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Contributions to tax-advantaged savings and investment accounts that Ohio offers to eligible children and adults with disabilities have exceeded $100 million. Ohio Treasurer, Robert Sprague says the STABLE Account program his office administers hit the mark this week. Ohio was the first state to participate when it launched the program …

Incumbent Pioneer Mayor, Ed Kidston gets re-elected in a tight race. By a 15-vote margin, Kidston earned another term 243 to 228. He has served as Pioneer mayor for the past 20 years. As president of Artesian of Pioneer, Kidston last summer announced a plan to drill into the aquifer …

A man is in critical condition, after a crash west of Waterloo. Jason Walden, of Auburn, was traveling south on County Road 27…they say he failed to yield to a semi heading east on U.S. 6. The semi hit the passenger side of Walden’s vehicle, causing heavy damage. He was …

A few dozen people arrive in Bryan Municipal Court as a jury gets picked in the Steve Towns trial. After about two hours, eight jurors and one alternate juror were selected. This, as Sheriff Towns is accused of two misdemeanor charges…all stemming from his online release, in October 2018, of …

Bryan City Council’s effort to put the dissolution of the Board of Public Affairs governing body to a public vote, moves forward with the first reading to put the issue on the ballot. At a meeting last month, council directed City Attorney, Rhonda Fisher to draft legislation to submit to …

A bid by Logan Reese, of Bryan, is chosen as the winner to lease 162 acres of county-owned farmland near the Hillside Country Living facility, north of town. Reese’s bid of $257 per acre was accepted over 10 other bidders by Williams County Commissioners. As we reported, the group had …

It’s that time of year again. Northwest Ohio’s Christmas for Kids campaign is underway. It runs for six weeks, through Dec. 13. A partnership with Kiwanis Club of Bryan and the Marine Corps League, the program collects donations and toys to provide to children in six northwest Ohio counties. This …

Edward Ramirez is arrested by Bryan Police. Officials tell reporters he was found at a North Cherry Street home, after officers get a tip. Ramirez, wanted on misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, parole and community control violations is now in CCNO. As we reported, he had eluded law enforcement over …

A Sherwood woman and Defiance man are accused of theft. Officers respond to a complaint on Gipe Road in Washington Township. They say a generator, picnic table, burn barrels and other items were stolen. Officers get tips on a suspicious car in the area while all that was going on. …

A drug investigation in LaGrange leads to marijuana cultivation charges at a State Road 9 location. Officers say they smelled it coming from within the residence. Police get a search warrant and find around 7 pounds of marijuana, 50 plants, tools and more. Steven Brewer, of LaGrange, was arrested. A …