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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources with the Black Swamp Conservancy, breaks ground on a new H2Ohio wetland project in Williams County. The St. Joseph Confluence Reconnection, is located east of the U.S. 20 and U.S. 20A intersection, south of Pioneer. Work will include the decommission of subsurface drainage tiles, …

An Ohio lawmaker, leading the charge to repeal a nuclear bailout bill, was unsuccessfully pressured by the former House speaker to vote in favor of its passage. Reports are surfacing…in late May 2019, former House Speaker, Larry Householder…texted his fellow GOP colleague, Rep. Dave Greenspan…to ensure he had his vote …

COVID-19 cases in Fulton County now stand at 237, according to the County Health Department…nine new cases this week. There has been one death in the county from coronavirus. Defiance County?…287 patients and 10 deaths. Williams County…201 cases…three people have died. And in Henry County…300 have been sick…with 12 deaths. …

Lt. Governor, Jon Husted announces the Ford Motor Company is donating two million medical-grade face masks to the state of Ohio for healthcare providers, first responders, underserved populations, and senior living communities. The donation is part of the Ford Fund’s commitment of 100 million medical-grade face masks, through 2021.

Ohio’s top election official acted reasonably when he barred counties from accepting absentee ballot applications electronically…in the face of potential cyberthreats and a loosely worded law, lawyers for the state and Republicans argued in a court filing Wednesday. Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s directive was also consistent with more than …

Ohio’s attorney general files a lawsuit…in an attempt to block the state’s nuclear plants from collecting fees on electricity bills…authorized in a new law at the center of a $60 million federal bribery probe, involving the former speaker of the Ohio House. Attorney General, Dave Yost wants the court to …

Ohio State University violated state public records law by intentionally withholding old documents…alleging decades-old sexual misconduct by a school doctor…that’s according to a recently concluded look into the matter. In 2018, alumnus Steve Snyder-Hill requested records related to his having complained about being abused by Dr. Richard Strauss in the …

A teenager…hurt in a crash with a dump truck outside New Haven on Friday, has died. The crash happened at the intersection of Dawkins and Ryan roads, just east of town. The passenger in the car…19-year-old Chloe Pratt…was pulled from the vehicle and taken to an area hospital in critical …

Pioneer Railcorp gets 4.1 million dollars to invest in some infrastructure projects for the Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railway Co. Senators, Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown announce the award…as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2020 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant round. The award will fund 50% …

In Swanton…President, Trump is interrupted twice during a rally by sign-waving supporters chanting, “Fill that seat!” He told the crowd that is what he is going to do…as he launched into an extended riff on his plans to quickly nominate a successor to Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg….adding…it’s the …