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A Fort Jennings man, accused of drowning his 13-month-old son, tells the court his medications made him kill. The new trial for Michael Luebrecht began in Putnam County. It comes after Luebrecht withdrew his guilty plea for aggravated murder relating to the death of his son in 2005. In 2006, …

Ohio’s six-week tax amnesty period is underway, giving taxpayers with unreported or underreported tax debts an opportunity to pay a reduced amount of interest and avoid owing further penalties, if they settle up. The state Department of Taxation is accepting applications for the amnesty program for residents and businesses until …

An Ohio prison unit housing about 430 inmates will be closed, the inmates moved elsewhere and employees offered jobs at other prisons. Officials made the announcement on Tuesday. Inmates will be transferred from Hocking Correctional by the end of March. The prison unit is Ohio’s most expensive, costing $65 a …

A veteran Ohio politician calls for the creation of a special state fund to help counties boost employment, fight opioid abuse and cover basic expenses. Any of the state’s 88 counties, large or small, would be eligible to draw from the equalization fund proposed by republican, Gene Krebs. Krebs says …

The federal government says four more alleged members and associates of the MS-13 gang have been charged in Ohio. Prosecutors add a federal grand jury charged the four for extortion, money laundering and drug dealing. Federal authorities say one of the four has been deported, one is a fugitive and …

A Bryan man dies behind the wheel. Christopher Jinkins was driving east on County Road D.50, west of County Road 7, when his SUV traveled off the left side of the roadway hitting a tree. Jinkins was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation into the crash continues by both …

One angry Chinese person on the other side of the world is believed to have brought down the city’s internet over the weekend. The Bryan Municipal Utilities Communications Department was hit with a series of Denial of Service attacks Saturday through Tuesday, with the online attacker using software to flood …

The Edgerton Village Council approves a project amendment that officials say will solve a long time stormwater problem. The Oak Street project will replace and upsize more than 1,200 feet of sewer lines and nine catch basins. The goal is it will address basement backups and flooding for 30 households.

A California man after is pulled over for speeding on I 80 in Fulton County. During the stop, troopers find 70 pounds of marijuana, worth around $318,000. Joseph Evans of Chula Vista was booked into Stryker. Evans could face up to eight years in prison.

Here’s Ohio’s holiday road tally. State troopers report five people died on state roads during the period…a big drop from 2016, when 14 were killed. 288 DUI arrests were made. Over a thousand tickets were wrote up for distracted driving, seat belt infractions and other moving violations.