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A former teacher, district superintendent and higher education leader is named Ohio’s new state superintendent. Stephen Dackin is a former vice president of the Ohio State Board of Education,…which voted 14-4 with one abstention to approve his hiring to oversee public K-12 education in the state. Dackin succeeds former Superintendent …

Ohio’s Republican leaders want to call a time out in the battle over state legislative maps…at least until after this fall’s general elections…and asked the state’s high court to pause the legal back-and-forth with voting rights and Democratic groups. By a bipartisan 4-3 majority, the Ohio Supreme Court has so …

A man is suing the company that provides health care services at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, saying he’s dying from cancer after receiving negligent health care. The complaint, filed last month in Williams County Common Pleas Court, claims Damien Thomas was held at CCNO in late 2019, when …

The Nature Conservancy is celebrating the completion of a project that restored 280 acres of marginal farmland to native wet prairie habitat, northeast of Swanton. Officials say…to date, it is the largest effort in the region to return this type of rare wetland habitat to the landscape. The restoration site, …

Bids will be opened this week on a project in Defiance County…one of several improvements on Power Dam Road. A new culvert was installed, recently, in preparation for a widening project, between the Paulding County line and Campbell Road, near the Power Dam. The road will go from 19 feet …

President, Biden pledged 3D printing technology will help return factory jobs to the U.S. and reduce inflationary pressures…as he traveled to Ohio…with a Senate seat in play…to make his case for the future of manufacturing. Inflation at a 40-year high and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine have caused …

Fresh off a victory in the first real test of his power as GOP kingmaker, former President Donald Trump enters the next stretch of the midterm campaign emboldened and facing new risks. Trump’s late-stage endorsement of JD Vance in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary catapulted the “Hillbilly Elegy” author to victory …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs rejects the lone bid for a project in the Deerfield subdivision. The city has been working to replace direct buried electrical lines in subdivisions around the community. BMU went out for bids in March and opened the lone bid, which came in at $137,386. …

Garrett Mayor, Todd Fiandt asks Police Chief Roland McPherson for his resignation, citing performance-related issues. In March, the DeKalb County prosecutor claimed that a 2020 death investigation was significantly compromised…because police didn’t follow protocol. In May 2020, Garrett Police responded to a home…where David Converset’s wife reported his death. When …

A worker at the Hillandale Farms operation northeast of Defiance dies in an accident Monday afternoon on Rosedale Road. Officials tell reporters…Sergio Ical-ba, 21, of Hicksville, died when he became caught in a conveyer belt. Hillandale Farms on Rosedale Road in Hicksville Township is a large producer of eggs…with millions …