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The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case in which a probate judge rejected a transgender woman’s request to correct her birth certificate, leading to a split in court rulings and guidance on the issue. Attorneys for the Clark County woman argue the judge’s ruling, upheld by the …

The Ohio Supreme Court orders a Democratic state legislative candidate to be listed on November ballots, after a tie had been broken against her by the state’s Republican elections chief. In its 4-3 ruling, the high court found Republican Secretary Frank LaRose and the two GOP members of the Athens …

An area boy dies in a crash in York Township. At this hour…officials are investigating the two-vehicle crash on County Road 10 at County Road E we reported on the other day. They say an SUV…southbound on County Road 10 driven by Baylor Barnum, of Louisville, Kentucky…collided with a Jeep …

An Archbold woman is hurt in a solo crash in Williams County…on County Road 21N. Officials tell reporters…Kristen Clark lost control of her vehicle in a curve, near County Road J. The car went off the right side of the roadway, where she struck a tree. Clark was transported by …

The Millcreek West Unity School Board approved an agreement with Bryan City Schools to provide special education services for the school year…and approved raising the district’s federal expenditure procurement micro purchase threshold to $50,000 the year at its meeting this week. Others also presented the first reading of the district’s …

The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2019 misdemeanor ethics violation conviction of former Williams County Sheriff, Steve Towns…for posting confidential information on child welfare cases on the sheriff’s department official website. The charges against Towns stemmed from his October 2018 online release of documents related to child abuse cases …

In Cecil…a three-vehicle crash near involving two types of trucks and a car injured two people…on U.S. 127, at the U.S. 24 interchange. Just after the crash, a tractor trailer was pinned against a guardrail on U.S. 127 while the front part of the trailer partially covered the top of …

Two people are involved in a crash in DeKalb County…one man was taken to the hospital. Responders got to the intersection of County Road 68 and County Road 327. Officials say…41-year-old Randolfo Oliva was eastbound on 68…approaching the intersection of the two roads. Oliva then disregards the stop sign…into the …

Four contracts were approved for the current school year at the meeting of the Four County Board. The funding will support a variety of drug awareness and prevention programs presented by trained law enforcement officers.

Four Ohio Republican legislators, including Williams County’s state Senator, Rob McColley, announced the filing of an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court…of the Ohio Supreme Court ruling that Ohio’s most recently redrawn Congressional Districts are invalid because they unfairly favor Republicans. As recently as July 19, the Supreme Court of …