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Zachary Ross of Paulding pleads guilty to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony. Judge, Tiffany Beckman ordered a pre-sentence investigation and modified Ross’ bond to $100,000 cash…with a 10% allowance provision. He is held in Paulding County Jail. Officials tell reporters Ross engaged in sexual conduct with …

The printing and mailing of 2.4 million delayed ballots across Ohio and Pennsylvania is all caught up, the vendor responsible for the backlog announced. Cleveland-based Midwest Direct says expanded hours and added equipment were required to meet the staggering volume of mail-in ballot requests for this election. Unprecedented demand…coronavirus…combined with equipment …

Williams County senior centers remain closed…as a COVID-19 testing requirement is currently proving difficult to meet. Officials previously intended to open the centers to reduced capacity and for lunch only on Oct. 5. This date was a couple weeks after they were allowed to open, which was Sept. 21. They …

Officials with the Ohio Department of Transportation and Henry County announce the opening of that county’s first roundabout in Napoleon. All involved were present at the event, held at the new piece of roadway on Ohio 110. The route was closed back on Aug. 31 for construction on the south …

Williams County Commissioners authorize $396 thousand dollars for a major upgrade to the county’s digital infrastructure…a sum they hope they can get reimbursed later through the CARES Act. The upgrades will be performed by New Era Technology, based out of Maumee. The contract calls for workstations and servers, to effectively …

Four are indicted by a Fulton County Grand Jury following a rash of thefts in the eastern part of the county this summer…Michael Starbird…Alan Shelor…Shelby Smith…and Zachary Neal…all from the Toledo area…face breaking and entering charges and more. The busts come as the result of some teamwork between several police …

The race in the rural Ohio district of disgraced ex-Ohio House Speaker, Larry Householder now includes four write-in candidates…attempting to unseat the once-powerful politician, who has refused to step aside from his reelection bid despite facing charges in a $60 million bribery scheme. He is the only candidate listed on …

Delays in the mailing of hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots across Ohio by a private vendor…rocked by equipment challenges and overwhelmed by unparalleled volume…should be addressed in the coming days, officials say. Midwest Direct CEO, Richard Gebbie tells the media his firm’s business model for this election anticipated double …

An undetermined number of Ohio inmates…serving additional time on firearms charges…could see their sentences reduced after a court ruling. Three staffers have been assigned full-time to the job of getting the first letters, laying out affected inmates’ recalculated sentences, to judges starting this week. The judges will be asked to …

The Williams County Health Department reports a 4th death from COVID-19. The victim?…a woman in her 60’s. At last check, Williams County reports 287 cases and 4 deaths. Henry County 419 cases and 17 people have died, there. Defiance County?…422 patients, 13 deaths. Paulding County reports 160 cases and 1 …