s end. Ohio has had some form of vouchers …

The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine line on how to address election fraud conspiracies as they gear up campaigns for U.S. Senate or governor in 2024. The split-screen messaging …

The man who escaped from a northwest Ohio prison earlier this month died from drowning, that’s according to autopsy results. Bradley Gillespie, 50, was reported missing May 23 from the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima along with another man who authorities said escaped alongside him. Authorities determined the two …

Like most states, Ohio is projected to see a rise in the amount of dementia diagnoses over the next five years. Currently, there are 220,000 people age 65 and older who are living with dementia in Ohio…that’s according to the Alzheimer’s Association. That number is expected to be 250,000 by …

Members of the county came together to honor the lives of those lost in combat. during a Memorial Day parade and ceremony at Fountain Grove Cemetery. In Bryan, the mayor offered remarks about the importance of Memorial Day at the beginning of the city’s ceremony. After the speech, she asked …

A convicted murderer who escaped last week from a northwest Ohio prison with another inmate by hiding in a trash container was found dead after his body was spotted floating in the Ohio River, police in Kentucky say. The discovery brought to a close a manhunt for the missing inmate, …

An Angola man faces a felony charge and several misdemeanor charges after leading police on a motorcycle pursuit, in Steuben County. When officers arrived, they learned that 48-year-old James Slabaugh II was reportedly on the property in violation of a protective order…at a County Road W location. Then the chase…it …

The Williams County Port Authority approved purchasing a property for development and selling a house currently under construction. Both properties are on Oak Street in Edgerton…with them purchasing 444 N. Oak St. and selling 307 N. Oak St. Officials say…they agreed to bid up to $10,000 for the property but …

Dylan Wagner has been selected as the new director for the Williams County Public Library system. Wagner has been in the interim director position all month, working with the outgoing director to learn the ropes.

Two men who admitted stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing tournament last fall were sentenced to ten-day jail terms and other penalties, including the forfeiture of a boat valued at $100,000. The cheating allegations surfaced \when …