Sheriff Steve Towns said a letter sent to him Thursday by Williams County Commissioners is part of an ongoing effort to “squeeze” his budget, and also to undermine his recent investigations into the Bryan City Schools and the Williams County Department of Jobs and Family Services. The Bryan Times reports …

As clean up from Hurricane Matthew gets underway in the southeastern coast of the United States, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine urges Ohioans to be generous, but exercise caution, when responding to requests for donations to help those who have been affected. DeWine states there are always con artists and …

An upgrade to the county’s server system will come at an estimated cost of $250,000. Those are the recommendations of the county’s new Information Technology manager Jeremy Suffel. In addressing the board of commissioners on Thursday regarding the current issues with the system, Suffel said the current 13-terabyte system is …

The deadline to register to vote in the 2016 presidential election is tomorrow if you want to vote in the November 8 election. Voter registration forms are available at MyOhioVote.com. Voters who need to update their address also have until Tuesday and can use the online change of address system …

Ronald L. Robarge, age 62, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2016 at his residence following a sudden illness. Mr. Robarge was a lifelong farmer whose real passion was raising beef cattle and especially Shorthorn cattle. He also worked for 38 years at General Motors in Defiance as a …

Kermit O. Sheline age 85, of Edon, Ohio, died at 12:24 A.M. on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana where he was a patient. Mr. Sheline was a veteran of the United States Marines, serving during the Korean Conflict. He was employed as …

A sentence has been handed down to a man in a child pornography case. Branch County Circuit Court officials say 43 year old Troy Van Aken of Hillsdale was sentenced to serve between 29 months and 4 years in prison for possession of child sexually abusive material. He was also …

65 year old Frances Wilhlem of Napoleon who is facing charges of attempted murder and felonious assault pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in Putnam County Common Pleas Court. Wilhlem appeared for arraignment Wednesday and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges from an alleged incident that occurred on …

Less than one week remaining for voter registration. The deadline to register to vote in the 2016 presidential election is Tuesday, Oct. 11, or 30 days before the Nov. 8 election. Voter registration forms are available at MyOhioVote.com. Voters who need to update their address also have until Tuesday and …

No president has ever been elected without carrying the Buckeye State and once again, swing-state Ohio finds itself a coveted prize in a presidential election. That sense of democratic importance may be one of the reasons credit check and credit report website WalletHub found Ohio to have the second most …