Heads up…Bryan Municipal Utilities is asking its customers to reduce energy use today in order to keep those heating bills lower. With the frosty conditions, electricity demand is expected to be high over the next several days. During such high use periods, BMU can establish capacity and transmission peak demands …

Cameron Butler, the Defiance man who led police in a high speed chase in November will be evaluated for his competency to stand trial. Butler pled not guilty in a Defiance County courtroom to assault, failure to comply with an officer and more. The bench continued the case, ordering Butler …

Two state troopers are alright after a crash Highway 30, near Payne. Officials tell reporters Trooper, Austin Adams was in his cruiser on the left edge of the highway with the emergency lights on. This after a semi jackknifed in the median. A pickup truck, driven by Timothy Kelley of …

Karen Lynn Kurtz, 61 years, of Fremont, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 17, 2019 in her home on Barton Lake, near Fremont. Karen was born June 19, 1957 in Angola, Indiana, the daughter of Paul and Sharon D. (Hughes) Oliver. She was a 1975 graduate of Angola High School. …

Daniel Cranberry Dean, 73, died peacefully on January 19, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family in Bryan after being diagnosed in June of 2017 with Bulbar Onset ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and PSP. Dan was born May 22, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio to Donald and Marjorie (Garn) …

Dennis A. Dick, age 59, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:00A.M. on Friday, January 18, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance after a short battle with cancer. Dennis attended North Central Schools. He most recently worked at Campbell’s Soup Company in quality control and had previously worked …

A man dies after falling through the ice at Terry Lake in DeKalb County. Officers concluded it was an ice fisherman. Several emergency crews responded to the scene. The Angola dive team was able to use their airboat to recover the victim, Robert Penland of Pleasant Lake. Penland was pronounced …

An Ohio man is arraigned in a Steuben County courtroom on multiple charges. Prosecutors say Dustin Gamble of Payne punched a Hamilton Police officer in October 2018. Gamble is charged with a level 4 felony charge of escape along with battery to law enforcement, and more.

Two teens are hurt in a crash on State Road 8 in DeKalb County. Officials say Colben Steury was eastbound on 8 when he thought he struck something. Investigators say he lost control of the truck on the ice covered roadway. The truck overturned, hitting a tree. Steury, and passenger …

The federal government shutdown is impacting the bottom line for CCNO…but not its operations…for now. So far, the shutdown has caused the Marshals Service to miss payment to the regional jail for housing federal inmates there. CCNO receives $450,000 per month from the federal government to house federal inmates.