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Bryan city officials say the city is due about $1.6 million dollars from the new COVID-19 relief bill, signed by President, Biden a few weeks back. About $350 billion dollars of the 1.9 trillion dollar plan is slated to help states, localities and tribal governments cover costs and revenue, lost …

The Ohio Department of Job & Family Services releases their February unemployment numbers. Defiance County’s jobless rate dropped to 5.1% in February, from 5.2% in January. Henry County went up a bit, going from 6.3% in January to 6.4%. Paulding County?…fell 0.2% from 5% in January to 4.8%. Fulton and …

A branch of the Ku Klux Klan is planning a meeting in Auburn this weekend. At the same time…the city is calling for love and compassion…to block out hate. It’s billed the Indiana White Unity Meet and Greet…set for Saturday. The group did not release a location for the meeting. …

An Ohio electric company…under scrutiny for its role in what federal authorities say was a $60 million bribery and corruption scheme…says it will refund $26 million dollars to customers that it collected through a tainted nuclear bailout bill…repealed by the governor, yesterday. The millions in question were paid by customers …

A former Republican governor of Ohio and two former big-city mayors, who are Democrats, have come together to lead a new foundation that will provide policy and research help to a group of Ohio’s largest cities and suburbs. Former Gov. Bob Taft…former Columbus Mayor, Michael Coleman…and former Cleveland Mayor, Jane …

The Indiana Senate votes to approve a proposal…that would curb the governor’s authority under the state emergency powers law…following months of complaints from conservatives about Gov. Eric Holcomb’s coronavirus-related orders. The bill would establish a new process for the General Assembly to call itself into a 40-day emergency session…to consider …

Republican lawmakers remain resolute on their push for a big expansion of Indiana’s private school voucher program…in the face of pushback from public school leaders, across the state. The Republican-dominated state Senate has not yet unveiled any revisions to the voucher expansion plan, approved in February by the House. It’s …

Road rage leads to two people hospitalized in serious condition. Two vehicles…and the people in them…get into some sort of argument on Highway 24, near Napoleon. The pair pull off at the Wal-Mart in town, on Scott Street. One driver follows the other on foot after they park. The two …

A solo crash, west of Payne…kills two. The Ohio Highway Patrol says the fatal accident happened on Township Road 94, west of Township Road 21 in Harrison Township. Officials say Kathy Szumanski was westbound on 94 when the car suddenly goes off the right side of the roadway and overturns. …

A Maumee man is arrested after leading police on a multi-county chase through northwestern Ohio at speeds of more than 100 mph. Officers say 24-year-old Brandon Wierman drove away from a traffic stop in Delta. The police fan out…looking for him. Then in Wauseon…the police spots Wierman…they try to force …