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The state will provide $500,000 to help workers who lost their jobs as a result of tornadoes that hit in Montgomery County. Ohio’s Department of Jobs and Family Services says the money will fund employment and work support services. County officials estimate last month’s tornadoes affected more than 200 businesses. …

Four people are hurt in a two-car crash in Henry County. Investigators say Jack Higgins was eastbound on Ohio 34, stopped at the U.S. 6 intersection…and then pulled into the path of a westbound vehicle, driven by Gregory Michael. Higgins and his passenger, Ashton Borgelt were taken to the University …

Edgerton Fire puts out a blaze at a home on E. Lynn St. A man and 3-year-old child both got out okay. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Officials tell reporters the fire started with a mattress on the second floor and is not believed to be …

David Culver, the Florida man accused of trying to hire a hitman in Bryan to kill a social worker, pleads not guilty in federal court. Culver has family in Bryan. The targeted social worker was involved in an investigation that resulted in Culver being separated from his children. He is …

The reckless homicide case against Alexandria Bartley of Van Wert, is dismissed in Paulding County. In June 2017, Scott Bunnell and Bartley were both driving on Ohio 49, south of Paulding County Road 230 in Carryall Township, when their vehicles collided. Bunnell was later pronounced dead. Investigators were unable to …

After 45 years in education, the past 23 serving as superintendent of Northeastern Local Schools, Jim Roach has announced his retirement. He has held several other posts in the region during his career. He steps down in December.

A man dies and a woman injured in a Defiance shooting on E. Second St. Police find the female victim in the downstairs residence had been shot and a man…who lived in the upstairs apartment, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The woman was transported to Defiance …

A third child has died after a pickup truck drives into the back of an Amish horse-drawn carriage in Algansee Township. Two children, ages 6 and 2, died at the scene of the crash. The driver of the truck, 21-year-old Tyler Frye, of Angola, faces charges of driving while intoxicated …

A train hits an SUV on the tracks in Swanton, causing a derailment and power outage. 13 train cars left the rails, between Main Street and Munson Road, some dangerously close to homes along the tracks. Residents in the immediate area were evacuated for a time, due to the possibility …

The Ohio Senate has its first female sergeant-at-arms. Suzanna Dawson, a retired police lieutenant from Granville, was sworn into her new job. Dawson joins a four-member team that provides security for Senate members and staff, and to members of the public visiting Senate chambers, offices and committee rooms.