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Ohio is holding a rare second primary on Aug, 2, this one for state legislative races and for Republican and Democratic state central committee positions only. Early voting begins today for the Aug. 2 special primary election. The deadline to register was Tuesday, though voters can still register for the …

In Oakwood…smoke filled the downtown area as several fire departments battled a house fire on First Street. The Continental Fire Department was summoned to the blaze first. Then, the Oakwood Volunteer Fire Department took command of the fire while Continental and Auglaize Township fire departments offered mutual aid.

A Metamora woman dies in a crash in Lucas County…on Fulton County Road T. Officials tell reporters…Michelle Herr was eastbound…while Omar Shead was northbound on North Fulton Lucas Road. Herr crossed toward Brint Road…when her vehicle was hit by Shead’s, as it was coming through the intersection. Both vehicles careen …

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has declared AquaBounty’s latest water withdrawal permit complete, beginning a 90-day countdown to acceptance or rejection. AquaBounty is in the process of building a 479,000-square-foot facility to raise 10,000 metric tons of genetically modified salmon a year at the Pioneer North Industrial Park. The …

Bryan’s skyline will soon become a little more fun and a little more sweet. Bryan Municipal Utilities has publicly been planning improvements, including painting, its two water towers, including one…in the middle of Spangler Candy Co.’s campus along Mulberry Street, in the northwestern part of town. Spangler officials presented a …

A pair of Defiance County residents have been indicted in a drug trafficking case allegedly involving more than 200 grams of methamphetamine. According to a news release issued by the Defiance County Prosecutor’s Office, Tyler N. Moss, 34, Defiance, and Summer R. Moore, 28, Hicksville, both face first-degree felony charges …

The Williams County Engineer’s Office is looking to buy a new or good used truck, and finding it’s not easy to find one these days. County Engineer Todd Roth told county commissioners Thursday that a 2006 truck used by the sanitary sewer crew has reached the end of its life. …

A Montpelier man and four juveniles were hurt in a crash Sunday night in Farmer Township, Defiance County. At about 11:11 p.m. Saturday, a juvenile was driving a 2018 Ford Fusion south on Ridenour Road and failed to stop for the stop sign at Scott Road. The Ford was struck …

A possible drowning incident turned the holiday weekend into tragedy in southeastern LaGrange County Saturday evening. According to the Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department, a 2-year-old boy was airlifted out of Big Long Lake. He was brought to a hospital in Fort Wayne. The authorities did not identify the boy.

Five people were injured, two seriously, on Saturday afternoon on Ohio routes 637 and 613. Officials tell reporters…Earl Chapman, 67, of Paulding, was taken to Mercy Defiance in serious condition. Two others in a second vehicle were also treated for serious injuries…Amanda Rose, 36, was taken to Paulding County Hospital…and …