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In Toledo…David Ziesel, the West Palm Beach, Fla man, accused of robbing Oakwood’s State Bank branch…is sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison. Prosecutors say Ziesel fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash and was arrested the day after in West Palm Beach…where he kept a scheduled …

The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously sides with three Toledo public school employees…in a lawsuit brought by the parents of a kindergartener…alleging the employees acting recklessly by not preventing bullying by another student. The parents, who are only identified by their initials in the lawsuit, claim that their child’s cheek was …

Gov., DeWine will give a statewide address tonight, making it the second time he will make a public appeal about the severity of coronavirus, since the pandemic began in March. The governor will speak on the critical stage Ohio is at in battling COVID-19 and its impact on Ohio moving …

Trine University’s online accounting degree program is one of the best in the United States, that’s according to a national college ranking website. ValueColleges lists the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Accounting program, offered through TrineOnline, among its Top 25 Best Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degrees for 2021. The website notes …

COVID-19 claims two more people in Williams County. Over 600 now have come down with coronavirus. The two deaths were confirmed over the weekend. They were the first COVID deaths reported in the county since a woman in her 60s died on Sept. 28. Over the weekend?…66 new cases. 321 …

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. Gov., DeWine appointed doctors to lead three zones across the state, in an attempt to combat the spread of the …

With little time left this legislative session, state senators are touting the newest bipartisan proposal for fixing Ohio’s school funding system, with changes meant to address concerns raised about an earlier version in the House. It’s aimed at a more equitable funding distribution and built on several years of input …

Bryan-based, NW Ohio Propane buys the assets of Northwest Propane in Delta. The acquisition includes Northwest Propane’s tank plant near West Unity. The goal?…to expand and improve service for existing northwest Ohio, northeast Indiana and southern Michigan NWOP customers. More than 1,000 customer accounts are being absorbed by NWOP.

Ohio voters approved 83 of 123 public school district tax issues during the Nov. 3 general election, according to unofficial election night results. Williams County was not one of them…as North Central Local Schools’ attempt to pass a 3.9-mill, five-year property tax levy, last Tuesday, failed by a vote of …

Williams County Commissioners give their preliminary approval for a pair of bids for the Kunkle sewer project. The panel submitted resolutions for Underground Utilities Inc., of Monroeville, for $2.1 million dollars, to build a collection system and pump station. Vernon Nagel Inc., of Napoleon, was chosen to build wastewater lagoons …