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Defiance County commissioners approve a new contract for electricity supplied to county facilities. The pact with Dynegy was OK’d following discussions with Amy Hoffman of Palmer Energy. She is a consultant with the County Commissioners Association of Ohio and assists county commissioners in approving new electric contracts that allow savings …

The CCNO board agrees to split $1.4 million dollars in leftover funds from its 2021 operating budget…and deposit $720 thousand, each, into its capital and reserve funds. The figure is attributed to higher fees to the regional jail for federal inmates from the U.S. Marshal’s Office housed at CCNO, in …

A third person implicated in a robbery and assault in Defiance last spring has been sentenced to prison. Emilee Slusser, of Bradford, is given a four- to six-year sentence. She was given credit for 50 days served in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio while her case was pending. Two …

An extraordinary showdown…that would have brought a high-powered line-up of Ohio’s political mapmakers before justices of the Ohio Supreme Court…was continued Friday, after the state’s Republican-controlled redistricting panel delivered the court a third set of legislative maps…that its majority insists are now constitutional. The decision did not end the fight …

An Ohio business says its insurance company must compensate it for financial losses suffered during a pandemic-related shutdown. The insurance company refused to pay, saying its policy didn’t cover such losses. The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments from both sides this month. At issue before the court is a policy …

A third person implicated in a robbery and assault in Defiance last spring has been sentenced to prison. Emilee Slusser, of Bradford, is given a four- to six-year sentence. She was given credit for 50 days served in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio while her case was pending. Two …

That political stalemate over Ohio’s new legislative maps plunges the state into confusion…even as members of a new map-drawing commission defend themselves against potential contempt charges they face…for failing to meet the latest court order, requiring them to stop gerrymandering. Members of the bipartisan Ohio Redistricting Commission…including Gov., DeWine…tried to …

The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio board agrees to convert the regional jail’s C-Unit to an honors unit. The move was recommended by CCNO staff…after the regional jail was not awarded a $3.1 million dollar state grant. It would have funded an upgrade to include new locks, sinks, toilets and …

Two sets of Edgerton officials meet…and separately approve preliminary plans for implementing the Safe Routes to School plan in the village. Together, the plans intend to improve safety at the school and across the village through better crosswalks, crossing signs and more. The move allows the town to apply for …

Arguments that a racketeering conspiracy charge in a $60 million bribery scheme should be dismissed against former Ohio House Speaker, Larry Householder are invalid…because they apply the wrong legal standards and ignore the substance of the allegations against him. That’s what federal prosecutors argued in a motion filed, Tuesday. The …