The city of Bryan as a whole procured nearly $2.7 million dollars in grant funding last year that helped the community and taxpayers, officials say. They add that the engineering department accounted for $2 million of that total, including projects like Horton Heights, Safe Routes to School and a sanitary …

The Williams County commissioners approve the purchase of a truck for the engineer’s office for next year. The tandem axle truck is not to cost more than $127,910. The request for the purchase was made at the end of last month. The commissioners also gave approval of a request for …

Helen Marie Bauer, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at Bryan Care & Rehabilitation Center in Bryan.  Helen worked at Spangler Candy Company and Ohio Art, then at the former Bryan Custom Plastics for 50 years prior to her retirement.  She attended Bryan First …

LaRue H. Reitzel, age 85, of Edon, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at Fountain  Park Assisted Living in Bryan.  LaRue was a bookkeeper at Edon Farmer’s Co-Op for 50 years.  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Blakeslee where she was a member of …

Susan Young Herman, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2024, in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, at the age of 89. Born December 13th, 1934, in Hamilton, Ohio, and the daughter of Richard and Ruth Young, Susan graduated from Talawanda High School in Oxford, …

Joann Trumpy, 72, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  In honoring Joann’s wishes, the family will hold a private memorial service at a later date.  Arrangements are in the care of Oberlin-Turnbull Funeral Home & Crematory, 706 Main Street, …

The Defiance County commissioners discuss possibilities for a grant to improve inclusion for all, as well as a possible issue with the upcoming Hot Air Balloon Festival. They met with the County Board of Developmental Disabilities to discuss plans for a grant. They would like to incorporate ways to make …

The Bryan City Council may have some expensive decisions to make in the next few years as several pieces of fire equipment are aging out. Fire Chief Doug Pool provided council with his 2023 report. He showed a list of all apparatus used by the fire department, with several of …

Attorney General, Dave Yost tells the Ohio Supreme Court that rushing a lawsuit, filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations, seeking to place a package of voter protections on the November ballot is unjustified. In a court filing, Yost said the July 3 cutoff for the “Ohio …

The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. A few key measures in the latest Federal Railroad Administration statistics, including the total number of train accidents, worsened over the first 11 months …