A house in Hol­gate was gut­ted by flames Tues­day morn­ing. The Cres­cent News reports that crews from six area fire depart­ments responded in the bone chill­ing cold. The first call came in just after 10 Tues­day morn­ing, for the fire at 322 South Wil­helm Street, at a home owned by …

It’s cold out there, and lots of reports are com­ing in locally about frozen pipes. With that in mind, a few safety reminders… Experts say you should never use a torch to thaw pipes. The best way to address the prob­lem is to pre­vent it from hap­pen­ing in the first …

A major area farm­ing com­pany has bought some land in Williams County. The Bryan Times today reports that Cooper Farms has pur­chased 160 acres at the south­west cor­ner of Ohio 6 and County Road 7 in Williams County at auc­tion for $1.15 mil­lion. The site is described as mostly open …

In Angola, inves­ti­ga­tors say it was a portable heater used to thaw frozen pipes that sparked a fire Mon­day morn­ing at Jim­mer­son Lake. The fire started under a trailer, and quickly spread to the entire struc­ture, caus­ing an esti­mated $2,000 in dam­ages. Nobody was hurt. The Angola Fire Depart­ment was …

A third and final read­ing of leg­is­la­tion that would have removed pit bulls’ “vicious” label from the city code in Wauseon, was never held dur­ing Mon­day night’s coun­cil meet­ing, after it was dis­cov­ered the mea­sure hadn’t actu­ally passed on sec­ond read­ing. The over­sight, accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, was due …

In another sign of chang­ing times, The Bryan Times will soon mark the end of an era. It was announced on Tues­day, that the press room and mail room at The Bryan Times will soon be shut­ting down, and all print­ing oper­a­tions will be trans­ferred to Fort Wayne, Ind. Accord­ing …

Timothy “Tim” J. Cinadr, 49, of Bryan passed away suddenly Sunday night at Community Health and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Tim was born on May 11, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio to James J. and Jean A. (Sokol) Cinadr.  Tim was a Boy Scout and Eagle Scout who graduated from Revere High …

Richard Alan Rosebrook, age 80, of Stryker, died suddenly Sunday, January 04, 2015 in Community Hospitals and Welleness Center, Bryan, Ohio. He was born April 1, 1934 in Morenci, Michigan to the late Harold and Glennabell (VanSickle) Rosebrook. He married Helen I. Taylor on July 25, 1953 and she preceded …

Jeanette L. Winebar, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:15 A.M. on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at Evergreen Manor in Montpelier, Ohio, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Jeanette was a graduate of Bryan High School and was self-employed as a seamstress for many years, specializing …

James H. Etchen, age 70, of rural Defiance, Ohio, died at 7:15 P.M. on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Etchen was a graduate of Fairview High School and was employed by Johns-Manville in Defiance, retiring with forty-four …