The Williams County Pub­lic Library in Bryan has a leaky roof. Fol­low­ing last win­ter, the library suf­fered numer­ous roof leaks in the Main Library build­ing and the Local His­tory Cen­ter, one of which caused a small fire in the ceil­ing that forced the library to close for a day. How­ever, …

A spe­cial meet­ing of the North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Board of Trustees will be held today at noon in the McDougle Cen­ter. The board will go into exec­u­tive ses­sion to con­sider the dis­missal of pub­lic employ­ees and to review col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing strate­gies. Accord­ing to a news release from the col­lege, …

Some folks in Ful­ton County are express­ing their dis­plea­sure with a county pol­icy man­dat­ing that pit bulls be euth­a­nized unless claimed by their right­ful own­ers. The ani­mal advo­cacy group Ful­ton County No Kill, together with the Ohio Coali­tion of Dog Advo­cates, now plans to fight for the repeal of a …

The Ohio Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion school dis­trict report cards were issued last week, and lit­tle improve­ment was shown for Williams County schools. The Bryan Times today reports that of the seven schools in Williams County, six received a B and one only received a C, accord­ing to the state’s per­for­mance …

The United Way of Defi­ance County has kicked off the 2014–15 cam­paign. This year’s cam­paign is enti­tled “Tak­ing Action and Chang­ing Lives in Defi­ance County.“ Dona­tions to the United Way help fund 22 pro­grams with agency and com­mu­nity part­ners. The cam­paign goal this year is to get 500 new donors …

Willis “Wick” E. Bible, 88, of Montpelier passed away early Thursday morning at Hillside Country Living in rural Bryan.  He was born on June 24, 1926 in Superior Township to George W. and Effie (Brannan) Bible.  Wick graduated from Montpelier High School in 1944.  He then served his country in the United States …

Barbara A. Jeske, 63 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014, in the emergency room at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Barbara was born June 25, 1951 in Wauseon, Ohio, the daughter of the late Ashley and Ruby (Bashor) Sutton.  She was a 1970 graduate of North Central High …

Hicksville Exempted Vil­lage School offi­cials have released a state­ment in response to a Hicksville Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion law­suit filed ear­lier this year. The school’s attor­ney has filed a reply to the suit reg­is­tered in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court by the teach­ers union on behalf of Amber Apt. In it’s reply, …

If you tried to mail a let­ter from the Bryan Post Office yes­ter­day, you prob­a­bly ran into some dif­fi­culty. That’s because it was closed. The postal ser­vice shut down the Bryan Post Office on Wednes­day, for what they termed “tech­ni­cal dif­fi­cul­ties”. Accord­ing to postal author­i­ties, the clo­sure was due to …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office has released the results of a Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over traf­fic blitz which began on Aug. 15 and ended Sept. 1. Deputies made 94 traf­fic stops and issued 50 cita­tions. 44 were speed vio­la­tions, two cita­tions for dri­ving under sus­pen­sion or revoked driver’s …