The Bryan Area Foun­da­tion announced Wednes­day, that appli­ca­tions for the 2014–2015 Grants Pro­gram are now avail­able to 501©(3) non­profit orga­ni­za­tions in the Bryan area. The Foun­da­tion has nearly $300,000 avail­able for com­mu­nity grants. Thou­sands of dol­lars of grant funds are awarded each year from des­ig­nated, orga­ni­za­tional endow­ment, donor advised funds, …

As sched­uled, the Bryan City Board of Edu­ca­tion met in spe­cial ses­sion Wednes­day morn­ing to final­ize some per­son­nel issues prior to the start of the new school year. At yesterday’s meet­ing, sev­eral limited-one year con­tracts were approved for sev­eral teach­ers. Megan Lytle was brought on board as a high school …

Robert A. Gray, 27, of Pioneer passed away Monday as the result of a motorcylce accident in rural Montpelier.  He was born on April 22, 1987 in Bryan, Ohio to Robert R. and Ann M. (Krauss) Gray.  Robert graduated from Bryan High School in 2005 and then earned his Bachelor’s Degree in …

Carter Ryan Pettit, of Wauseon, was stillborn Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  He is the son of Jolene J. Pettit, also of Wauseon. In addition to his mother, Carter is survived by his sister, Shaelee Pettit and his grandmother, Theresa Pettit. Memorial services for Carter …

Things are look­ing good in Wauseon, and soon, with the help of a $300,000 grant from the state, they will look even bet­ter. Wauseon has been awarded the grant money from the state of Ohio, to be used to fund down­town revi­tal­iza­tion projects. Ten com­mu­ni­ties were in the run­ning for …

Another set­back for Ruralogic. The com­pany, based in Bryan, lost a suit in Fed­eral Court that was filed by the US Depart­ment of Labor late last year, alleg­ing improper use of pen­sion funds. The court ruled against Ruralogic, Inc., its sis­ter com­pany Cir­ric, Inc. and their own­ers, Joseph Burmester and …

Yes­ter­day, we told you about a fire in Defi­ance that caused severe dam­age to a home, and left a man with crit­i­cal burns. Today, we have his name. Accord­ing to Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in Toledo, Gre­gory Dob­son, of North­wood Drive in Defi­ance, is still being treated for burns, …

A man was charged Mon­day fol­low­ing a metham­phet­a­mine bust at a Steuben County camp­ground. 57-year-old Rus­sell Mansell of Freemont, is now fac­ing felony charges of man­u­fac­tur­ing meth, pos­ses­sion of meth, ille­gal pos­ses­sion of pre­cur­sors and main­tain­ing a com­mon nui­sance. Mansell was also charged with pos­ses­sion of a con­trolled sub­stance and …

The high­way patrol is inves­ti­gat­ing a fatal two-vehicle crash in Williams County, that hap­pened Mon­day evening at the inter­sec­tion of County Road I and County Road 10 in Supe­rior Town­ship. Police say a vehi­cle dri­ven by 34 year old Misty Rice of Edon was west­bound on County Road I when …

Flames heav­ily dam­aged a home in Defi­ance Sun­day after­noon. Defi­ance Fire­fight­ers were called out just after 3pm to a house on North­wood Drive. The ini­tial report indi­cated that a man was on fire at the two-story home. The vic­tim was taken to ProMed­ica Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal, then flown to Toledo …