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Attorney General, Dave Yost tells the Ohio Supreme Court that rushing a lawsuit, filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations, seeking to place a package of voter protections on the November ballot is unjustified. In a court filing, Yost said the July 3 cutoff for the “Ohio …

The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. A few key measures in the latest Federal Railroad Administration statistics, including the total number of train accidents, worsened over the first 11 months …

One person is dead after officers detain a person of interest at a home in Grabill. Deputies are called to a Lagoon Drive residence on a report of a possible stabbing. The responders get there and soon find one adult unconscious inside the place. The victim was pronounced dead at …

The Williams County commissioners approve the next step to move forward on the Alvordton sewer project. They give the okay to a services agreement with Bowser Morner for soil boring relating to the project. Also they will allow the Williams County Engineer’s Office to sign documents to be sent to …

Stanley J. Aronoff, a Republican who spent nearly 40 years in the Ohio Legislature, including eight as the powerful Senate president, has died. The Harvard-educated lawyer from Cincinnati was known as an artful negotiator for Republican interests at a time when Democrats controlled the Ohio House and, for part of …

A speeding SUV on an icy road crashes into a car in DeKalb County, sending a teenager to the hospital. DeKalb County deputies confirm the vehicle was on State Road 101, as it goes through the intersection at County Road 68 and an SUV slides past a stop sign into …

Local governments in Ohio can no longer regulate tobacco in their communities after the Republican Legislature overrides Gov. DeWine’s veto of a budget measure that puts regulation instead in the hands of the state. The measure, vetoed in 2022 before reappearing in the state budget, says regulating tobacco and alternative …

Williams County will be forming its own committee to address the growing homeless issue. For at least three years, representatives of various agencies in the county have been meeting quarterly with a representative of the Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission…to try and address the problem. NOCAC holds similar meetings with …

After a deadly school bus crash last summer, a task force convened by Gov. Mike DeWine recommends more training, driver benefits and safety features but not a seat belt mandate. How and when safety upgrades are made would be up to individual school districts, the governor said at an event, …

Williams County as well as one of its communities will be celebrating longevity mile markers this year. Officials announced last year that Williams County would be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the formation of the county government this year. This celebration takes the place of the bicentennial of the formation …