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The Ohio Supreme Court in a unanimous decision upholds the Williams County Board of Elections’ decision earlier this summer, blocking the County Alliance from placing a county charter initiative on the November ballot. The Alliance had sought a charter as a way to create home rule and to protect residents …

An Ohio congresswoman says she’ll be back at work after the car she was driving was hit by a backhoe. Marcy Kaptur says the accident happened as the she was driving in a construction zone in Toledo. She was examined at the hospital and released.

The Bryan driver-examination testing station is one of 13 across Ohio that has closed. Officials say the closure affects the testing station only at the County Road D.50 location. The closures are part of an effort to streamline resources, offset costs and improve customer service. The BMV operates 69 driver-examination …

The State Medical Board of Ohio plans to review nearly 2,000 closed cases of alleged sexual misconduct or impropriety by doctors over the past 25 years to determine whether any involved evidence of criminal behavior that was ignored. A review of such cases that were closed without action was requested …

Economic Development Assistant, Megan Puehler is named interim director of the Williams County Economic Development Corporation…following the resignation of Executive Director, Matt Davis, last week. Puehler, a Defiance native, has been heavily involved in the organization’s inner workings since her arrival in the summer of 2015. No timeline has been …

A semi driver is shot and killed near Delphos, after a pursuit that began in Spencerville. The suspect, from Allen County, died at the scene. Officials say Spencerville Police tried to stop the semi as it was leaving the village, after a reported criminal complaint involving the driver. The suspect …

One man is killed in a dirt bike crash on County Road Q, near Montpelier. Officials tell reporters Logan Keesecker of Pioneer, was riding northbound on County Road 12, while Marshall Davis, of Brownstown was heading westbound on Q in his pickup. Davis stopped at the stop sign but pulled …

An ATV accident near Bryan hospitalizes a man. Officials say the crash was on County Road 16 near County Road I.50 in Jefferson Township. Dusty Clarke of Aberdeen, South Dakota veered off the right side of the roadway, hitting a mailbox and embankment. Clarke was not wearing a helmet. He …

Police want two suspects, after a shooting in Garrett on East Keyser Street. A man was shot in the shoulder. He was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The suspects are white men, one 6-feet tall with a military-style haircut, the other with shaggy hair. Investigators are …

Ohioans, whose houses were damaged by tornadoes this spring are getting more time to apply for property tax relief, as the deadline has now been extended until the end of September. On Memorial Day, a tornado outbreak damaged or destroyed numerous homes and businesses and injured hundreds. Hundreds of applications …