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Two Ohio political operatives plead guilty to charges they conspired as part of an alliance, aimed at bailing out two aging Ohio nuclear power plants. Former House Speaker, Larry Householder and four others…are charged with racketeering for their roles in the alleged scheme, under a law federal prosecutors typically use …

A Bryan man, accused of violently beating and raping a woman, is indicted by a Williams County grand jury. Christopher Smith will answer to one count of rape and domestic violence charges. Investigators say Smith used a belt to beat the victim in the assault on Sept. 20. Then, a …

COVID-19 is seeing an uptick in cases in Williams County and across the rural areas of the state. Gov., DeWine releases a ranking of all of Ohio’s 88 counties by occurrence of cases per 100,000. Several counties in northwest Ohio make the top 20. That includes Henry County…at number eight …

At this hour…2.2 million Ohio residents have cast their ballot for the 2020 general election. Officials say the doubling of the number of returned absentee ballots, relative to 2016, is a very strong indicator that election mail is moving quickly and voters in the state are easily able to cast …

Ohio employers will receive a record $5 billion dollars in repayments from the state insurance fund for injured workers, to help with the financial impact from coronavirus. The return of the dividends marks the third such payment this year to help struggling businesses. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation sent …

A Defiance woman is sentenced in Defiance County for a stabbing incident on Harrison Avenue, last year. Audrey Foust gets four to six-years behind bars, with credit for 339 days served in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, while her case was pending. Attempted murder charges were dropped in the …

A Napoleon man enters a plea in a Henry County courtroom. Eric Gossman pleads guilty to felonious assault…accused of threatening a city police officer with a potentially deadly weapon during a theft investigation. A pre-sentence investigation is ordered and his $100,000 cash bond continued. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 8. …

Michael Strykul of Columbus Grove is charged with failure to comply with a lawful order of a police officer and DUI…this, after an alleged kidnapping attempt is made. Strykul was taken into custody….additional charges are pending. Dispatch got the call on N. High St. Apparently he took a child from …

Just a week from Election Day, more than 35% of registered voters in area counties have either voted in-person or been provided an absentee ballot as requested. In Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and Williams counties, officials confirm 50,023 voters had been either turned in an absentee ballot or voted …

A downtown Wauseon bar is cited for violating state health orders…coronavirus. Agents entered DB Downtown Billiards, on N. Fulton St. They say the place had so many people gathered…the agents had difficulty walking through the establishment. They also noticed the bar’s permit holder, selling alcoholic beverages and allowing them to …