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The lawyer for FirstEnergy’s 1.8 million residential electric customers in Ohio steps in…to try to assure they get refunds…should state legislators or the courts halt the charges the utility giant was expecting…as part of a now-tainted nuclear bailout bill. Bruce Weston made his request regarding the House Bill 6 charges …

For the fifth time since the pandemic reached the U.S., a pretrial hearing for a man accused of murdering a Montpelier woman has been rescheduled. Thomas Smith, 24, was scheduled for a pretrial conference Tuesday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. It’s now pushed back to 9 a.m., Jan. 19th…coronavirus. …

Investigators in Fulton County are looking into the theft of a four wheeler from a Maplewood Street address in Delta. Officials tell reporters the suspect took the Yamaha Grizzly…and its trailer. If you know anything about this…there could be a one thousand dollar reward in it, for you. The investigation …

In Defiance County…a man is in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a big rig crash at the intersection of Highway 24 and Independence Road. Officials tell reporters Teddy Ramey, of Sherwood, was northbound on Independence…when he failed to yield the right of way. He was hit by a …

Gov., DeWine says Ohio could see its first batch of up to 30,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine by Dec. 15, with fresh supplies arriving every few days. He added it was the White House that gave him those numbers. The first batch would come from a Pfizer-produced vaccine, followed …

Hicksville Police wants two subjects…in connection to a home invasion, there. Officers tell reporters two men enter the house, brandishing a firearm. They steal money and several other items, then flee the scene in the homeowner’s vehicle…found later a short distance from the crime scene. Detectives believe the home was …

Three people are hurt in a two-vehicle accident in DeKalb County, on State Road 8. They say the driver noticed his car was drifting over the center line. He tries to correct…but instead the car goes out of control…skidding into an oncoming pickup truck, heading in the other direction. Two …

President, Trump won more votes in this year’s presidential election than any candidate in Ohio history. Election officials confirm the more than 3.1 million votes cast for the Republican president in the Nov. 3 election…exceeds the former record of 2.9 million votes cast for Barack Obama, in 2008. Trump won …

Santa just got word about the cancellation of a fair amount of festivities this holiday season in Bryan. Old St. Nick won’t have any of it. After his usual visit to Bryan was cancelled, we reported on that….good news…he will be in town this Friday after all. The community is …

The Santa parade, scheduled for Friday in Bryan, is canceled…coronavirus. The Bryan Area Chamber of Commerce makes the call. At last check…Williams County reports nearly 1,000 cases and eight deaths. There have been 161 new cases in the county in the past week and almost 400 since Nov. 6. There …