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Indiana’s new cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 have rebounded to levels last seen in May…as an especially contagious coronavirus variant continues spreading. After falling below 200 in late June, Indiana’s seven-day weekly average of new coronavirus cases reached 708 on Sunday. That’s the highest weekly average since a few months …

A crash in Amboy Township leaves two people injured, one seriously. The Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash on US 20, west of Assumption. Officials say a motorhome, driven by 67-year-old James Dye of Madison, New York, was eastbound on 20. Meanwhile…a box truck, …

A pro-marijuana group says it will submit signatures to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office…in an effort to have the Republican-led Legislature legalize recreational marijuana. Attorney, Tom Haren, a spokesperson for the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol…says the submission of the first 1,000 signatures will require the Attorney General’s Office …

Ohio University has suspended another fraternity for violating hazing rules. The school has notified the Delta Pi chapter of Sigma Chi that it has been shut down for four years…following an investigation by the school that revealed student code of conduct violations. The fraternity accepts responsibility for providing false information …

The Williams County Port Authority board is back to full strength, after two new members are sworn in. Dawn Fitzcharles, administrator of the Village of Edgerton, was sworn in at the board of county commissioners meeting July 22, and Tyson Stuckey, managing partner of Shultz Huber & Associates, was sworn …

Utility giant FirstEnergy Corp. will reevaluate the company’s previous denial…that it used customer money to fund a $60 million bribery scheme…to win legislative approval of a $1 billion bailout for two unprofitable nuclear power plants in Ohio. The Akron-based company issued a notice to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio …

Ohio doesn’t plan to mandate masks in schools this fall, but health officials strongly recommend students and staff wear face coverings…if they aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Some of Ohio’s largest districts, including Columbus and Cleveland, already decided to require masks for everyone when the school year begins. Others are still …

A semi crashes into a minivan, killing a woman and injuring 5 others, in Williams County. Officials tell reporters a Wyoming man was driving a minivan northbound on State Route 101…when he stopped at the stop sign at State Route 34. Officials say he then pulled forward from the stop …

Four years after a carnival ride’s corroded steel arm snapped and flung a high school student to his death at the Ohio State Fair, the state is tightening its oversight of amusement rides. Inspectors are conducting more mandatory checks for rust and metal fatigue and increasingly flagging rides for repairs…during …

A three-day celebration of what would have been John Glenn’s 100th birthday…begins in his birthplace and childhood hometown in Ohio, even as additional events were announced to mark the occasion. It all took place in Cambridge, where Glenn was born on July 18, 1921, and nearby New Concord, where he …