Officers in Hicksville are looking for a driver who fired shots at a pedestrian Thursday night…near the intersection of Elm and East Cornelia streets. The shots were fired from inside a pickup truck, toward an individual standing in the area. No injuries were reported. The shooter is described as a …

Lobbyist, Matt Borges appeals his 5-year sentence…in the $60 million dollar bribery scheme that also took down former Ohio House Speaker, Larry Householder. Borges, 51, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, was convicted in March of racketeering alongside Householder. Officials say…the scheme involved secret payments to Akron-based utility …

Jacklyn M. “Jackie” Gomez, 23, of Butler, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, July 13, 2023, in Columbia City, Indiana.  Jacklyn was born July 12, 2000, in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Abraham Gomez, III, and Sylvia Ruiz.  She was a 2018 graduate of Eastside High School.  After graduation, Jacklyn …

Raymond Richard Trenz, Jr., 56, of Auburn, CA, passed away on June 30, 2023 at his home. He was born on February 5, 1967 in Deerborn, MI to Raymond Richard Trenz Sr., and Darlene Kay (Fields) Trenz. Rick graduated from Gibraltor High School in 1985 and went on to attend …

Ruth J. Shaull, age 96, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away at 6:05 A.M.  on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at Bryan Care & Rehabilitation Center.  She was a nurses aide at Hillside Country Living and retired with 21 years of service.  Ruth was an active member of the Montpelier Church of …

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted has made protecting Ohio’s youth from social media a priority, and the state legislature followed suit. As part of the recently-passed state budget bill, the legislature included the Social Media Notification Act, which requires social media companies like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok to require parental …

Ohio Sen., Sherrod Brown believes American tax dollars should be spent on American products, and that should apply to more than manufacturing. That is why he is introducing the bipartisan American Food for American Schools Act, which would require schools to purchase American sourced food products for meals. The bill …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs unanimously approves a request from Bryan City Schools and the Bryan Athletic Boosters…for a waiver of fees on meters and wiring permits. The request was being made in light of the athletic complex project going on at the high school. Part of that project …

Bryan native Veronica Richer is accepted to the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, for a four-year paid residency. The 27-year-old opera singer is one of two sopranos selected to join during the 2023 audition season. Richer said she has been singing opera for over 10 years, since she was …

Firefighters are dispatched to a fire in rural Huntertown that leaves a home severely damaged…in the 4700 block of McComb Road, just northeast of town. Crews arrive to find heavy smoke billowing throughout the whole house…with flames at the back of the place. They say the fire team ran into …