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A scolded Ohio Redistricting Commission returned to work…to re-draw maps of Ohio legislative districts…with its members pledging more transparency this time around, as they face a looming deadline. In what was perhaps a gesture of bipartisan cooperation, Republican House Speaker Bob Cupp, the panel’s chair, wore one of the face …

A Bryan Elementary School custodian resigns…after police confirm…he was intoxicated while at work. No criminal charges have been filed. A school resource officer calls the police…after word gets out…the man is slurring his speech…cussing…and generally acting pretty weird. The employee complied with officers during a breathalyzer test…which indicated he had …

The Ohio National Guard started deploying 2,300 soldiers and airmen throughout the state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this month. The team assigned to Williams County arrived Monday morning. Capt. Matthew Clairday, a communications officer from the 180th Fighter Wing in Toledo, brought six soldiers and four airman …

Matt Krill…a sergeant with Edgerton Police for nearly 10 years…is promoted to captain. Krill, who is also a social studies teacher at Edgerton Local Schools, joined the department in 2000 and received a promotion to sergeant in 2012. He thanked the village for the promotion and allowing him to serve.

The City of Bryan will seek a renewal of its 1/2% income tax in the May 3 primary election ballot. The tax has been in place for 38 years and renewed every nine and a half years. It pays for debt service and improvements to the city’s streets and sewer …

A group…seeking to legalize marijuana possession and cultivation in Ohio…submits nearly 30,000 additional signatures to state officials…in an effort to put the issue in front of lawmakers this year. Earlier this month, it looked like the group might not get the nearly 133,000 signatures needed before the deadline…this…after the Ohio …

FirstEnergy Corp. collected nearly $460 million from its customers to pay for modernizing its electric grid, but an outside audit…ordered by state regulators…could not determine how the money was spent…all this…according to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The audit found FirstEnergy put the money into a general fund and …

In DeKalb County…officials tell reporters…an Ohio man was speeding…and drinking…when he drove off State Road 8…crashing into a tree. The SUV is found…facing south…resting on the driver’s side of the vehicle. The driver, 25-year-old Austin Ziehr of Edgerton…is pinned inside the vehicle. Crash investigators think the SUV drifted off the …

GOP members of the Ohio congressional delegation on Friday…asked House and Senate leaders to fully fund a law…meant to address the global shortage of semiconductor chips, used in phones, cars and video games. The request comes as multiple media reports say Santa Clara, California-based Intel…intends to build a massive computer-chip …

Gov., DeWine says he has no regrets about his response to the coronavirus pandemic…even if Republican voters who thought he went too far are angry enough to vote him out in the upcoming May primary. DeWine is running for a second four-year term, which he has said will mark the …