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 …

Flames Mon­day morn­ing, caused con­sid­er­able dam­age to a home on U.S. 127 north of Bryan. It hap­pened around 2am Mon­day, and when fire­fight­ers first arrived, they found smoke com­ing from the eaves. The fire report­edly began near the wood­burner when the exhaust stack touched one of the rafters in the …

Williams County Sheriff’s Depart­ment made an arrest on Monday…34 year old Eric Grubb of Mont­pe­lier was arrested on a bench war­rant for abscond­ing from super­vi­sion. No addi­tional details were released by the sheriff’s depart­ment with regard to Grubb’s arrest.