News

One person dies in a mobile home fire on Mill Road in Hoagland. Neighbors were out with hoses, taking on the flames, when fire teams arrived. It was too late. A check inside revealed the victim. No word on a cause. The investigation by both state and local fire officials …

School districts must establish a system for collecting information on cases of the coronavirus and then make that information publicly available. Gov., DeWine makes the call. After learning of students or staff members who test positive, schools must report that information to local health departments as quickly as possible, and …

The longtime chief of the Auburn Police Department resigns, amid an ongoing criminal investigation. Chief, Martin McCoy submitted his paperwork during Thursday’s Board of Public Works meeting. McCoy has led the force for 20 years. He says his resignation is in response to an incident involving evidence stolen from the …

An Ohio lawmaker, who recently joined a bid to impeach Gov. DeWine, for allegedly violating state law, has been accused of violating campaign finance law. GOP Rep. Nino Vitale was referred to the Ohio Elections Commission…after turning in a blank campaign finance report one day after the state deadline The …

Rapper, Kanye West sues Ohio’s election chief, in an effort to be placed on the November presidential ballot. We reported the Ohio Secretary of State deemed him unqualified as an independent candidate…this, after nearly 15,000 signatures and other paperwork West submitted earlier this month, were shown to have mismatched information …

Private company workers, who provide drug test urine samples under direct observation, can’t sue over invasion of privacy, a divided Ohio Supreme Court rules. The bench’s 4-3 decision overturns a lower-court ruling, siding with two former employees of a plastic housewares company in northeast Ohio. The company says the employees …

Most people may not be able to see Bryan High School face off against Archbold High in the first football game of the season in person Friday night, due to state restrictions, but a select few will be able to see it on the big screen in Bryan. The Bryan …

If you want to vote in the Nov. 3 presidential election but still need to register in Williams County, the deadline is 9 p.m. Oct. 5. Officials say the county ballot will be finalized by Sept. 14 and early voting starts on Oct. 6…but you can request an absentee mail-in …

The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio’s biggest customer wanted to decrease its inmate bed allocation for the 2021 fiscal year but its smallest customer was adamantly opposed to it. At its board meeting, the Corrections Commission voted to decrease Lucas County’s bed allocation from 222 to 200, 11% less than …

A 58-year-old man from Michigan dies in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road, at the westbound 115 mile marker. A semi was parked on the right shoulder when a pick-up truck, driven by a 16-year-old boy from Gaylor, veers into the semi. The driver was thrown from the pickup. …