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An arrest is made in a two year old investigation, this in connection to an sexual assault that happened in Branch County. 23 year old, Adam Halsey of Portage turned himself in to officers. He was arraigned on two charges of sexual conduct in County Court. Investigators say the victim …

The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Williams County continues to fall in September, to 3.9 percent, down from 4.5 in August and 5.1 percent in July…that’s according to data from Ohio’s Department of Job and Family Services. The September 2017 rate was also down from the same month in 2016, …

A man who left a voicemail message at an Ohio congressman’s office, mentioning a June shooting at a baseball practice for members of Congress, pleads guilty to threatening a federal official. 68-year-old, Stanley Hoff entered the plea to threatening to assault and murder a United States official. Authorities say the …

An Ohio driver kills her 5-year-old son when he ran in front of her vehicle as she was dropping him off for school. The boy was hit outside Saint Francis School in Coventry Township. The boy died at the scene. Authorities didn’t immediately release the child’s name. He was from …

Fremont Police arrest the man who started a shootout in someone else’s house Tuesday morning. The incident happened at a residence on Christy Boulevard. Mychal Scott kicked in the door of Gavin Murray’s house…the two began shooting at each other. There were no reported injuries. Scott was taken to Sandusky …

Ohio lawmakers, looking at creating a statewide database of violent offenders, now are considering making all of that information only available to law enforcement. A revised proposal calls for allowing the public to get a list of offenders only within their home county if they stop by their local sheriff’s …

A woman is indicted on involuntary manslaughter and child-endangering charges in the death of a 12-year-old boy who died from a fentanyl overdose during a sleepover at her Ohio apartment. The Franklin County prosecutor says the boy, Kanye Champelle, got the drug from atop a refrigerator and ingested it while …

Michigan’s jobless rate saw an increase in the month of September. The state Department of Technology, Management and Budget says unemployment in September rose by four-tenths of a percent from August to 4.3 percent. The number of unemployed increased in September by 19,000 while total employment was essentially flat.

Montpelier joins other Ohio towns to join a legal battle against the state, challenging the constitutionality of a change in the way income tax is collected. The coalition opposes a provision of Gov. Kasich’s two-year budget that would allow business owners to file net-profit income-tax returns with the Ohio Department …

A man is struck by an arrow in Fostoria. It happened on Walnut Street. Police found a 24-year-old man wounded through his lower extremities. The man was taken to Fostoria Community Hospital, then flown to a trauma center. A juvenile was practicing with a target behind his house when he …