Fed­eral offi­cials say 186,000 Ohioans have signed up for health cov­er­age dur­ing this enroll­ment period for the President’s health­care law. Peo­ple look­ing for cov­er­age to begin Feb. 1 must sign up today. Open enroll­ment for the fed­eral mar­ket­place ends Feb. 15. Health and Human Ser­vices says 85 per­cent of Ohioans …

Holgate’s coun­cil has accepted a bid to demol­ish the vil­lage pool. It has cho­sen Punches Exca­vat­ing for the job, and mayor Wally Sny­der says the com­pany can take its time to do it. Sny­der also says the vil­lage plans on sell­ing some of the prop­erty from the pool on the …

Snow removal has come up again at a Defi­ance city coun­cil meeting. Coun­cil­man Steve Waxler says he has received phone calls after the lat­est snow­storm ask­ing why the city plowed Pon­tiac Park and River­side Ceme­tery, but not res­i­den­tial streets. Admin­is­tra­tor Jeff Leonard says he would inves­ti­gate this, but he says …

Start­ing next month, the Ohio Ben­e­fit Bank offers free tax fil­ing ses­sions at the Bryan Library. These ses­sions run most Thurs­days from Feb. 5 to Apr. 9. They run from 10 to 5. If your indi­vid­ual income sits below $65,000, then you could qual­ify for free tax filing.

The Bryan Area Foun­da­tion holds an open house next Thurs­day at its new office. The event runs from 4 to 6 at the new loca­tion on South Wal­nut Street.

The Millcreek-West Unity School Board has cho­sen Sarah Carothers as pres­i­dent for another year. The board has named Brian Wieland vice pres­i­dent and leg­isla­tive liaison.

This year’s Pride of Williams County Pageant takes place Sunday. The Bryan Arts and Edu­ca­tion Build­ing hosts the com­pe­ti­tion, which begins at 6 o’clock. This year’s event has 22 con­tes­tants for Miss, Teen Miss, Junior Miss, and Lit­tle Miss Williams County.

A Hol­gate man died yes­ter­day after two trains hit him. Author­i­ties say 63-year-old James Junge drove his pickup around a rail­road cross­ing gate. Sheriff’s deputies say Junge went around the gate while south­bound on North Keyser Street. Deputies claim he drove in front of an east­bound CSX train that headed …

Terry D. Taylor, age 79, of Palm Coast, Florida, passed away at his home on Monday, January 12, 2015. Funeral services have been entrusted to Krill Funeral Service, 860 West Mulberry Street, Bryan, where arrangements are pending at this time.

Germaine “Gerry” C. Miller, 98 years, of Blacklick, Ohio, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.  Gerry was born April 23, 1916 in Woodburn, Indiana, the daughter of the late Edward and Sidonie (Deconinck) Deneve.  She married Kenneth Charles Miller on July …