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ONE INJURED IN SUNDAY CRASH

Details are still sketchy, but police say at least one per­son was injured and car­ried via Life Flight from the scene of a head-on col­li­sion on U.S. 127 Sun­day evening. The Ohio State High­way Patrol has not issued a for­mal report but they do indi­cate that the acci­dent hap­pened around …

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LIVING UNDER THE BRIDGE

This guy has a rather inter­est­ing address… A home­less man who is sub­ject to court orders related to a sex crime con­vic­tion has reg­is­tered his address as beneath the Clin­ton Street bridge in Defi­ance. He says that’s his home, and the court says if it is, then he must observe …

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$$ COMING TO BRYAN SCHOOLS

The Ohio School Facil­i­ties Com­mis­sion on Thurs­day approved over $18.8 mil­lion in state fund­ing for school con­struc­tion work in the Bryan City School Dis­trict. The dis­trict is one of 19 from across the state that received an offer of fund­ing from the Com­mis­sion, which over­sees the state’s school facil­ity ren­o­va­tion …

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HIGH SPEED CHASE LEADS TO INJURIES, DAMAGE AND ARRESTS

An inves­ti­ga­tion into four auto thefts in Williams County led to a high-speed chase Thurs­day morn­ing, which in turn, led to injuries for two offi­cers and dam­age to three police cruis­ers. In the end, two men were in police cus­tody. A joint press release issued last evening by the Stueben …

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CHANGES IN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION LAW

One of the new laws in the recently-passed State of Ohio’s bud­get was the change in the home­stead exemp­tion law. Before the change, per­sons 65 years old and older were allowed to take the home­stead exemp­tion on their real estate taxes, regard­less of income. The aver­age sav­ings for a 65-year-old …

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CHANGES IN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION LAW

One of the new laws in the recently-passed State of Ohio’s bud­get was the change in the home­stead exemp­tion law. Before the change, per­sons 65 years old and older were allowed to take the home­stead exemp­tion on their real estate taxes, regard­less of income. The aver­age sav­ings for a 65-year-old …

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Raymond Taliaferro, 56

Raymond R. Taliaferro, age 56, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:04 A.M. on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan after a brief illness. He was a veteran of the United States Marines and was a member of Grace Community Church, where he was an …

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Nick Allen Green, 60

Nick Allen Green, age 60, of Bryan, Ohio, died suddenly of natural causes on Monday, July 8, 2013, at Shepherd’s Pasture Campground near Sherwood, Ohio, where he enjoyed camping. Mr. Green was a graduate of Edgerton High School and was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked at …

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Michael Van Deusen, 64

Michael Van Deusen, age 64, of Edon, Ohio, died at 12:59 A.M. on Sunday, July 7, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. Van Deusen graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit, Michigan, in 1966 and attended Western Michigan University, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree …

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TRAIN DERAILS IN WILLIAMS COUNTY

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office reports that a train derailed Wednes­day after­noon just before 2:30 between County Roads 8 and 9. The sheriff’s office con­firms that the Nor­folk South­ern train was not car­ry­ing any haz­ardous mate­ri­als and there were no injuries. The derail­ment occured at the same place where another …

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