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The North Central Local School Board of Education votes 4-1…to ban the teaching of critical race theory in the district. The vote came after the all-white board voted to add the resolution to the meeting agenda, after it was initially not included. Some say…CRT is a movement to critically examine …

Monday morning started normally for North Central Local School students but a simple message interrupted all of that. A bomb threat. Officials get the word out to parents…and the building is evacuated. After several hours of checking…explosive experts clear the building…deeming it safe. The Toledo bomb squad was called in …

Add another name to the race for Ohio’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District. State Rep. Craig Riedel, of Defiance, announced Monday his candidacy for the 9th, currently represented by Democrat, Marcy Kaptur. The district was redrawn in the most recent redistricting and now includes Williams, Henry, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Lucas, …

In Pioneer…a man douses himself with kerosene…then backs his car into another in the parking lot of the Main Stop on State Street. He then takes off at high speed, away from the place. Not too long after that…the man is seen speeding away from a Bryan location. Soon…he is …

Several are in the hospital…after a man fell asleep at the wheel, after a crash in DeKalb County. The vehicle then plows into oncoming traffic Friday morning. Officials tell reporters, James Eversole was heading east on State Road 8 just west of County Road 7…when he passed out. Eversole then …

Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost says he hopes everyone receives the coronavirus vaccine, but it should be a person’s choice, not the result of a government mandate. Yost…who is fully vaccinated and had the booster, also said people should base their decision on conversations with doctors, not research on the …

Gov. DeWine announces the launch of a new grant program to help revitalize local communities through the demolition of blighted and vacant buildings. The new Ohio Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program will provide nearly $150 million in grants…to raze dilapidated commercial and residential buildings and revitalize surrounding properties. The …

Governor, DeWine announces…the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio National Guard, and the Ohio Hospital Association will expand coronavirus testing locations in nine cities, including several new locations, starting now. The additional testing locations will be mobilized with support from Ohio National Guard personnel. The locations, which are intended to …

Williams County deputies respond to a tip…there’s a fugitive at 210 Walnut St., in Pulaski. Officials say…Jason Dennis, 37, of Bryan, was wanted for failure to appear in Bryan Municipal Court for a parole violation hearing. The cops get there…Dennis sees them…he takes off running. A police dog tracks Dennis …

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposes a large fine against the builder of a pipeline that runs through a portion of Fulton County. The commission ordered Energy Transfer Partners…and its subsidiary, Rover Pipeline…to explain why it should not pay a $40 million dollar civil penalty for alleged violations of the …