Funds available from the United Way of Williams County for local organizations and individuals can help get a nonprofit project off its feet, but the deadline to apply for those funds is coming up quickly. The funds, which last year were distributed to around 40 programs, are raised via workplace …

Williams County Commissioners on Thursday approved three additional change orders – numbers 3, 4 and 5 – to the water and storm sewer project on Jackson Street in West Unity. The project consists of 1,300 feet of eight-inch water line on the north side of Jackson Street and 1,400 feet …

A former student is in custody after Hillsdale College and other schools in the Hillsdale, Michigan area were placed in a lockdown status Wednesday following an active threat to the school. Hillsdale Police Department and Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office swarmed the college campus just before noon on Wednesday after being …

An Ohio mayor says he has resigned after receiving threats over a plan to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord’s Prayer at village council meetings. Carey Mayor Armand Getz says he made the decision to end the pledge and prayer to avoid potential lawsuits. The Air Force …

Betty J. Edwards, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:25 A.M. on Sunday, March 19, 2017, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mrs. Edwards was a homemaker and lifelong area resident. Betty J. Edwards was born on June 3, 1935, in Edgerton, …

Vivian M. Holdsworth, 83 years, of Bryan passed away early Wednesday, March 22, 2017 in Genesis HeathCare-Bryan Center, where she had been a resident for the past 31 years. Vivian was born September 2, 1933 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Louis and Ida Mary (Jones) Juillard. She …

Locals recently made a concerted effort to help those affected by wildfires in Kansas, Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma. The four states’ numerous ranches and farms bore a heavy portion of the damage, so Ohioans all over the state have stepped up to the plate, helping to provide fencing, hay and …

The Village of Edgerton is looking to fill two open positions, including the recently-vacated position of police chief. At its meeting on Monday evening, the Edgerton Village Council authorized the advertisement of two positions. One of the positions was for the position of police chief. Edgerton Police Chief Jeremy Jones …

Local farmer Bob Short was recently elected to serve as the first vice president for the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. “It’s the state governing board,” the Alvordton farmer said. Short said he was elected at the annual meeting in Columbus earlier this month by the board …

Need a job? The trucking industry says there’s been a driver shortage for two decades – and that there could be 175,000 unfilled trucker jobs in the next seven years. A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers have proposed a package of bills that seeks to stimulate job growth in the …