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A scary scene in Bryan. The Walmart, on S. Main St., is evacuated for a time after an employee finds a suspicious looking package in one of their produce shipments. Local first responders, as well as the bomb squad in Toledo are called in. After a bomb dog checks it …

ALG Health announces it is opening a new respirator mask making facility in Bryan that eventually could bring as many as 400 new jobs to Williams County. The company is moving into a W. Mulberry St., location. It’s the 400,000-square-foot industrial building, formerly occupied by Gendron Inc., a medical equipment …

Ohio and Republican groups, including the Trump campaign are fighting to uphold a GOP election chief’s directive, limiting ballot drop boxes in the presidential battleground to one per county. They told a state appellate court in filings Monday that a county judge overstepped his authority when he blocked it, earlier …

Ohio could save up to $264 million dollars a year by reducing the use of cash bail to house defendants before their case is resolved. Supporters of the idea say a savings of between $199 million and that $264 million dollar figure is based on recommended changes to the cash …

A local man, wanted in the death of a 2-month-old infant, remains at large. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Cody Jondreau, 25, who is believed to be from the Stryker area. Alexander Jondreau was injured and later died in a Toledo hospital. The Lucas County Coroner’s …

A Fayette resident dies in a house fire on S. Cherry St. Fire crews arrived to find the single-story home well involved and with a possible occupant inside the structure. No word on a cause. An investigation by state and local officials is underway at this hour. Fire teams from …

Two people are hurt in a crash at the intersection of County Road J and County Road 3 in Fulton Township, near Swanton. Officials say Samuel Phillips, of Liberty Center, was northbound on 3 when he failed to stop at the intersection with J. They say Phillips’ pickup was hit …

Traditional trick-or-treating should be avoided this year…and haunted houses and hayrides should be canceled. The Ohio Department of Health makes the recommendation. They say communities should consider alternatives…such as drive-through events with children in cars, collecting treats from individuals…spaced at least six feet apart…or decorating houses and hiding treats outside. …

The death of a 2-month-old infant from Bryan is ruled a homicide. The Lucas County Coroner’s Office says the baby, Alexander Jondreau, died of abusive head trauma. He died at a Toledo hospital. The father…Cody Jondreau, 25, is charged in Bryan Municipal Court with felonious assault. The investigation into the …

Despite a wave of misinformation on social media…a Wauseon Elementary School fifth grade student did not suffer a brain injury last Thursday from wearing a mask, during P.E. Wauseon schools says the student did suffer a brain bleed after a running exercise but the condition is congenital. The student is …