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General Motors says a new electric vehicle battery plant built in Ohio has started producing cells, which could help customers get federal tax credits. The joint-venture plant near Warren is focused on training as it prepares to ramp up manufacturing. A spokeswoman for the venture said it is producing cells …

A Fort Wayne man suffered leg and arm fractures after crashing into a tree just outside of Garrett, Thursday morning. William Smith, 43, was driving on W Quincy Street in Altona, when the vehicle went off the road for an unknown reason. Smith struck a large tree with the front …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging drivers to be safe this Labor Day weekend. Troopers will focus enforcement efforts on removing impaired drivers from Ohio’s roadways. The Labor Day weekend reporting period begins today and ends Monday. During the 2021 Labor Day holiday weekend, there were 16 fatal crashes …

The village of West Unity has updated its community reinvestment area and annexed a property into its limits. The village council has been discussing extending the CRA…which offers tax incentives for investing in real property improvements, since last year. They approved extending the CRA to include the entirety of the …

A morning fire damages a barn in Williams County. Bryan Fire responded to the blaze on County Road G near County Road 9, early Tuesday. Officials say…after putting 50-thousand gallons of water on the fire and making the surrounding area safe, suppression efforts were ceased. Smoke reportedly lingered in the …

A conservative podcaster, who embraces former President Donald Trump’s discredited claims of a stolen 2020 election isn’t eligible to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate vying to challenge Ohio’s Republican elections chief. “Tore” Maras had vowed to appeal if incumbent GOP Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office …

A man dies in Defiance…after a trailer falls on top of him. The Defiance County Sheriff’s Office says family members found Robert Hurst, 62 on Walnut Grove Road. Officials say it’s a farming accident. Area investigators are on the case at this hour.

A student from the Swanton Local School District created a poster board that said “if I was Black I’d be picking cotton but I’m white so I’m picking u 4 hoco” to ask another student to the upcoming homecoming dance. A spokesperson for the district said it is deeply shocked …

In Bryan…don’t be surprised if you see a 95-foot-tall skyjack around the county courthouse in the next couple of weeks. A contractor has been secured to make repairs to a leak in the roof, though officials told county commissioners there isn’t a start date confirmed from the contractor yet. The …

Williams County is seeking a new executive director of the Williams County Economic Development Corporation. Megan Hausch, WEDCO executive director since 2019, has submitted her resignation, saying her husband has taken a job in Wisconsin and they are relocating. She will be working in the office through Sept. 16, then …