Councilmembers in Edon vote to put a quarter of its tax revenues towards capital improvements in the area. It begins with the new budget year. At current levels, the city takes around 20 percent of those revenues and spends it on improvements. At one point, officials considered upping the number …
Read More »Main Street Will Be Looking Good Soon
Bryan gets approval for $1.4 million in grant funding to repave almost the entire length of Main Street. The project includes a new road surface and work on sidewalk handicap ramps at some of the intersections along the roadway. The plan is for work to begin by the summer of …
Read More »Gordon Is Tapped For Music Program
Bryan City Schools Orchestra Director, Brandon Gordon is picked as one of just 16 school music directors in the country to take part in a program that looks to change the way music is taught in America. Gordon and the other directors selected have already begun showing their students entire …
Read More »Suspect Gets Away From Police
A suspect escapes custody of Fayette Police officers. Axle Roark is on the run. Officers suspect he may be in the Fayette area as the search for him is on. They say he was not armed but should be considered dangerous just the same. They add if you see him, …
Read More »No Injuries In Swancreek Twp Blaze
Four people escape a house fire in Swancreek Township on County Road 1. Fire officials say it began in an attached garage and spread to the residence. No one was injured in the blaze. No cause has been determined. Crews from Swanton, Delta, Whitehouse, and Liberty Center assisted at the …
Read More »Driver Badly Hurt In FC Crash
A Lyons teen is in critical condition after a solo crash Fulton County Road 14, near County Road K. Investigators say Garrett Crowell was northbound, when his pickup went off the west side of the roadway, smashing into a ditch and a culvert…then a utility pole. Crowell was taken to …
Read More »Biden Stumps For Donelly
Former Vice President, Joe Biden was in Indiana, heaping praise on Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly as the kind of guy who keeps his word, puts country over party. With early voting starting in Indiana this week, Biden urged the crowd to turn out for Donnelly, who is neck and neck …
Read More »Funds For Handling Crime Victims
Two Williams County organizations get annual funding from the Victims of Crime Act and State Victim Assistance Act. Sarah’s Friends in Bryan received $53,538 and Williams County Victim’s Assistance…they got $112,563. The grants are expected to provide comprehensive care and critical services for victims of crime
Read More »Bement Closed Until Tuesday
Heads up area drivers. Officials say the 100 block of West Bement Street in Bryan will be closed through Tuesday for repairs.
Read More »They Broke Into It Again
Investigators tell reporters the Williams County Library on High St. in Bryan was broken into. An iPad and $40 dollars in cash is missing.
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