Offi­cials at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio are giv­ing seri­ous con­sid­er­a­tion to clos­ing the work release pro­gram at the regional jail. At the board meet­ing this week, CCNO Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Jim Den­nis said jail offi­cials have been study­ing the par­tic­i­pa­tion in the work release pro­gram at CCNO for the …

Kent LaMarr Corwin, 68 years, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday, April 20, 2014 at his residence.  Kent was born May 26, 1945 in Bryan, the son of the late John Jay and Waiva Marie (McDowell) Corwin.  He was a 1964 graduate of Bryan High School.  He …

Flames tore through a pole barn and destroyed it and all of its con­tents Wednes­day after­noon. A passerby first noticed the flames just before 2 yes­ter­day after­noon at the barn on Ohio 49. By that time, the fire had already begun to destroy a trac­tor that was parked inside. The …

On Saturday..the Williams County Sher­iffs Dept and the Drug Enforce­ment Agency will give the pub­lic its 8th oppor­tu­nity in 3 years to pre­vent pill abuse and theft by rid­ding their homes of poten­tially dan­ger­ous expired and usused and unwanted pre­scrip­tion drugs..bring your pills for dis­posal to the Wms Co Sher­iffs …

Absen­tee bal­lots are now ready at the Williams County Board of Elec­tions in Bryan for the May 6th Pri­mary elec­tion. The dead­line to vote early or get an absen­tee bal­lot is Sat­ur­day, May 3rd. The board office will be open that day for spe­cial hours from 8am till noon. For …

Fire­fight­ers were called out after flames were reported at a stor­age unit facil­ity near the Ful­ton County Air­port on Mon­day evening. The call was answered around 9:30pm by crews from Wauseon, Arch­bold, Delta, and Lyons at the facil­ity on Dun­bar Drive. The fire had already involved about 75 per­cent of …

A train derail­ment spilled tons of coal just east of County Road 55 in DeKalb County near Auburn. Accord­ing to CSX, at least 12 cars derailed, and the dam­age to the tracks and the cars was exten­sive. WFFT reports that one per­son who told them they had lived next to …

After dis­cus­sions dur­ing the past two board meet­ings, mem­bers of the Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter joint Admin­is­tra­tive and Non-Profit board approved a new mis­sion state­ment that sup­ports peo­ple reach­ing their goals. The new mis­sion state­ment is now “Quadco exists to help peo­ple achieve their goals in life.“ Board mem­bers all agreed …

On Mon­day evening, the Ayersville Local Board of Edu­ca­tion, at their reg­u­larly sched­uled meet­ing, addressed pub­lic con­cerns about the upcom­ing bond issue at the May 6 pri­mary elec­tion. The Cres­cent News reports that n the bal­lot will be a 37-year, 7.86-mill bond issue com­bined with a 0.5 per­cent income tax …

The Tri-County Traf­fic Safety Part­ner­ship has announced an increased enfor­c­ment effort is under­way con­cern­ing seat belt and child restraint vio­la­tions, now until May 8th. The increased enforce­ment comes after the Angola Police Depart­ment said the Indi­ana Crim­i­nal Jus­tice Insti­tute has iden­ti­fied Steuben County as hav­ing a higher than aver­age num­ber …