Ear­lier this week, DeKalb school offi­cials approved a plan that will put a Chrome­book in the hands of every stu­dent between grades 6 and 12. The school board ok’d the pro­posal to request bids for the pur­chase of over 1400 of the machines at about $215 per device, a sig­nif­i­cant …

Ila L. Harrington, 83 years, of Bryan, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at her home with her family at her side.  Ila was born August 30, 1931 in Montpelier, the daughter of the late Kirk and Edna (Koch) Zigler.  She was a 1949 graduate of West Unity High School, …

A tragic acci­dent yes­ter­day after­noon in Wood County killed a dri­ver and sent the vehicle’s pas­sen­ger to the hos­pi­tal. 57-year-old Almeda Cou­ture of Toledo died when a tree fell on her SUV that was trav­el­ing south on Ton­to­gany Creek Road. The vehi­cle careened off the road­way, strik­ing a mail­box and …

Ear­lier this week, we told you about a pro­posal to change the Hill­dale city open-burning ordi­nance. The change was approved by the city coun­cil and bans all open burn­ing in the city between mid­night and 4am, mean­ing no camp­fires, open fire pits, or bon­fires. Open fires are also off-limits dur­ing …

The Lib­erty Cen­ter vil­lage coun­cil spent some time ear­lier this week dis­cussing changes to street align­ment related to an upcom­ing school con­struc­tion project. A report by the Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion rec­om­mended extend­ing the south drive at the school com­plex to meet up with Dam­as­cus Street, which would accom­mo­date a …

Today is the ground­break­ing cer­e­mony for the first phase of a mas­ter plan to unite all Bryan City Schools stu­dents on one cam­pus. The first phase will be the con­struc­tion of a com­bined middle-and-high school. The event kicks off at 10:30am, and if you can’t make it out to the …

The DeKalb County Prosecutor’s Office is not happy with CSX. WANE reports that the rail­road com­pany has racked up over 40 traf­fic tick­ets in less than six months, some­thing that Deputy Pros­e­cu­tor Erik Weber says is an unac­cept­able safety haz­ard with traf­fic remain­ing blocked for extended periods–sometimes up to 14 …

Mark E. Bok, age 64, of rural Hicksville, Ohio, died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at his home. Mr. Bok was a graduate of Fairview High School and then received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from The Ohio State University. He was formerly employed by the Columbus …

Earth Day is this week, but a Bryan busi­ness does its part every day to help pro­tect the envi­ron­ment. WiltonKeck Recy­cling started up last year and, in eight months of oper­a­tion, has recy­cled about 115 tons of paper mate­r­ial, the equiv­a­lent of about 2,000 trees. They’ve also sent over 200,000 …

The Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office is ask­ing for the public’s help in locat­ing two peo­ple who failed to appear in court. Alvin Gerkin of Napoleon is wanted on a felony vio­la­tion of parole. Angel Gon­za­lez of Fos­to­ria is wanted on a felony forgery charge. Nei­ther man showed up for their …