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Gov., DeWine is sending 185 members of the Ohio National Guard to the southwest, later this year, at the request of the federal government. Officials say they will provide non-law enforcement support to U.S. customs agents…as part of the government’s Southwest Border mission. The governor didn’t provide further details about …

Ohio’s consumer utility watchdog is demanding the FirstEnergy Corp. share more information about $4.3 million dollars…paid to an attorney, to end his consulting contract shortly before he became the state’s top utility regulator. Akron-based, FirstEnergy disclosed that payment in the wake of allegations…in connection to that $60 million dollar bribery …

In Montpelier…a Randolph St., home is destroyed in a blaze that requires several departments to join in the fight against the flames. Officials say the fire started on the porch of the place. The fire team set up a few trucks and move in. The blaze is extinguished in minutes. …

Indiana State Police continues investigating after a suspected distracted driver causes two crashes on the Indiana Toll Road, in LaGrange County. First?…the report of a semi versus car crash, near the 112 mile marker. When responders get there…they discover it was actually two crashes…not one. Officials tell reporters, Steven Clery, …

Williams County’s COVID-19 vaccination rate of 34% is about half the target of 70, set by the county health commissioner. It’s also less than the statewide 45% rate, and leaves the county at increased risk of new variant strains of the virus…that’s according to area health officials. It’s those variants …

Heads up motorists…the Ohio Department of Transportation is advising area drivers of an upcoming road closure in Williams County. Ohio 576, between County Road R and the Michigan state line, just northeast of Lake Seneca, will be closed for culvert replacement and bridge repair…beginning tomorrow, through mid-September. Resurfacing work is …

Senator, Sherrod Brown of Ohio…stops by Spangler Candy…to celebrate passage of The Butch-Lewis Act…it keeps multi-employer pension plans solvent and well-funded for thirty years, with no cuts to earned benefits of participants and beneficiaries. It restores full benefits for retirees in plans that previously had to take cuts…and increases the …

The Ohio Supreme Court affirms the death penalty imposed on James Worley…in the 2016 murder of 20-year-old Sierah Joughin. In a unanimous opinion, the bench rejected Worley’s appeal of the murder conviction and sentence…including his contention that jury selection in Fulton County and the trial itself was tainted by revelations …

Steuben County deputies are getting the word out on a phone scam in the area. If you get a call from the “Magistrate’s Office”… asking for personal identifying information….hang up. Never give out personal information in cases like that, officials warn. Besides…county officials assure…if the “Magistrate” wants a word with …

An arrest is made…in connection to that deadly shooting we reported on in Kendallville over the weekend. 24-year-old Matthew Rodriguez…accused of shooting three customers at the Gallops station in town. Justin Smead, of Rome City, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two others, Alyssa Jeffries and Blake Lewis, are taken …