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Governor, DeWine announces the Ohio Department of Health is reporting the two-week statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents is 49.5…in the period from May 22 to June 4. The governor had previously said when the case rate dropped below 50, health mandates would end…of course…all that ended on June …

Here’s a smile…a Napoleon man wins $19,800 on Ohio Lottery’s TV game show…Cash Explosion. Scott Helberg was on Saturday…it was actually filmed a few weeks ago. Helberg was one of a handful of contestants, picked out of about 25,000. Those entries come from second chance opportunities through instant lottery tickets …

Sentencing is scheduled in the case of an Edgerton man…accused of possessing and giving away…child pornography. Jarrod Powell, he’s 40, will be sentenced in a Williams County courtroom on Aug. 2. We reported Powell was indicted in October on 10 counts of pandering sexually oriented matter, involving a minor and …

The trial of Bonnie Kimpling…accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the P.A.T.H. School for Autism has been moved to August. Kimpling was initially scheduled to stand trial on two felony charges, this week. Kimpling and her defense counsel asked the court for the change. Prosecutors say between 2012 and …

In Swanton…someone loses control behind the wheel…and smashes into an area eatery. CK Sweets, a coffee and bake shop in downtown, has a big hole in it, now…covered with plywood…in the front of the building. The folks running the place are still trying to reopen. No word on any citations …

Ohio agencies providing publicly funded day care would no longer have to achieve a quality of care rating to be listed in the state system…under Senate Republicans’ version of the upcoming state budget. The process of meeting the state’s Step Up to Quality five star rating system is leading to …

A Fort Wayne man is in the hospital after driving off S.R. 8 in DeKalb County, crashing into a tree. Officials say Cameron Norman was not wearing a seatbelt…and had to get cut out from the wrecked truck. Alcohol is not a factor. He is in an area hospital under …

In a Defiance County courtroom…Delbert Drinnon, of Hicksville, pleads guilty to corrupting another with drugs…and tampering with evidence. The decision?…9 to 12 years in prison. A charge of involuntary manslaughter was dropped in a plea deal. Drinnon also gets credit for 193 days served at CCNO, while his case was …

A breaking & entering call in Wauseon…at the Tractor Supply on US 20. Officials say the suspects broke in and stole 10 Power Washers and a weed trimmer. Total value?…over four thousand dollars. Know anything about this?…give Fulton County Crime Stoppers a call. There’s a reward in the case.

We reported back on April 9th…a fire at an unoccupied home and garage on Hickory St….that spread to another nearby home…causing heavy damage. The state Fire Marshall’s office has been investigating. In the end…they cannot determine the cause of the original fire.