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The first drive-through COVID-19 test in Williams County is administered at Bryan Community Health Center. Officials at the facility on South Main Street hope the new, by-appointment testing process will help local efforts. It is a live virus test, in which a health center professional provides a cotton swab similar …

A McClure man is accused of shooting and killing his brother. Randall Ottinger, is charged with murder in Damascus Township. Officers were dispatched to a County Road 6 location on a shots fired call. Ottinger surrendered immediately. He is at the jail in Stryker. The victim has been identified as …

Gov. DeWine delays three additional executions as the state continues to struggle to find an adequate supply of drugs for lethal injection. DeWine attributed the need for the reprieves to the state’s ongoing inability to obtain drugs from pharmaceutical companies. DeWine has said for months he is concerned that drug …

Police find drugs at a Montpelier home after an investigation. Officers…search warrant in hand…arrive at the S. Monroe St. address. Drugs, including fentanyl and paraphernalia are picked up by police. Heath Karnes is arrested and charged with felony drug possession and jailed at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. Craig …

Around two dozen people gather at a corner in downtown Bryan to show their support for Black Lives Matter. No problems reported.

A convicted sex offender in Wauseon is sentenced in a Fulton County courtroom to 10 months in prison for failing to notify authorities of a change of address. Prosecutors say Dylan Shepard didn’t give written notice to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, as required by law. Judge Jeffrey Robinson also …

DeKalb County deputies are investigating a deadly off-road vehicle accident near the 2200 block of State Road 1. Officials tell reporters Michael Slentz of Butler was southbound, on the shoulder of the roadway. Slentz then tried to cross to the other side…into the path of a car. The car hits …

A motorcycle crash leaves two people hurt in Van Wert County. Officials say Eric Sanders of Hilliard was riding east on Highway 30 with passenger Ashley Stockton of Galloway. The motorcycle blows a tire just east of U.S. 224…then drifts off the left side of the road into the median…then …

Zoos, theaters, playgrounds and other indoor and outdoor facilities in Ohio can reopen June 10. Gov. DeWine makes the announcement. The governor’s directive also applies to country clubs, museums, laser tag facilities…roller skating and ice skating rinks. Mass gatherings, like concerts, sporting events and amusement parks?…still no call on that. …

More than 34 thousand Ohioans file unemployment claims during the last week of May. That’s the lowest figure since Ohio’s stay-at-home orders led to widespread layoffs. The claims are still among the highest on record in the state over the past few decades. The 34,575 claims filed for the week …