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Ohio is suing a company that managed prescription benefits for the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, seeking to recover nearly $16 million in alleged overcharges for the fund for injured workers. Attorney General, Dave Yost says OptumRx Administrative Services managed drug prescriptions for BWC clients but didn’t provide the contractually …

A Kendallville man, missing since mid-February is found dead near where he was last seen. John Slone was reported missing on February 14 by his mother. She said her son had not been heard from since February 7. He was last seen on February 6 on Mapes Rd by a …

Officers in Williams County serve a warrant in the arrest of Jeremy Dennis, charging him with a community control sanction violation. They arrived at the Meadowbrook Apartments on High St. in Defiance. After a search, they find Dennis and bring him in.

The terms of the new school superintendent’s contact is handled by the Defiance City Board of Education. Board members approved the superintendent employment contract terms with Bob Morton through 2022.

Hicksville Schools’ first mass casualty weapons detector ever is installed at the high school entrance. The Screen and Flow Weapons Detector screens all who enter the building and flow through the new device, which resembles a metal detector someone may find at a courthouse or airport entrance.

An Ohio state agency, designed by then-Gov. John Kasich’s administration to cut through state bureaucracy, is now itself backlogged. The Common Sense Initiative was formed in 2011 to help make Ohio business-friendly. The agency’s backlog totals 1,233 business regulation rules for review, hundreds of which had not been addressed by …

A federal judge agrees with Spangler Candy in a trademark case against Tootsie Roll Industries. Spangler claimed Tootsie Rolls mislead consumers by copying some of the packaging of a Spangler product, as a preliminary injunction has been approved. At odds?…a then new package design for bags of 300 Charms Mini-Pops, …

Officers in Fulton County are looking for a truck thief. They say it happened on Highway 20 in Wauseon. The SUV was taken from the driveway of a home, there. If you see a blue Chevy S-10 with Ohio plates 848-YXL, give Fulton County deputies a call. There could be …

Four people and their cats are safe after a house fire in Huntertown on Hathaway Road. When fire crews arrived, they found flames coming from the back of the house. Strong winds caused the fire spread to the inside. Firefighters were able to get it under control within 25 minutes. …

One person is hurt after a two car crash on County Road 75. Officials tell reporters a car was traveling through the intersection of 75 and County Road 127, when it was hit by a pickup going down 75. The driver of the car was injured and taken to an …