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The cleanup from the release of a fentanyl-like substance is complete, officials say…as staff and detainees are back in the Northwest Ohio Juvenile Detention, Training and Rehabilitation Center in rural Stryker. The facility holds juvenile misdemeanor offenders, primarily from Williams, Henry, Defiance and Fulton counties. Four juvenile detainees and three …

Officials in Van Wert say all students are safe after bomb threats were called in to at least two western Ohio high schools Friday. Wapakoneta also received one. After crews screen the two campuses…the all clear is given. Students were released on time. State and local investigators are on the …

Mike Gibbons, a leading Ohio Republican Senate candidate, said at a media event last fall that middle-class Americans don’t pay “any kind of a fair share” of income taxes. He said…the top 20% of earners in the United States pay 82% of federal income tax…and, if you do the math…45% …

A driver runs off after a fiery crash in northern DeKalb County, at the intersection of Highway 6 and Country Road 19. Officials tell reporters, Alan Northrup, 60, of Ashley, Indiana was hit while driving westbound on 6. As Northrup passed through the intersection…another vehicle going north…slams into the vehicle. …

A Napoleon man faces criminal charges…accused of causing a multi-vehicle crash that killed two people…injuring two others on I-75, north of Cygnet Road in Henry Township. Officials say…Nicholas Luderman was indicted by a Wood County grand jury on two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and four counts of aggravated vehicular …

Republican, JD Vance receives the coveted endorsement Thursday of Ohio’s oldest and largest anti-abortion group, Ohio Right to Life. The announcement could distinguish the venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” with GOP primary voters in the crowded race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Rob Portman. Early voting is already …

Delta Police is investigating a crash that injured several people and left some buildings damaged…on US 20A, near Enterprise Drive. Officials say the lone vehicle suddenly left the roadway and into the side of the NAPA Auto Parts store. A parked car got hit, too, officials say. The driver was …

Officers in DeKalb County arrest six people after officers raided a home and found a meth-making operation. The case continues.

Two people are hurt…one seriously…in a two-car crash at the intersection of Domersville Road and Deerwood Drive, just north of the Maumee River…in Defiance. David Riggenbach was taken by ambulance to a Toledo hospital with life-threatening injuries. Officials say…Riggenbach was stopped at the light…when he was rear ended by Melissa …

State regulation of streams that flow temporarily after rainfall would be restricted under proposed Ohio legislation, months in the works. Construction companies, the mining industry and other business groups say removing so-called ephemeral streams from regulation would make Ohio’s practice consistent with federal law. The EPA says about 36,500 miles …