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Four transgender people, challenging an Ohio rule preventing people from changing the gender listings on their birth certificates, have won their day in court. U.S. District Court Judge, Michael Watson denied the state’s request that the lawsuit filed by the ACLU, Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Ohio be dismissed.

Michael Loop pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter charges in the killing of a Cecil man in 2018. Loop had been facing a charge of aggravated murder in the death of Phillip Koenn. Sentencing is set for Monday in a Paulding County courtroom. Prosecutors say Loop, in a fit of rage …

Brandi Berry, a former part-time bookkeeper, pleads guilty to the theft of more than $100,000 from the church school that employed her. A March grand jury indictment alleges that she stole funds from St. John Lutheran School from 2016 to 2018. They say she also forged several checks as part …

State election officials are reviewing about 1,000 more Ohio voter registrations that were flagged for cancellation during a recent purge to assure they weren’t improperly deleted. Secretary of State, Frank LaRose’s office undertook the review after Democratic state legislative staffers said they’d identified another flaw in the state’s system for …

Indiana’s attorney general says he is supporting the tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker, Purdue Pharma, because it would get money flowing to help deal with the opioid crisis. The statement from Attorney General, Curtis Hill is his first about the deal since it was announced a week ago. Connecticut-based …

An Edon man dies after a lawn tractor accident at a County Road I location. Officials tell reporters the victim was underneath the tractor and was not transported from the scene. The man was reportedly found by a family member, who made the call to emergency personnel.

A suspect is named in the Monday bank robbery in Lyons. The FBI says they would like to find Shawn Simpkins…this, after the heist at the State Bank on E. Morenci Street. Simpkins is a white male, 50 years old…5 feet, 7 inches tall…185 pounds…brown hair and brown eyes. He …

In Defiance…nearly 500 GM employees, all United Auto Workers members, continue picketing at the GM Powertrain Foundry…insiders say no sign of a resolution is in sight. The nationwide strike is for higher pay and benefits, as well as the reopening or re-purposing several plants shuttered by GM in recent years, …

Staff at the Williams County Elections Office has created a candidate nominating guide and checklist that can be used by prospective candidates to ensure they are following all the correct requirements to qualify for the ballot. Past confusion, due to staff inexperience and lack of guidelines, prompted work on the …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves spending more on tree replacement efforts, following an aggressive line clearing and tree removal project this year. Bryan Municipal Utilities has donated money for the city Parks and Recreation Department’s tree replacement program for more than 25 years. The parks department requested $4,000.