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Gov., DeWine announces the formation of a bus safety group to address school transportation concerns following last week’s bus crash in Clark County that resulted in the fatality of an 11-year-old. The Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group will examine topics related to school bus regulations, licensing and training, crash …

Some 40 Native American tribes have ancestral ties to Wayne National Forest, a quarter-million acres spread across portions of Appalachian southeastern Ohio. Their citizens have never stopped helping the U.S. Forest Service manage this expanse of forested hills, hollows, streams and lakes. Now, a vigorous debate is underway over a …

Republican Ohio state Rep. Bob Young is stripped of his leadership position in the Ohio House…after his second arrest in less than two months in an ongoing domestic violence case. Fellow Republican House Speaker, Jason Stephens removed the Summit County representative from his position as a committee chair, following him …

Convicted former Ohio House Speaker, Larry Householder has been transferred to Oklahoma to begin his time in federal prison. The 64-year-old Republican had been held in the Butler County Jail in southwestern Ohio since he was sentenced June 29…to 20 years for his role in the largest corruption scheme in …

Fewer housing units have been sold compared to last year in the area that includes Williams County for the Ohio Realtors group, while prices are higher. According to their latest report, there were 5,353 housing units sold through July in the Northwest Ohio Regional Information System. Those sold through July …

The Iron Horse River Trail will be paved…after a setback earlier this year resulted in village officials re-bidding the project. The plan is to pave a trail running from North Pleasant Street to River Street and include two wooden piers over low ground. The Montpelier Village Council recently voted to …

A Williams County man gets hit by two cars and dies while walking on State Route 2 northbound near milepost 12, in Springfield Township. Officials have identified the victim as 20-year-old Taylor Barber of Stryker. The driver of one vehicle was 21-year-old Wyatt Short. Barber was then struck a second …

Williams County commissioners approve a few transfer of funds during the general session. The largest transfer was $10,000 dollars within Williams County Job and Family Services…to set up and fund for new caregiver assistance payments. There was also $2,000 within the Williams County information technologies department…for unbudgeted supply expenses due …

Bryan City Schools decides to do away with floats during this year’s homecoming festivities. Officials say the decision to do so wasn’t easy but it was the logical choice. Homecoming, which will be the weekend of Sept. 29, will instead have special backdrops…in the form of two pieces of plywood …

A man has been sentenced to 16 years to life in the death of an Ohio firefighter who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on an interstate as he was working at the scene of an earlier crash last fall. Leander Bissell, 41, was convicted last month of …