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An Oscar-winning documentary about a glass factory and a photo exhibition on the closing of a General Motors plant are drawing attention to Ohio’s manufacturing legacy and the state of the labor movement. The women behind the projects, filmmaker Julia Reichart and visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier is on view …

A two car crash on Highway 24 at County Road 232 in Paulding County injures five people. Officials tell reporters the victim was taken to a Fort Wayne hospital. Investigators say one vehicle pulled into the path of another at the intersection, causing the collision. The crash briefly closed 24’s …

In 2019, for the second straight year, the total number of incidents the Bryan Fire Department responded to…increased. In fact, the department’s total number of calls was the highest it’s been in more than a decade. Officials say crews were called to 491 total incidents in 2019, up from 451 …

Wauseon native, Storm Humbert is among 12 writers to be honored on April 3 at the 36th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards in Hollywood, Calif. The Writers of the Future writing contest was initiated by Hubbard in 1983. The 428 past winners of the writing contest have published 1,150 …

An old friend leaves us. After a century and more, Rupp Furniture & Mattress is going out of business. Since its beginning in 1908, the store has had as many as seven locations throughout the northwest area, including Archbold, Ridgeville Corners, Wauseon, Stryker, Hicksville, Napoleon and Bryan. The company announced …

No one is hurt after an indoor vehicle fire at Bryan Truck Line. Crews from Montpelier, Bryan and Florence Township responded to the blaze on Ohio 15. A company official told reporters workers there believe the fire began from an electrical problem in a semi. The fire led Montpelier officials …

You don’t see this very often. There was a crash…involving six vehicles in the parking lot at the Wendy’s on E. High St., in Bryan. Officials say an elderly woman ran into the back of a car in the drive thru lane. That car then ran into the back of …

Bryan City Schools Superintendent, Diana Savage is set to retire. She made the announcement at the weekly Bryan Rotary Club meeting. Following her first teaching stint at Swanton Local Schools from 1989-98, Savage was first brought on in Bryan as a high school business teacher, a position she held from …

Montpelier native and current Ohio Lt. governor, Jon Husted continues to champion tech in the Buckeye State, most recently with his “Common Sense Initiative,” which will increase the role of AI in government. The program, conducted in partnership with InnovateOhio, aims to use artificial intelligence as a tool in reforming …

William Shock appeared in a Defiance courtroom for gross sexual imposition. Shock waived his right to a preliminary hearing and the case was bound over to Defiance County prosecutors. His bond of $200,000, with a 10% cash allowance, was set to continue. Shock was arrested on Feb. 6 for a …