In Hicksville, the Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day, approved an amended ordi­nance des­ig­nat­ing spe­cial park­ing places down­town in the event of major park­ing prob­lems. The amended ordi­nance allows for 15-minute park­ing in cer­tain areas between 5–9 p.m. The Cres­cent News reports that the move comes in response to a request from …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers met on Mon­day, and accepted two let­ters of res­ig­na­tion and approved three sup­ple­men­tal appro­pri­a­tions. Williams County Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vice Para­medic Sarah Hahn sub­mit­ted a let­ter of res­ig­na­tion, effec­tive Aug. 28. Part-time 911 dis­patcher Kevin Krill sub­mit­ted a res­ig­na­tion, effec­tive imme­di­ately. The three sup­ple­men­tal appro­pri­a­tions included: • $225 …

In Defi­ance, East Sec­ond Street, from Prospect Street to Grover Avenue, is offi­cially open once again. The road had been closed since the begin­ning of June for replace­ment of the Pre­ston Run cul­vert. Sand Ridge Exca­vat­ing of Cloverdale, was the con­trac­tor cho­sen by the Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion for the …

Ima Jean Culbertson, 73 years, of Bryan, joined her Heavenly Father on Sunday evening, August 17, 2014 in her home with her family at her side.  Jean was born December 30, 1940 in Mesa, Arizona, the daughter of the late Daniel Webster and Esther Mae (Stewart) Palmer.  She married Donald Leslie Culbertson …

Richard C. Schwarzbek, age 79, of Sherwood, Ohio, and for thirty-nine years a resident of Williams Center, Ohio, died at 7:39 A.M. on Monday, August 18, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center after an extended illness. Mr. Schwarzbek was a 1952 graduate of Edon High School and served in the United …

Indi­ana Con­ser­va­tion Offi­cers, along with offi­cers from the Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment and the Steuben County Coro­ner are inves­ti­gat­ing human skele­tal remains found at Hamil­ton Lake in Steuben County. A per­son walk­ing near the lake dis­cov­ered the remains Sat­ur­day evening near the shore­line. On Sun­day, scuba divers from the Indi­ana …

With sum­mer wind­ing down, gas prices have dropped in recent weeks. The web site www.gasbuddy.com says the aver­age price for gas in Ohio is $3.37. Prices in Stryker are as low as $3.28 a gal­lon. In Auburn, $3.33. In Bryan, the aver­age price of a gal­lon of reg­u­lar is hold­ing …

In Edger­ton, vot­ers will choose whether or not to approve an addi­tional three-quarters of one per­cent income tax, on top of the cur­rent one per­cent income tax which was enacted way back in the 1970s. Pub­lic meet­ings on the bal­lot issue have been set for Sept. 16, Oct. 7 and …

Bryan Police on Mon­day, arrested 23 year old Christo­pher Church of Beech Street in Bryan and charged him with Domes­tic Vio­lence. Church was locked up in CCNO. Police are play­ing this one pretty close to the vest, and are not pro­vid­ing any addi­tional infor­ma­tion at this time about the arrest. …

The Bryan School Board held their reg­u­lar meet­ing Mon­day. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, teacher work­days got under­way Mon­day and they con­tinue today. Open houses and ori­en­ta­tions also are tak­ing place. Wednes­day is the big open­ing day. The board yes­ter­day, approved per­ma­nent appro­pri­a­tions for the new school year total­ing about …