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At Cedar Point yes­ter­day roller coaster fans bade a fond farewell to the Man­tis, which closed for good at the end of the day after 18 years of deliv­er­ing thrills as one of the tallest, fastest and steep­est stand-up roller coast­ers in the world. This week they start dis­man­tling the …

The human part­ner of the Med­ina K-9 offi­cer that died when left in a hot squad car for four hours in the sun is now charged with ani­mal cru­elty. Sgt Brett Har­ri­son of Montville Town­ship police was charged with two mis­de­meanor counts of cru­elty. The Ger­man Shep­herd Beny died when …

A more nor­mal win­ter is on tap for Ohio. The National Weather Ser­vice says a drier win­ter is expected, with tem­per­a­tures that could run a few degrees on either side of nor­mal. It’s a much dif­fer­ent fore­cast from last winter’s real­ity, where bit­ter cold tem­per­a­tures and heavy snow made a …

Jus­tice Sharon Kennedy of the Ohio Supreme Court is com­ing to Bryan a week from today to meet the pub­lic. Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal is the host of the meet and greet with Kennedy and any­body who would like to meet a state supreme court judge can come chat with her. Jus­tice …

Local law enforce­ment reminds dri­vers that this is the sea­son deer are in rut and mov­ing around, and it is prime time for car and deer col­li­sions. Fri­day in Williams County in Madi­son Town­ship at car hit a deer on US 20A and the car suf­fered mod­er­ate dam­age. And Sat­ur­day …

Among the peo­ple who flew on the same plane as Ebola patient Amber Vin­son from Dal­las to Cleve­land are two peo­ple from the San­dusky area. The Erie County Health Depart­ment says it is extremely unlike they were exposed to the virus because they were not seated near Vin­son. But the …

In Wauseon, four-term Coun­cil­man Kathy Huner was appointed Thurs­day to serve as city mayor. Huner will fill the unex­pired term of Mayor Doug Shaw, who announced Oct. 6 that he will retire effec­tive Nov. 3. Huner is chair of the city’s safety and code com­mit­tee, and is a mem­ber of …

A health offi­cial says at least eight peo­ple in Ohio are now quar­an­tined and being mon­i­tored because they had con­tact with a Texas nurse who was diag­nosed with Ebola after vis­it­ing the area. The health com­mis­sioner in Sum­mit county says the group includes six peo­ple in that county and two …

Lin­coln Ele­men­tary Prin­ci­pal, Tammy Dar­row, has sub­mit­ted her res­ig­na­tion. Dar­row has been on admin­is­tra­tive leave since August. In her let­ter of res­ig­na­tion, which was dated Octo­ber 9th, Dar­row cites what she refers to as “per­sonal rea­sons” for her deci­sion to quit. Accord­ing to the agenda for Monday’s Bryan City School …

A strike may be loom­ing in Edon, after nego­ti­a­tions broke down between the the Edon North­west Teach­ers Asso­ci­a­tion and the school board in their con­tract talks. If no agree­ment is reached in the nego­ti­a­tions sched­uled over the next ten days, the Edon North­west Teach­ers Asso­ci­a­tion has said it will “move …