Offi­cials say they expect to release the offi­cial cause of a Wednes­day evening fire near Wauseon some­time today. Fire­fight­ers from four depart­ments were called out Wednes­day evening just before 7 to a house fire on Ful­ton County Road 15. Ini­tial reports indi­cate that the fire began in the chim­ney. Dam­age …

The Williams County Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (WEDCO) hopes to have its next coor­di­na­tor in place by Feb­ru­ary. The Bryan Times reports that the dead­line for appli­cants was Dec. 31st. Since then, the search com­mit­tee has reviewed the resumes and now they have nar­rowed the list down to who they feel …

Robert E. Schafer, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:55 A.M. on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at his home after an extended illness. Mr. Schafer had worked at Chase Brass for 24 years in custodial and processing areas prior to his retirement. He was an avid Kansas City Royals …

Safe Ride Home on New Year’s Eve pro­vided rides for 40 peo­ple to get home safely. Although 40 peo­ple was ten less than last year, the Safe Ride Home pro­gram kept 40 poten­tially impaired dri­vers off our road­ways on New Year’s Eve, and that’s the big story. There were no …

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 …