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Defiance College holds its commencement ceremony this weekend, via virtual means, with several local students set to graduate. 117 in all for the Saturday event. Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Agnes Caldwell and President, Richanne Mankey are set to confer degrees in a truncated version of the school’s traditional …

Enough interest has been expressed, despite the coronavirus, to go forward with releasing materials for the July bar exam, the group that makes the test has decided. Only 19 states and jurisdictions had announced by the deadline set by the National Conference of Bar Examiners that they plan to cancel …

Officials say Indiana residents should be wary about false or misleading claims some companies are making about their ability to combat the spread of the coronavirus with disinfectants or cleaning services. The Office of the Indiana State Chemist says cleaning services and cleaning product manufacturers have claimed they can disinfect …

The coronavirus battle continues. Officials in Fulton County confirm 29 cases of COVID-19. The Health Department says the age range of cases is 20 to 79 years old…16 men and 13 women. Six have been hospitalized…no fatalities reported. There are over 20 thousand coronavirus cases overall in Ohio. Over 35 …

Republican lawmakers, frustrated with Ohio’s aggressive stay-at-home orders, vote in the GOP-controlled House to limit the authority of the state’s health director. The move seeks to restrict mandatory orders issued by the health department to 14 days. After that, the orders would need approval from a legislative rule-making body. Gov. …

The Bryan City Council okays the installation of two wireless hot spots. They say internet coverage will be better. The hot spots will be installed by MetaLINK Technologies, out of Defiance…at no cost to the city. The antennas are will be installed at both the East End Park pool building …

State Senator, Rob McColley of Napoleon announces the Ohio Senate unanimously passes Senate Bill 310, authorizing the distribution of $350 million of federal funding to local communities across Ohio for COVID-19 related expenses. He added it will be made available to counties and towns for necessary expenses. The legislation passed …

A Deshler man dies in a motorcycle crash. Officials say Donald Rosebrook was northbound on Ohio 235. He apparently missed a curve and lost control. The motorcycle hit a ditch along the roadway. A passenger is hurt in the wreck. Rosebrook was taken to a Findlay hospital, where he was …

Bryan has entered into an agreement with SharedWork Ohio to help ease the impact of possible employee hours reductions. The agreement was approved at the city council meeting. The contract allows for those city employees, likely to see their hours reduced in the coming days, to seek unemployment benefits through …

Utility shut-off for nonpayment will remain suspended for Bryan Municipal Utilities customers until at least June 20. The Board of Public Affairs had previously approved suspending disconnections until early May. Board officials say they will reevaluate the policy in June and may extend it further, if necessary.