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Two people are hurt after their vehicle smashes into a home in Chesterfield Township, along Highway 20. Officials say Dontae Wilbon, of Milwaukee, was westbound…when he veers off the left side of the road, at the intersection at State Route 108, careening into the occupied house. Wilbon was taken to …

Fulton County health officials report the second confirmed death, there…COVID-19. They say she was a female in her 80’s. The total coronavirus case count in Fulton County is 384. The sharp increase in new cases reported, since Sept., has been primarily associated with long term care facilities.

Joe Biden will make a general election campaign stop in Ohio, today, signaling the former vice president’s hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin in the 2016 election. Biden plans an afternoon campaign speech in Toledo, then will head to Cincinnati for a voter mobilization event. …

A man and a woman are pulled from a lake in southern Steuben County. Pleasant Lake Fire and Rescue was dispatched to Gooseneck Lake. At the scene, rescue units find two individuals in the water and a man on a pontoon, trying to help them. Two responding crew members entered …

Voters in Franklin County…who received the wrong absentee ballots will be mailed corrected ones immediately. The County Elections Board in Columbus blamed the malfunction on a high-speed scanner that proofs ballots for accuracy. They say the system is now working as it should. Officials add they are still trying to …

A federal judge temporarily blocks an order by Ohio’s elections chief that limits the number of ballot drop boxes available in next month’s election, calling the move essential to vindicate a vital constitutional right. Secretary of State, Frank LaRose moved immediately to appeal. This latest decision marks the second time …

A car chase involving a 13-year-old driver that starts in Toledo, ends in a ditch in Fulton County. Troopers joined a pursuit in progress on Alexis Road in northern Lucas County. After entering Fulton County the vehicle steered deliberately into a soybean field at County Road 2, then into a …

Long lines developed early and stayed that way at election boards…as early voting is underway in Ohio. Hundreds waited outside board offices in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. Several elections officials statewide noted unusually heavy turnout. In Columbus, the line snaked about a quarter-mile along the front and around the back …

Donald Richcreek…the Oakwood man, convicted of shooting and killing his brother last year…is sentenced to prison for 13 years in a Paulding County courtroom. Prosecutors told the court on Aug. 10, 2019, Richcreek shot his brother, Anthony with a handgun at a residence where both were then living. Anthony was …

In Paulding…a teenager dies after a roll over crash in Flat Rock Creek, on South Williams Street at Fairgrounds Drive. Officials tell reporters the 17 year old was recovered from the vehicle by emergency personnel. The accident remains under investigation.