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County Commissioners on Monday approved a new position at the Williams County Job and Family Services office that would assist with kinship care issues. Kinship care is a temporary or permanent arrangement in which a relative or any non-relative adult with a long-standing relationship or bond with a child takes …

Caleb Turnbull is selected to join the Bryan City School District Board of Education. Turnbull will fill the seat vacated by Mike Stockman. He says he thought serving on the board would be a great opportunity to give back to the community and to the students in the school district. …

A tractor trailer accident Friday temporarily shuts down an Ohio Turnpike overpass. Officials say it resulted in a fire underneath the bridge carrying traffic across Ohio 15/U.S. 20A. The blaze was concentrated directly under the bridge, in the westbound right shoulder of the Turnpike. It shutdown of all westbound lanes …

A lawsuit…objecting to Ohio’s school voucher program…may proceed, after a Franklin County judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss. Ohio’s Attorney General’s office argued that student and school district plaintiffs lacked standing to sue and the courts have already settled the issue. The lawsuit argues that the EdChoice program diverts …

A Bryan man dies after his semi goes off the road and into a ditch, early Saturday…on U.S. 24 near mile post 54 in Providence Township. Officials say…Kenneth Risner was westbound on 24…when he big rig left the roadway. Risner was taken to McLaren St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee and …

A local legislator is selected for a key leadership position in the 135th General Assembly. State Senator Rob McColley…a republican from Napoleon…was sworn in as Majority Floor Leader of the Ohio Senate during opening day ceremonies at the Ohio Statehouse. As Leader, McColley will help lead Senate Republicans’ by coordinating …

Gov., DeWine signs a sweeping package of election law changes…that includes the state’s first photo ID requirement…while shortening windows after Election Day for returning and curing ballots. The second-term governor signaled he may veto any further legislative attempts to restrict the state’s voting laws, saying he does not expect to …

Northwest State Community College gets a “Choose Ohio First” grant in the amount of $720,000 dollars fiscal year 2023, from the State of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Higher Education. In all…the state is providing $28 million to various educational institutions for this funding cycle, The department has committed …

Ohio’s capital city can keep its ban on sales of flavored tobacco products, after Gov., DeWine vetoed a bill that would have put such regulation in the hands of the state instead of local communities. The measure, passed by the GOP-led Ohio Legislature in December, had said regulating tobacco and …

The unemployment rate for Fulton County was down in November, that’s according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The rate in the county fell to 2.8% in November, down from 3.6% in October. In November 2021, the jobless rate was 3.9% in Fulton County. The labor force …