Dr. Larry O. Hanna, 71 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, under the tender care of Community Health Professionals Hospice.  Larry was born September 20, 1942 in Bryan, Ohio, the son of the late Robert O. and Mary L. (Tawney) Hanna.  He was a 1960 …

Notice has been given that there will be a Spe­cial Meet­ing of the Board of Edu­ca­tion of the Bryan City School Dis­trict. The spe­cial meet­ing has been set for Tues­day, June 10th, at 9:00 a.m. at the New Era Build­ing. Accord­ing to the announce­ment of the meet­ing, the pur­pose will …

Ohio-built Jeep vehi­cles set sales records last month. Chrysler’s U.S. deal­ers sold a record num­ber of Ohio-built Jeep Wran­gler and Jeep Chero­kee sport util­ity vehi­cles in May. That helped Jeep to its best sales month ever. The automaker said it sold 19,235 Wran­glers last month, shat­ter­ing the pre­vi­ous mark of …

Con­sumers and busi­nesses will see their elec­tric bills go up if Gov­er­nor Kasich signs a new bill rolling back Ohio’s energy effi­ciency and renew­able energy stan­dards, accord­ing to a let­ter sent to the gov­er­nor on Wednes­day by a coali­tion of 51 com­pa­nies and 21 orga­ni­za­tions. Mean­while, the governor’s office said …

A flag dis­posal cer­e­mony is set for next week in Bryan. If you have an old, tat­tered flag, drop it off at the Bryan Fire/Police com­plex, Senior Cen­ter, Bryan Cham­ber of Com­merce or at the office of the Bryan Times. You can also bring old flags to the flag dis­po­si­tion …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil has decided that there will be no changes, at least for now, with regard to River­side Ceme­tery rate increases. Coun­cil decided to wait at least another week before vot­ing on rate increases that were announced last week. Under the pro­posal to increase fees, some rates at River­side …

LeNore L. Heer, age 85, of Stryker, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Fulton County Health Center. Prior to her retirement she had worked at Metal Forge in Stryker and then Hayes-Albion in West Unity. LeNore was born in Bryan on July 7, 1928, the daughter of …

Stu­dents at Antwerp Local mid­dle school raised more than $350 dur­ing the final weeks of the school year for the Cys­tic Fibro­sis Foun­da­tion. The stu­dent coun­cil orga­nized the fundraiser in honor of Cheyenne May­nard, a future Antwerp stu­dent with cys­tic fibrosis.

Pauld­ing County Hos­pi­tal has found a new Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer. And they didn’t have to look far to find him. Randy Ruge, cur­rently the hospital’s Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer, will replace Gary Adkins as CEO. Adkins has resigned, effec­tive June 30th, to become pres­i­dent of Parkview Noble Hos­pi­tal in Kendal­lville, Indi­ana. …

Rodney A. Fuller, 30 years, of Bryan, passed away suddenly, Saturday, May 31, 2014 in his residence.  Rodney was born August 15, 1983 in Montpelier, the son of Rod D. and Melody Kay (Haynes) Fuller.  He attended Hilltop High School.  Rodney was a factory worker, having worked at Mansion Homes, Menard’s, Bil-Jaks and …