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Ohio’s former top utility regulator pleads not guilty to charges in connection with a $60 million dollar bribery scheme, related to a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear power plants that has already resulted in a 20-year prison sentence for a former state House speaker. Sam Randazzo, former chair of …

A Rossburg teen dies in a two-vehicle accident in Paulding County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says Hayden Smith, 16, was southbound on County Road 87, and failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection with Ohio 114. His vehicle traveled into the intersection, hitting the trailer of …

The Defiance County commissioners discussed erosion concerns with the Tiffin River bank. They met with Kevin Hancock from Defiance County Soil and Water over the issue. Hancock says a driveway on a property in the area will be shifted, in order to keep vehicles farther back from the bank of …

An Auburn man is arrested on multiple child molestation charges. Craig Cobbs, 54, was picked up by officers in the 1100 block of C.R. 34. They got a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Cobbs is taken to the DeKalb County Jail for Child molestation …

No injuries are reported after a train hits a semi that became stuck on railroad tracks along the Ohio border. Allen County officials say after the driver got out of the big rig, the train struck and split the trailer hauled by the semi in half. Nothing was inside the …

Trine University officials confirm there was a bomb threat on campus, causing students and faculty to evacuate from two buildings. Local first responders investigated and determined there was no danger. The bomb threat reportedly targeted Fawick Hall and the Jim and Joan Bock Center for Innovation and Biomedical Engineering. The …

Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose consulted with three prominent anti-abortion groups while drafting the contested ballot language used to describe Issue 1, an abortion-rights measure, overwhelmingly approved by voters earlier this month. The Republican elections chief and 2024 U.S. Senate candidate revealed having help with the wording while speaking …

An 18-hole disc golf course will be installed in Edgerton’s Miller park next year funded through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks grant program. The village was approved for $5,381 through the grant and notified in a letter from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The project is planned …

Ohio’s governor and lieutenant governor have been drawn into a FirstEnergy investors lawsuit, connected to the $60 million dollar bribery scheme concocted by the Akron-based energy giant and a now-incarcerated House speaker. Gov., DeWine received a subpoena for documents in the case. His spokesperson, Dan Tierney, says the governor’s lawyers …

The Bryan City Council approved a third ordinance over adult use cannabis within the city limits, with a final decision likely coming next Monday. Council met in special session to consider an ordinance that would limit the adult use cannabis operators, cultivators and dispensaries within the city limits. Last week, …