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A bridge on County Road M.50 in Williams County will be closed for replacement, beginning Aug. 28. It is located about 200 feet west of County Road 21.N. The bridge replacement is part of a larger ODOT Turnpike Mitigation paving project in which several county roads near the Ohio Turnpike …

The opening this week of a new Dollar General store in Stryker makes six of its stores in Williams County since the first one opened in Bryan in 1996. The Stryker store, on N. Defiance St., joins locations in Bryan, West Unity, Montpelier, Pioneer and Edgerton.

If a Senate repeal-only health care bill comes to the floor in the coming days, Sen. Rob Portman says he’s not likely to vote for it. During the press conference call, Portman reiterated many of the points he has made throughout the debate on Republican plans to repeal and replace …

Indiana troopers are investigating a two vehicle crash at the 125 mile marker on the Turnpike, which resulted in the arrest of a Minnesota man. A truck traveling westbound, pulling a trailer hauling machine equipment, was rear ended by a car. It was found 32 year old Steffen Levine from …

A call grows from people living close to the proposed site of the new Lucas county jail…to keep it out of their neighborhood. They say the site doesn’t make sense, saying it’s a residential neighborhood with lots of nearby businesses. That location is in Toledo, near the intersection of Airport …

There was a motorcycle crash on Interstate 69 northbound near the 329 mile marker. Tina Shivers of Lewis Center, lost control of the bike after a tire blew and laid the motorcycle on its side, causing abrasions and contusions to her knees and elbows. Shivers also complained of pain at …

Jordan Chapman, one of two escaped inmates from the Sandusky County Jail was arrested in Toledo late Wednesday. This, after the other escaped inmate, Mickey Hardy was caught earlier in the day. He was arrested at a house on Buckeye Street in North Toledo. The home belongs to an acquaintance …

Two Hicksville area motorists are involved in a crash. On Ohio 49 in Hicksville Township, a vehicle driven by Jacob Kline pulled from a private drive and collided with a vehicle driven by Kirk Hurraw of Hamilton. Hurraw’s vehicle then struck a ditch and overturned. Hurraw was taken to Community …

The man who led authorities on a high-speed chase on New Year’s Eve, following a six-day crime spree was indicted Wednesday on additional charges. Jade Herzog had slipped away while on medical leave from the Hillsdale County Jail, where he had been held for methamphetamine possession in November. Herzog then …

Shopping locally is helpful for Bryan’s community and, for the rest of the month, is helpful to the shoppers. A Civic Economics study shows spending $100 at an independent business ultimately keeps $68 in the local community…while only $43 stays if that c-note is spent at a national chain. So, …