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A new rig for first responders. The Multi-Agency Radio Communication System…or MARCS…is up and running in Williams County. We reported a few months back…it’s a radio and data network. It utilizes state-of-the-art trunked technology…providing the ability to communicate statewide…to other first responders throughout Ohio and a 10-mile radius outside of …

Governor, DeWine announces more than two dozen local drug task forces in Ohio will receive RecoveryOhio grant funding…to support efforts that disrupt the drug trade and promote substance use awareness, prevention, and recovery. A total of $2 million dollars in grants will be awarded among 27 existing drug task forces…to …

Edgerton Village council members review findings from a county-wide billing comparison study while in session…and find their town tends to lead the pack. The study included utility rates from Edgerton, Bryan, Montpelier, Pioneer, Stryker and Edon. What’s the final analysis?…Edgerton has the most affordable utility rate of all communities surveyed, …

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio files a lawsuit…seeking redistricting records of Republican lawmakers’ efforts to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts. The suit claims House GOP lawmakers, including Speaker Bob Cupp and Rep. Bill Seitz, have refused to respond to a February records request by the ACLU…seeking …

Farmers in 10 more northern Ohio counties will be eligible to receive financial incentives for using new agriculture practices…that improve water quality in Lake Erie. That brings the number of counties eligible now to 24…through the H2Ohio water quality initiative’s farmer program. Nearly 2,000 have applied to enroll more than …

Tougher criminal penalties for hazing will take effect in Ohio this fall, nearly three years after the death of the college student for whom the legislation is named. Gov., DeWine signed “Collin’s Law,”…for Collin Wiant, an 18-year-old Ohio University freshman who died in 2018 after ingesting nitrous oxide at a …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports 16 people lost their lives in 15 traffic crashes during the holiday reporting period, from last Friday to Monday. Impairment is a factor in at least five of those accidents. Troopers made 536 arrests for impaired driving…and 368 on drug-related charges.

In Henry County…Roberto Rosales is eastbound on Ohio 65 in Damascus Township. He loses control of the vehicle. It careens across both lanes of traffic…off the roadway…and into a tree. Rosales is pronounced dead at the scene…his body is taken to the County Morgue. State and local officials continue their …

Along County Road U in Ridgeville Township…a 4-wheeler, driven by Harlin Gault, 17, of Wauseon, loses control on a dirt trail…the ATV overturns…sending the boy…and passenger, Kendall Smith…he’s 17, too…flying. Smith has minor injuries. Gault has to be flown to an area hospital in serious condition.

Former North Central High School track coach, Jared Stewart…is sentenced on felony charges of gross sexual imposition against a student-athlete. All this…in a Williams County courtroom. He gets six months behind bars…community control…150 hours of community service…pay some restitution…and register as a sex offender. Stewart served as the North Central track …