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Impairment and failure to wear a seat belt appear to have played a role in the death of a woman who died after her car left the road and slammed into a tree on State Route 575 near County Road G in Center Township. Officials say…the victim was driving south …

The William County Board of Elections on Monday reviewed provisional ballots and certified the final results of the Nov. 8 general election. Of 224 provisional ballots cast Nov. 8, the election board OK’d 172 and found that 52 were unable to be counted, due to reasons set forth in the …

A man…granted a new trial in the murders of three men in Ohio more than a decade and a half ago has been released after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors. Stoney Thompson, 43, was originally sentenced in Lucas County to three consecutive life terms in the October 2006 slayings …

A man accused of shooting two people in Montpelier in October is indicted on three counts in relation to the attack. The Williams County Grand Jury met and returned indictments against Damion Tingley…now facing three counts of felonious assault, each a second-degree felony. Prosecutors say the incidents happened on Oct. …

Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Tyler Blankemeyer has been selected as the 2022 Trooper of the Year for the Defiance Post. Fellow officers assigned to the Defiance Post and dispatchers assigned to the Van Wert Post, chose Trooper Blankemeyer based upon leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous treatment of others, enthusiastic …

A crash on U.S. 24 near Interstate 469 left two people dead and another in critical condition. Police responded to the accident involving an SUV and a semitruck. An investigation showed the SUV was traveling eastbound on 24 and was slowed in traffic. Officials say the two occupants in the …

Ohio’s elections chief on championed a lame duck push to require a supermajority of voters in order to pass certain constitutional amendments, a move that came the same day further voter restrictions were added to a significant rewrite of Ohio’s election laws. Secretary of State Frank LaRose said requiring a …

Williams County OSU Extension officials told county commissioners the next fertilizer and pesticide recertification clinic in Williams County is set for March 9, 2023. Officials hope to have a new agriculture and natural resources educator before then…perhaps as early as the end of this year. They are not yet able …

The Millcreek West Unity Board of Education approves nearly two dozen new and revised North East Ohio Learning Associates Policies at its regular meeting. NEOLA, began serving school districts over 40 years ago as an educational consulting firm. It initially offered facilities studies, population projects, curriculum units and staff development. …

The Montpelier Village Council approved a power purchase agreement that will help offset market fluctuations for next three years. The pact the village had with the Public Service Enterprise Group is set to expire at the end of this year, officials say. In order to combat those fluctuations, officials recommended …