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Ohio Republicans will seek to retain their hold on every branch of state government this Election Day as Democrats look to a competitive U.S. Senate race as a possible pickup. The top race has Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan facing Republican JD Vance for the chance to succeed the GOP’s …

The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a drive-by shooting. No injuries reported. Deputies were called to Road 72 in Blue Creek Township.

A Henry County grand jury returns an attempted murder charge in a recent strangulation case. Craig Heuerman was indicted. The case continues.

Williams County residents have been turning out to vote early this year, keeping the County Elections Board busy. The General Election is Nov. 8 and early voting is already underway across the state. As of late Tuesday morning, 1,154 people have come to the elections office to vote, officials say. …

AIM Media Midwest announces it has acquired the Bryan Publishing Company and Napoleon, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. AIM announced the hiring of all current employees and the operations will remain under the direction of current resident, Sally Heaston, who is being promoted to publisher. The publications …

Republicans in Ohio are promoting a measure on the Nov. 8 ballot that would prohibit noncitizens from voting in local elections, fighting back at what they see as a push for such access in liberal enclaves such as San Francisco and New York City. It would make Ohio the seventh …

A high-tech indoor farming company in Appalachia promoted by JD Vance and financed in part by his venture capital firm is facing five lawsuits, alleging it misled regulators and duped investors. The shareholder suits against Morehead, Kentucky-based AppHarvest were filed between November 2021 and August 2022 by individual investors and …

An Edgerton man has been sentenced in Williams County Common Pleas Court to a long prison term on two rape charges. Christ Sturtevant, 21, was given 14 years to 17 1/2 years by Judge J.T. Stelzer on the two first-degree felony offenses. He was given credit for 211 days served …

The Northwest State Community College Board of Trustees passed an amended agreement for support staff and eligible part-time employees at its regular meeting. The agreement is for the three-year period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, and includes a 5% increase for all members of the support staff …

Janice May Ridgway (Faunce) of Granbury, Tx., was born May 31, 1936, to Dorothy May and Vern A. Faunce in Montpelier, Ohio. She went to be with Jesus, and family she loves, Oct. 1, 2022, at 86 years, after a short but serious illness. Much of Jan’s life was filled …