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Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown has only committed to “thinking about” challenging Donald Trump in 2020 — but in the meantime he’s offering a taste of what he might say on the campaign trail. 

Police confirmed Wednesday that Nikki Delamotte, a journalist for cleveland.com, was fatally shot by her uncle before he turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide.

Emmet Heffern barely fusses when his mom drops him off for Head Start in the mornings.

Rossford administrators who haven't received a pay raise in three years will have to wait at least another two weeks.

One of the nine men charged with having a connection to a Toledo area gang and to drug-related sales across the city was sentenced by a Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge on Wednesday. 

COLUMBUS — State lawmakers are expected to put themselves on a potential collision course with Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday as they vote in lame-duck session on a proposed “stand your ground” gun law that had been shelved until after last week’s elections.

BOWLING GREEN — An area church is offering a free Thanksgiving dinner more than a week early.

Births

Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800. For a complete list of available dogs, go to lucascountydogs.petfinder.com. A $100 adoption fee includes spay-neuter, a heartworm check, microchip ID, vaccinations, and a behavioral evaluation.

Tricia Maassel of Toledo cried as she knelt and touched a piece of granite memorializing those killed in a plane crash near Shanksville, Pa., on 9/11.