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An aid package is coming soon for small businesses and people struggling to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic in Ohio. Lawmakers and Gov., DeWine are figuring out the best way to provide the money…from federal pandemic relief fund…as quickly as possible. Insiders say they are jointly working on a …

The state’s ban on alcohol sales after 10 p.m. is under review. Governor, DeWine tells reporters he understands the impact the ban, meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus by limiting late-night socializing…is having on bars and restaurants. The governor says reviewing the ban means balancing the economy and …

The trial of a former North Central High School coach, accused of sex crimes has been postponed. Jared Stewart pled not guilty to three counts of sexual battery, in 2019. His trial was scheduled to begin this week. Stewart was indicted by a Williams County grand jury, following an investigation …

Pioneer Custom Molding is almost ready to break ground on an expansion to its facility after a special meeting of the Pioneer Village Council…approving an Enterprise Zone Agreement with the employer. Officials say PCM can break ground on a roughly 22,000-square-foot addition to the plant on 3 Kexon Drive, in …

On the eve of a deadline, the Ohio House committee, set up to determine the fate of the law now tainted by a $60 million federal bribery investigation, adjourns for the coming weeks with no immediate plans for repeal in place…for repealing or replacing the bailout legislation that passed last …

Requesting an absentee ballot by fax or email remains off limits in Ohio, following a court decision that delivers a victory to President, Trump’s reelection campaign and fellow Republicans in the critical battleground state. A three-judge panel of Ohio’s 10th District Court of Appeals rules a trial judge’s order, requiring …

David Culver…the former Bryan resident…is sentenced for trying to plot the murder of a Williams County Job & Family Services employee. He gets ten years in prison. Culver pled guilty in November 2019 to one count of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire. He …

Bonnie Kimpling, indicted in April by a Williams County grand jury on one count of third-degree felony aggravated theft and more…has her October court date rescheduled for another time…COVID-19. Prosecutors say Kimpling stole $150,568 from the P.A.T.H. School for Autism scholarship fund in Bryan…between January 2012 and December 2017. A …

General Motors announces it is making a $71 million dollar investment in two Ohio manufacturing facilities, including $32 million at its Defiance casting plant and $39 million at its Toledo transmission FACILITY…retaining 240 manufacturing jobs in the region.

The signature-matching requirement for ballots and ballot applications in Ohio are burdensome to voters, but changing the process close to the election could be “particularly damaging,” a federal judge has ruled. Judge Michael H. Watson sided with Republican, Secretary of State, Frank LaRose…when he ruled that LaRose’s July directive ensures …