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A New York man was killed when he was struck by a tractor trailer early Saturday morning on the Ohio Turnpike in Williams County. 31 year old Hanad Mohamed of Buffalo, New York, was driving west on the Turnpike near mile marker 4.6 at about 2:05 a.m. when his car …

The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department says speed was a factor when an Ohio man crashed his car into the side of a barn. Authorities in DeKalb County say a vehicle driven by 23 year old Skyler L. Navarro of Hicksville, Ohio was eastbound in the 8000 block of State Road …

Deer hunting is an extremely popular activity for sportsmen statewide. Ohio’s white-tailed deer continue to provide hunters across the state with excellent opportunities for success as they head out into the field. Ohio’s deer-gun season opens Monday, Nov. 28. Hunting remains the most effective management tool for maintaining Ohio’s healthy …

Ayersville Local Board of Education met in special session Wednesday afternoon to take action on a grievance and unfair labor practice settlement filed through the State Employment Relations Board (SERB). The board rejected the settlement by a vote of 3-2. The board had initially appealed SERB’s order concerning the nature …

While embattled Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer remains on Tuesday’s election ballot, he’ll be spending election day behind bars. The Toledo Blade reports a judge revoked bond Thursday for Sheriff Overmyer and sent him to jail as he faces multiple felony drug, theft, and record tampering charges. In August, visiting …

Protesters held a demonstration against the Dakota Access pipeline yesterday at the Swanton post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. Members of the Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition said they want the 37 Ohio Highway Patrol troopers providing security in North Dakota to return from their assignment. Local organizers called the pipeline …

The Paulding Education Association (PEA) has filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against the Paulding Exempted Village Board of Education, over the board’s lack of action in not filling the district’s librarian position. The charge has been filed by the PEA with the State Employment Relation Board (SERB), as …

Two men are facing felony charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers located fraudulent World Series Tickets in a vehicle during a traffic stop in Wood County. Troopers stopped a 2015 Chevrolet Impala, with Illinois registration, for a lane change violation on Interstate 80 near milepost 69, at 9:31a.m. on …

Defiance City Council considered legislation making some employee position changes to the finance department during its Tuesday night meeting, and also presided as Mayor Mike McCann recognized the county’s long-time sheriff on his approaching retirement. An ordinance concerning the aforementioned changes was let lie along with an unrelated resolution because …

The panel working on putting the state’s new medical marijuana law in place has come up with some rules for sites where marijuana would be grown in Ohio. And the number of proposed growing sites has upset activists who’ve had questions about the new law. The Ohio Department of Commerce’s …