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Opponents of the death penalty in Ohio are calling on lawmakers to enact a capital punishment ban during the lame duck legislative session, lasting the next five weeks or so. The Senate legislation, one of several death penalty abolition bills over the years, was introduced in early March. Death penalty …

Health officials across Ohio warn of a dark winter, with limited intensive care unit beds…if the new surge in coronavirus cases is not curbed in the next few weeks. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Ohio has risen over the past two weeks from 23 hundred plus …

A COVID-19 pop-up testing site will be available in Defiance County, Friday, from noon to 6 p.m. at the George M. Smart Athletic Center, on Webster St….on the campus of Defiance College. Anyone can get a no-cost test at the event, which is a partnership among the Defiance County General …

In West Unity…troopers respond to an unresponsive male call at the Indian Meadows Service Plaza in Williams County. When they arrive, they find Victor Yakkey, of Cookeville Tennessee, unconscious inside a big rig parked at the facility. Swanton officers give CPR to Yakkey. Then, the ambulance gets there and takes …

Gov., DeWine beseeches Ohioans to take the surging coronavirus spread seriously, issuing new orders on mask enforcement in businesses, gatherings across the state. He is also threatening to close bars, restaurants and fitness centers if cases continue to rise. The governor has shifted the authority of mask enforcement from the …

A medical researcher and professor…who had been working most recently at Ohio State University…pleads guilty to a charge, stemming from what prosecutors called a sophisticated scheme to transfer U.S.-backed research to China. Song Guo Zheng, of suburban Hilliard, and his research groups secured more than $4.3 million dollars in grants …

The coronavirus in Northwest Ohio…now. Fulton County reports 97 new cases, for a total of 841. The number of overall hospitalizations in the county has increased to 55. There have been 18 deaths there in connection to COVID-19…with one added Monday and one Tuesday. In Lucas County…10,477 cases and 386 …

Robert Houston, a Bryan native now living in Pulaski, Tennessee, stands accused of attempted murder. Word is, Pulaski County deputies are dispatched to a domestic call. When they arrive, a woman is found badly beaten, and in need of immediate care. The victim?…Stacy Bostic…she’s from Pioneer. Houston was arrested at …

Carole Ysasaga…the Defiance woman, accused of purposefully ramming a city officer’s vehicle during an attempted traffic stop in May…pleads guilty to assault…DUI and more. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and her $100,000 cash bond with a 10% allowance provision was continued. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 16.

A driver loses control and crashes in DeKalb County…after he passes out from a medical condition. Officials tell reporters the man’s car went off County Road 52, through a field and into a yard…before hitting a tree and overturning. The driver was able to get out of the car and …