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In Pioneer, appropriations for the village will decrease by nearly half a million dollars in 2020. With that, some village employees’ salaries will increase in that time. While the mayor and council positions’ pay will stay the same, many others will have at least a slight increase, including the village …

The old West Unity village water tower is knocked down to make way for a new one. Officials say the new tower will be painted red and white and located at the site of the current tank, near the southeast corner of Church and Madison streets. To help pay for …

A Michigan man is sentenced in a Fulton County courtroom for robbing a bank in Lyons. Shawn Simpkins of Adrian, previously pled guilty. He robbed the State Bank & Trust on E. Morenci St. in Lyons back, on Sept. 16. Judge, Jeffrey Robinson sentenced Simpkins to an indefinite term of …

Officers in Bryan are looking for a motorcyclist after a chase in town with speeds of over 100 mph by the suspect. They say the pursuit started at the Circle K on South Main. There, officers spotted the bike, without proper registration and the chase was on. The suspect turned …

Ohio’s elections chief expressed confidence the perennial swing state will have adequate safeguards against cyberattacks in place before the 2020 presidential election…although the upgrades he has required are coming along slowly. Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office says 52 of 88 counties are at least halfway done carrying out orders …

Republican legislative leaders are considering steps addressing high health care costs in Indiana during the General Assembly’s 2020 session, an issue one top lawmaker is calling an economic development problem. Indiana currently ranks highest in prices paid to hospitals by private health insurance plans. Last month, the Trump administration announced …

A crash knocks the lights out for some in Bryan. Officials say the multi-vehicle accident at County Roads F and 18 affected 100 Toledo Edison customers, northeast of town, for a time. A woman was southbound on 18…they say she failed to yield for a stop sign, hitting a vehicle …

Ohio’s governor wants state lawmakers to drop bills that would prohibit local governments from forbidding the use of plastic bags. Gov. DeWine opposes a pair of bills offered by fellow Republicans that would forbid municipalities and counties from banning single-use plastic bags by groceries and other stores. Some lawmakers and …

Ohio Supreme Court Justice, Sharon Kennedy says she will seek re-election next year. In a statement shared by the Ohio Republican Party, the 57-year-old Kennedy noted she has worked in the justice system for over three decades, including as a police officer, a lawyer and a magistrate in Ohio. She …

A nephew of 1930s gangster, John Dillinger needs a cemetery’s permission to exhume the notorious criminal’s Indianapolis gravesite to prove whether he’s actually buried there. A judge made the ruling, dismissing the nephew’s lawsuit against the cemetery. Michael Thompson sued the cemetery in August after it objected to his plans …