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Coronavirus takes a life in Williams County. County health officials say a resident, who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. They did not offer any other details such as sex, age or hometown of the victim. Also, CCNO officials report their first confirmed case of COVID-19. It’s a staff member …

Northwest State Community College gets $1 million dollars in COVID-19-related funding from the ‘Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Other colleges in the region received funding, also. Defiance College gets $662,680, while the technical school, Four County Career Center, in Archbold, receives $18 thousand.

Heads up, motorists. Domersville Road, south of Highway 24, just east of Defiance, will be closed today and tomorrow for railroad repair. The Ohio Department of Transportation says Second Street…to Clinton Street…to U.S. 24…and back to Ohio 281 is your best bet until the project is finished.

A school closes in Bryan. Fountain City Christian School on Beech St made the announcement in a letter sent to families of enrolled students, ending 35 years of education. Right now, remote learning will continue for current pupils through the end of the school year…but no students would be enrolled …

The Ohio Supreme Court will review whether an entity that was once the state’s largest online charter school can appeal an order by state education officials to refund tens of millions of dollars. The justices issued their 4-2 decision without comment regarding the defunct Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow. It’s challenging …

A Williams County sheriff’s lieutenant is on administrative leave, pending a criminal and internal investigation. Lt. Jeff Romes is a sheriff’s office employee who is also assigned as the county’s weight enforcement motor carrier officer through the Williams County Engineer’s Office, which pays part of his salary. Officials are mum …

With two weeks until votes are tabulated officially, the total ballots already cast in Williams County total over 41 hundred. Counting both in-person and mail-in voting in the initial run-up to the March 17 primary, and mail-in-only ballots…cast after the primary was rescheduled to April 28…more than 3,000 have been …

Three weeks into Ohio’s stay-at-home order, Gov., DeWine is facing increased pressure to restart some nonessential work around the state, especially in areas with few confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Republicans from rural Ohio, worried about an economic collapse, and owners of small businesses who fear losing their life investments…are …

The Ohio Supreme Court rejects a state panel’s decision that a proposal to change Ohio voting laws should be split into four separate ballot issues. Splitting them would have increased the effort, expense and time it would take to get the proposals before voters. In a virtually unanimous decision, the …

Coronavirus has killed its first Ohio prison inmate, as the number of infections in state prisons tops 260. Twelve of 28 prisons are now under full quarantine, according to the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Among staff members, 119 have tested positive, the majority at Marion Correctional. One guard there …