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The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission has announced capital improvement projects in 13 counties in northern Ohio, including in Williams County. Beaver Excavating out of Canton has been selected to work on a base pavement replacement project, according to officials… stretch from the state’s border with Indiana into the Westgate …

Van Wert County deputies arrest a man for arson. The suspect has been identified as 31-year-old Scott Keber, of Ohio City. The fire happened at a home in Glenmore. A witness reported seeing someone lighting a fire at the residence. Deputies were able to locate a vehicle believed to be …

A Defiance woman charged with leaving a threatening note that caused the evacuation of a local restaurant in early 2022 is sentenced in a Defiance County courtroom. Courtney Hennessey, 26, appeared for sentencing on a charge of inducing panic, a fifth-degree felony. She was placed on community control for two …

One man is dead…after his truck goes off the road, hitting a tree. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says…59-year-old Scott Berger was northbound on County Road 2, near County Road C in Fulton County, near Swan Creek Township, in his SUV…when he suddenly ran off the road. The vehicle struck …

As Ohio’s primary approaches, a strict new photo ID requirement is stirring concerns for military veterans and out-of-state college students, in Amish communities and among older voters. Other Republican-led states are moving in the same direction as they respond to conservative voters unsettled by unfounded claims of widespread fraud and …

Ohio senators reacting to the East Palestine train derailment proposed state oversight of wayside detectors that can spot railway defects, among other safety provisions, in a nearly $13.5 billion dollar transportation budget that passed Thursday with bipartisan support. The proposal will now go to a joint House and Senate conference …

Archbold Area Schools’ board of education received approval of its precautionary plan at their regular meeting. The board had approved on Feb. 27 its plan to move forward with a levy on the May 2 ballot. On March 14 the board received its approval from the Ohio Department of Education. …

Crews at the Bryan Water Treatment Plant worked to fix one valve and remove another that prevented water from filling the system’s towers. Water department employees were notified of a problem Tuesday afternoon, but their inability to locate and fix the exact problem resulted in Bryan Municipal Utilities issuing a …

In DeKalb County…a public defender has been appointed for the man accused of killing an Indiana State Police Trooper earlier this month while fleeing from Fort Wayne Police on I-69. Terry Sands, 42, of Marion is charged with murder and more in the death of Master Trooper James Bailey on …

The Williams County Board of Health passes a resolution that backs a push for a rate increase for Medicaid dental providers in the state budget. The Ohio Department of Medicaid’s budget proposal seeks to increase the dental budget by 15%, which would be a $59.2 million dollars. Last year, 40% …