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With the Williams County Health Department overwhelmed with combating the coronavirus pandemic, the department has suspended its battery recycling program. It previously had collected unwanted, spent batteries that people placed in designated boxes at the City of Bryan recycling facility and transported them to Wixom, Michigan, near Detroit, to be …

The former director of the Montpelier Chamber of Commerce is sentenced for stealing thousands from the organization. Susan Gearhart gets four years community control on a charge of fifth-degree felony theft.

A trial is scheduled for a Montpelier man, accused of selling drugs that led to the death of someone else from Montpelier. The trial of Joshua Amos, 27, is slated to begin at 8:30 a.m. March 22nd.

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an off-road vehicle crash that leaves a man in the hospital with severe head injuries. Responders are dispatched to West Orland Road, near Crooke Lake. There, they find Michael Bacholl, 40, of Angola, unresponsive in the roadway. Officials say Bacholl was thrown from the vehicle…after …

One woman suffers life-threatening injuries after she is hit by a pickup truck on Meyer Road, near New Haven. Officials tell reporters four people were walking southbound in the curb lane…when two of them were struck by the vehicle. The victim was taken to an area hospital in serious condition. …

An open Senate seat in the Ohio house has set off a round of jockeying among ambitious Democrats…and a spirited debate…over who is best poised to lead a party comeback in the one-time battleground state…that now trends Republican. At the core of the fight, triggered by the unexpected retirement of …

Gov., DeWine unveils a two-year, $75 billion state budget that includes a $1 billion dollar initiative to help bring the state back from the economic downfall of the pandemic. The money comes from a combination of savings through a reduced workforce and frozen state spending, along with an increase in …

Officers in Napoleon want information about ATV riders…reportedly driving recklessly through the city. Several are seen in town…officers are able to stop a few of them…but not all. Nathan Christian is cited for a violation of having an ATV on a roadway and DUI. Anthony Hanson, 33, of Maumee was …

Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost announces he will not run for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2022, being vacated by Republican, Rob Portman. Yost says since the news broke last week that Portman wouldn’t run again, he’s received support for a bid to run for the seat. In the …

Gov. DeWine unveils his Investing In Ohio Initiative, part of the state’s Executive Budget for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2023. It includes more than $1 billion dollars…to be directed toward accelerating economic growth and ensuring economic vitality in Ohio…despite the financial effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The plan includes …