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In Archbold…ATVs and dirt bikes are now prohibited on public property…following a decision village council on Monday night. Officials say the ordinance was drawn up, after Police Chief, Leo Wixom expressed problems with them in a city park. The new entry becomes law immediately…due to the ordinance’s emergency clause.

A Toledo plastic surgeon…accused of drugging a woman and recording himself sexually assaulting her…is sentenced Monday to nearly 20 years in prison. Federal prosecutors reviewed 60 videos that they said showed Manish Gupta, of Sylvania, sexually assaulting at least 20 different women. Gupta, who ran clinics in Ohio and Michigan, …

A man dies in a crash in Grabill, on Antwerp Road. Officials say Benjamin Brandenberger was killed instantly in the solo rollover accident. The ensuing autopsy finds Brandenberger died of blunt force injuries in the accident. State and local officials continue their post-crash investigation.

Deer collisions can happen virtually anywhere at any time, but new data from the Safe Communities Coalition reveals the most dangerous areas…are in Williams County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports 410 deer-related accidents in 2020 and 1,994 over the past five years. The worst road segments are Ohio 34…between …

Eligibility for medical marijuana in Ohio would be expanded to include any condition determined by a licensed physician to need treatment…this, under a new bill that would further expand the state’s medicinal marijuana program. The measure would also place regulation of the program solely under the Department of Commerce, removing …

An expensive change order for a delayed downtown improvement project receives Defiance City Council’s approval…but officials say the cost should be covered by grant funds. The order will amend a contract with All Excavating and Demolition, increasing the cost of the removal of buildings in Clinton Street’s 100 block…by $116 …

School districts could set their own training requirements for armed employees, under Republican legislation, arising from a court battle…over one district’s reaction to a school shooting. The legislation pending in the GOP-controlled House Criminal Justice Committee would set a minimum of 20 hours of training…on top of what’s needed to …

Former Williams County Sheriff, Steven Towns asks the Ohio Supreme Court to throw out his 2019 misdemeanor conviction…for posting confidential information, online. Towns, through his Toledo-based attorney, Henry Schaefer, is arguing that the Ohio Ethics Commission needed to…but had not ruled on…the issue before the prosecutor pursued charges. The charges …

The westbound lanes of Highway 30 are closed for a time in Van Wert County. This, after several crashes in the fog. All this happened near the intersection at Ohio Road 49, a mile and a half north of Convoy. Traffic was flowing again in a few hours. No word …

People attending a rally…who end up accused of violating an anti-riot law…could be targeted with a provision, normally used against terroristic activity…all this…under GOP legislation in the Ohio House. This comes in response to police brutality protests in summer 2020. The bill also would increase penalties for rioting, create the …