James E. Rhoades, age 64, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:35 A.M. on Monday, March 9, 2015, in his home after suffering a brief illness. After graduating from Bryan High School, he attended Mid Michigan Community College in Harrison, Michigan. Mr. Rhoades worked as a machinist at Auburn Gear …

A bomb threat Tues­day morn­ing brought police rush­ing to the St. Mary School, on Locust Street in Edger­ton. Police are keep­ing tight lipped on just how that threat was com­mu­ni­cated, but they do say that all the stu­dents were accounted for safely, and nobody was hurt. While they say they …

A woman from Cleve­land was crit­i­cally injured in a crash Sun­day evening that hap­pened on US-20 in Williams County. It was just before 11pm Sun­day, when 26 year old Lis­beth Ortega of Cleve­land, who was north­bound, crossed the cen­ter line and slammed head-on into a south­bound vehi­cle dri­ven by 50 …

A man who has been con­victed of rape twice will be sen­tenced today in Williams County Court. 28 year old Richard Mojica Jr. of Bryan, faces the pos­si­bil­ity of as much as 21 years in prison. No mat­ter what the length of his time behind bars will be, Mojica will …

A Cooper Farms com­plex went up in flames on Sun­day, leav­ing hun­dreds of ani­mals dead. It hap­pened at the White Oak Sow Farm on Pauld­ing County Road 165. The fire was reported early Sun­day morn­ing, and when fire­fight­ers got there, they were able to con­tain it to one of the …

Leeann Thompson, 46 years, of West Unity, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center, Bryan. Leeann was born January 21, 1969 in Montpelier, Ohio, the daughter of Hal Dewey and Caroline Virginia (Theobald) Thompson. She graduated from Hilltop High School and enjoyed attending Cadet basketball …

Marie M. Appel, age 85, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:15 P.M. on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Appel was a 1947 graduate of Edgerton High School and a lifelong member of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church near …

Francis “Gus” Frappier, 88 years, of Bryan, passed away Sunday March 8, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare, Bryan Center, Bryan. Gus was born on February 8, 1927 in Cleveland, the son of the late Edward Leroy and Laura “Blanche” (Beck) Frappier in Cleveland, Ohio.  He was a 1945 graduate of Edon High …

Bryan Police made an arrest Mon­day night. It was just before 8 last night, when police arrested 54 year old Edward Rupp of Bryan, who they charged with dis­or­derly con­duct, men­ac­ing, and resist­ing arrest. After that, they released him with­out fur­ther information.

Under the Governor’s pro­posed 2016–17 bud­get, less wealthy school dis­tricts could see increases in state fund­ing, and edu­ca­tional ser­vice cen­ters through­out Ohio could likely see a sub­stan­tial cut in state fund­ing. The governor’s pro­posed bud­get reduces the amount of fund­ing for ESCs from $40 mil­lion in fis­cal year 2015 to …