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Sen. Rob Portman tells reporters he sees benefits all over Ohio from the passage last month of President Trump’s national tax reform legislation. Since its passage, Portman said he’s visited with multiple businesses and corporations that have committed to the purchase of new equipment and also to bonuses and better …

Edgerton gets a grant for some roadwork that’s behind schedule this year. The Ohio Public Works Commission assigned the village $173,880 for completion of the Hull Street project. It involves rebuilding over 600 feet of East Hull, between North Michigan Avenue and North Oak Street. The road gets new asphalt, …

A former area state rep will be returning to the Statehouse to fill a vacant seat. A five-member committee of Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly unanimously selected Jim Hoops of Napoleon to fill the 81st House District seat, vacated by Rob McColley, who was chosen last month to take …

Bryan resident, Jay Clark will stand trial for murder this week in Hillsdale County. Clark is accused of killing Jeremy Barron last February, and disposing the body in a wooded area, near Camden. Clark and his girlfriend, Ashely Hoath of Hillsdale, were arrested a week later after police executed search …

DeKalb County officers are investigating an armed robbery at the Auburn Wal-Mart on Wednesday. Investigators told reporters a white man, wearing a surgical mask, showed a black handgun in his waistband. The suspect left in a black Chevy or GMC pick-up. It is the second robbery this week in the …

A Pennsylvania woman is sentenced in a Fulton County courtroom for possession of cocaine. Emily Cooper, 31, of Hamburg, Pa., previously pleaded guilty to the charge, stemming from a December arrest. Judge, Jeffrey Robinson sentenced Cooper to one year, and ordered her to pay prosecution costs.

The Bryan City Council selects Lynn Wieland to fill a vacant council seat. Wieland is the vice president of operations at the Spangler Candy Company. He attended Ohio State University as a business major. He and his wife, Theresa, have two sons and one granddaughter. Wieland was selected out of …

The Millcreek-West Unity Board of Education kicked off the new year by ratifying an agreement with its education association for 2018. The agreement includes a 4 percent raise for association members in 2018, 3 percent in Fiscal Year 2019 and two percent in Fiscal Year 2020. The board will pay …

A woman is hospitalized after her minivan spun out of control and slammed into a guard rail on in DeKalb County. First responders were called to the intersection of County Road 427 and County Road 66. Officials say, Erin Godwin of Fort Wayne was headed north on 427 when she …

A Fort Jennings man is sentenced to life in prison after a retrial on an aggravated murder charge involving his toddler son. Michael Luebrecht will be eligible for parole in 20 years. Luebrecht’s counsel told the court earlier that Luebrecht did not deny that he drowned his son in the …