The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio governing board sets a 2020 operating budget that includes good news for its members. The $19 million budget is about $67 thousand dollars more this year, it’s a 3.6 percent increase.

Women in Transportation’s official magazine, Redefining the Road, releases the 2019 list of Top Companies for Women to Work For in the transportation industry. Both Keller Logistics Group and affiliate, Thomas E. Keller Trucking, made this year’s list. More than 150 nominations and nearly 11,000 votes identified the 86 companies …

With Halloween this Thursday, various “Trick or Treat” celebrations are going on this week, as area communities get ready for ghosts and other goolish visitors. Bryan will have a trunk or treat on Thursday, from 6:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. on the west side of the square in downtown. The …

The Montpelier Council gave a first reading to the village’s $18 million dollar 2020 appropriations budget. Officials told the panel the village historically overestimates its expenses and underestimates its revenues, and expects the final 2020 numbers to show the village in the black, similar to this year. They added, this …

A horse we reported, seized from a LaGrange County property with a history of animal abuse concerns, dies from its wounds in foster care. Back on Wednesday, deputies and the State Board of Animal Health served a search warrant at Larry Myers’ property. Several animals were found to be in …

Police in Van Wert are warning residents to check their children’s Halloween candy after a woman reportedly found a needle in a treat. She told officers her children collected the candy somewhere on Jefferson Street, 2nd Street or 3rd Street. It’s unknown if the department has a suspect in the …

Gov. DeWine orders a review of the state parole system, following the involvement of a recently released offender in a crash that killed two 6-year-old-cousins. Raymond Walters has pled not guilty by reason of insanity to 22 charges, including murder in the August crash. Police say Walters’ father was taking …

Arlean J. Jackman, age 75, of Cecil, Ohio, passed away at 1:10 P.M. on Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Community Health and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Jackman attended Ravenscroft Beauty School and worked as a beautician. She also worked a number of years …

David C. Lunsford, age 72, of Wauseon, Ohio passed away early Thursday morning, October 24, 2019 in his home.  He was born April 30, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Jack Teasdale and Frances Una Viola (Boley) Lunsford.  He married Susan Elaine Sager on September 12, 1973 and she …

One person is taken to the hospital after an SUV hits a school bus on County Road 16. None of the 7 kids onboard were hurt. Investigators say one car was southbound on 16. The driver didn’t yield at a stop sign at the intersection of 16 and D…the car …