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22 people die in 21 car accidents during the Fourth of July weekend in Ohio. Officials say troopers made 425 arrests for impaired driving and 280 on drug-related charges. The patrol responded to 631 crashes and made more than 22,494 traffic contacts in all…including providing assistance to more than 2,900 …

Two Indiana teens are charged and two others under investigation after a pursuit and manhunt in Paulding County. Officers try to pull over Ricky Taylor for speeding on U.S. 24, near mile post 3. He doesn’t stop and ultimately crashes trying to turn onto County Road 60 from County Road …

A hearing for a former Montpelier city leader, accused of theft is postponed. Ex-Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Susan Gearhart, was scheduled to appear in a Williams County courtroom on theft charges. The hearing has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. on July 30. Prosecutors say Gearhart stole $6,054.96 from the …

Up to 20 weeks of Extended Benefits will be available to eligible Ohioans…who exhaust both the maximum 26 weeks of regular unemployment benefits and 13 weeks of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. The additional weeks are possible because Ohio’s insured unemployment rate exceeded a minimum threshold. The insured unemployment rate is …

A Bowling Green man is arrested after police say he stabbed a Cecil man in a convenience store in Defiance. Officers are dispatched to Circle K, on N. Clinton St. Both subjects were still inside the business when they arrived. James Mason was taken by Defiance Fire to a local …

Williams County commissioners approve $76 thousand dollars in line item appropriations at their regular meeting. The meeting was held online…coronavirus. The expenditures include $46 thousand to cover the expense of roof repairs at Hillside Country Living, the county-owned nursing, memory care and assisted living facility on County Road 16 north …

The number of prison inmates testing positive for coronavirus soared well past the 50,000 mark last month, as recent outbreaks threatened to undo control measures put in place earlier in the pandemic. At the end of June, the total number of coronavirus cases among prisoners had reached at least 52,649, …

Four Toledo City Council members and a private attorney are accused of taking part in a bribery and extortion scheme. Officials say they encouraged accepting cash and other things of value from business owners in exchange for favorable votes on issues before the council, federal prosecutors say. Tyrone Riley, Yvonne …

Officers are investigating a deadly solo crash on County Road R, east of County Road 26 in Gorham Township. Erik Makula of Delta was westbound on R…when he drove off the right side of the road, hitting several trees. A four month old child in the back seat is killed. …

Ohio is using a new color-coded, county-by-county coronavirus alert and advisory system to assess which areas may be seeing flare-ups of cases. The system takes into account seven indicators for each county, such as sustained increases in cases and coronavirus-related hospital admissions, outpatient and emergency room visits, and the proportion …