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After a year of learning upended by the pandemic, Ohio students would have extra time to take state-mandated tests…under an emergency measure passed unanimously by the Ohio House. The bill now heads to Gov., DeWine’s desk, where he will sign it into law. It gives juniors and seniors the ability …

The Stryker Village Council agrees to lease 15 acres to National Grid Renewables…in support of a local solar farm. The lot is on Ohio 2 at County Road E.50. By the time construction is complete, Williams County Solar LLC is expected to cover an estimated 1,500 acres in Springfield Township, …

Beginning Friday, Ohioans, 40 and older…are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination. Gov. DeWine makes the call. The Williams County Health Department is asking everyone eligible to sign up for the vaccine as soon as possible. Right now…roughly 200 spots are still open at the vaccine clinic. Also…the county has 720 …

As COVID-19 vaccination efforts ramp up across Ohio, the state Department of Transportation is providing extra funding to help local transit agencies and health departments…ensure all eligible can get to vaccination sites. The Rides for Community Immunity program will provide $7 million dollars…distributed across all 88 counties to help get …

A powerful Ohio lobbyist…who spent decades at the center of many of the state’s significant policy battles…is found dead in Florida…as he faced charges in a sweeping federal bribery investigation. Neil Clark, 67, was found by a bicyclist in an isolated area of Collier County, Florida, where he had been …

On Monday, April 5th, ODOT is beginning a two and a half month closure on the section of US 20A, between US 20 and SR 15 in Williams County…for a resurfacing and bridge rehabilitation project. The detour will be US 20 to SR 15.

A coalition of cities, counties and civil rights groups sued the U.S. Census Bureau last year…to stop it from ending the 2020 census early…out of fear a premature finish would undercount minority communities. Now, that coalition is attempting to block the state of Ohio from trying to force the statistical …

State wildlife officials are urging Indiana residents to destroy invasive zebra mussels that could be hiding in so-called moss balls sold for aquariums. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says aquarium owners should destroy any Marimo moss balls they have purchased this year from any aquarium or pet supply store …

Indiana officials have yet to detail any big plans for the influx of federal money coming from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that Congress approved. Preliminary estimates show roughly $5.8 billion dollars will be directed toward Indiana. About $3 billion would go directly to state government, and $2.6 billion …

Dekalb County deputies respond to a report of a suicidal male with a gun in a van at the rest park on I-69, near the northbound 324 mile marker. Officials say the man told officers he would pull the trigger…if he saw any first responders in the area. Officers then …