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Unemployment rates are going down…both across the state and in northwest Ohio. The statewide unemployment rate was 8.9% in July 2020, down from 11% in June. In Williams County, the jobless rate improved from 9% in June to 7.4% in July. The rate was 3.6% in July 2019. Same thing …

The FBI is assisting the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office with excavation on the former property of James Worley, in rural Delta. An FBI spokesperson at the Cleveland office confirms the agency is assisting at the County Road 6 location. Officials won’t confirm they were looking for a body. Worley is …

The GOP speaker of the Ohio House calls for his predecessor, a fellow Republican under federal indictment in a $60 million bribery scheme, to resign his seat and leave the General Assembly. Newly elected Speaker, Bob Cupp called Rep. Larry Householder’s return to the Statehouse, following his July 21 arrest, …

More than 115,000 inactive voter registrations are at risk of being removed from Ohio’s rolls after the November election, the state’s election chief says. The final, revised figure released by the office of Secretary of State Frank LaRose represents the number of voter registrations that will be purged if they …

Bryan Police arrest the same person…twice on the same street…and charge him with the same offense…DUI. Officers catch up to Dominic Temple during a traffic stop on Perry Street at Walnut. They let Temple go, with charges…in the custody of a sober friend to get him home. Then, roughly two …

Bryan Municipal Utilities has updated its policies to lessen the financial burden some customers are facing amid coronavirus. Officials are extending the period of time delinquent customers can make payment arrangements before their service is disconnected, and expanding the eligibility requirements for BMU’s charitable Good Neighbor Utility Fund. Through that …

Bryan Police responds to two vehicle thefts and a reported break-in, all reported within an hour and a half…and within a mile of each other. First, someone on Patrick Court reports their car is gone. Then, someone on South Lynn calls the police…their car is missing now, too. And then…someone …

Montpelier Police are searching for a man, wanted in connection with various break-ins in and around Montpelier. The suspect…a white male, 5-7 to 5-9…140-150 pounds with a tattoo on the inside of his lower left leg. He may be driving a stolen white 2014 Ford Taurus. Know anything about this?…give …

A Bryan resident is involved in a crash on County Road J, near Montpelier. Officials say Amy Kranwinkel was eastbound, when her SUV left the roadway, near County Road 8.50. In the end, the car ends up in the woods…down an embankment and rolls. It took a while for crews …

A Wauseon man dies in a crash on the Ohio Turnpike in Springfield Township. Richard Reucher is the victim. Troopers say westbound traffic was slowing for a prior crash. A semi with trailers was stopped in the traffic…witnesses told officers Reucher ran into the back of the big rig. The …