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Ohio’s unemployment dropped to 4.5 percent in February…it’s the lowest rate since 2001. Still, the numbers are higher than the national rate. State unemployment fell from 4.7 percent in January and was lower than the 5.1 percent rate of February 2017. Nationally, the number stands at 4.1 percent in February…unchanged …

Several fire departments respond to a structure fire on County Road M, north of West Unity. The Brady Township Fire Department was dispatched, with mutual aid from the Stryker fire team. Officials suspect the cause was a garbage fire that never reached nearby homes.

A grass fire on County Road 18.75, south of U.S. 6 threatens farms in the area for a time. Crews from Bryan and Stryker took on the flames. The fire was reported when cinders from a burn pit landed on corn stubble. No structures were damaged and no injuries were …

Two men, accused of having more than 40,000 grams of marijuana in Williams County last September, are heading to jail. Danny Brewer gets two years…LaDonna Deloney…18 months behind bars. Both Brewer and Deloney are from Beachwood. 40 thousand grams of high-quality marijuana is worth around $400,000 on the street.

A police officer is hurt in a crash on State Road 8 in Auburn, near I-69. DeKalb County investigators say a cargo van, driven by King Oberlin of Angola, was eastbound on 8, waiting to turn onto northbound 69. At the same time, a westbound Auburn police officer entered the …

A Fulton County jury of four men and eight women begin deliberations in the James Worley murder trial. It’s now in its third week, as closing arguments by the prosecution came to a close. They told the jury Worley lay in wait for Sierah Joughin in a cornfield, hitting her …

Troopers are investigating a deadly crash in Richland Township. Lewis Belcher of Paulding, was southbound on Hire Road, south of Ohio 18 at the CSX railroad tracks, when Belcher stopped. Witnesses told investigators he then tried to drive around the lowered crossing gates and was struck by a train. Belcher …

A juvenile female and an 18-year-old male are found dead in a car in Napoleon on Independence Drive. The incident remains under investigation. The police there is asking anyone with information on the case to contact them.

Two are killed in a crash between a semi and a car on the Indiana Toll Road near the 156 mile marker, 12 miles east of the Angola exit. The truck, driven by Dawn Liggett of Mt. Pleasant was westbound when the big rig crossed the center median into oncoming …

Fire damages the Arby’s restaurant in Auburn. Most of the exterior damaged is in the rear of the building. No injuries reported. The cause is under investigation. Officials told reporters the restaurant had been recently renovated.