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The Williams County Department of Job and Family Services has been in the process of making its services more efficient and effective in recent days, according to officials who addressed county commissioners on Monday. Among the main initiatives is the upcoming implementation of a child services direct phone line, for …
Read More »Summer Concert Series Continues Wednesday
The Bryan City Band’s summer concert series continues Wednesday in the Connin-Hartman Bandstand on the downtown Bryan square, with the performance scheduled to begin at 7:30 on the Band Stand. Sponsored by the Bryan Area Chamber of Commerce, residents of Williams County and the surrounding areas have long had the …
Read More »Montpelier Council Asked to Reconsider Medical Pot
In Montpelier, a village resident and local pastor urged the Montpelier Village Council to reconsider repealing its moratorium on medical marijuana. Members of the Montpelier Village Council heard from resident Al Coci regarding the proposed resolution during Monday’s regular meeting. Recent polling suggests that more than 60 percent of Americans …
Read More »Local BBQ Chef Returns to Cooking Channel
Local chef Jim Elser will be appearing yet again on the Cooking Channel. The Ney native’s barbecue-based career takes a giant leap forward on America’s birthday, as he has another TV appearance debuting on Independence Day. Elser and his “Sweet Smoke Q” team, which won $70,000 in prize money in …
Read More »Run For Your Heart 5K in Bryan
Runners at the second annual Run for your Heart 5K in Bryan were reminded of the importance of exercise on Saturday morning at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, where the run was held. Dr. Jodi Tinkel, a cardiologist at CHWC, said the 5K acted as something of a cap to …
Read More »Sen. Brown Introduces Carp Bill
Ohio Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown has introduced a bill to address invasive species in the Great Lakes, and perhaps no species is more invasive, or consistently on Ohio’s radar, than the notorious Asian Carp. Sen. Brown recently introduce legislation to implore President Donald Trump to pay more attention to …
Read More »Renewal of Senior’s Levy on Nov. Ballot
Bryan voters can expect to see a renewal of a five-year, 0.3-mill levy for the Williams County Department of Aging on the Nov. 7 general election ballot. At their regular meeting on Thursday, County commissioners gave their approval to a request by Maggie Fisher, the department of aging executive director, …
Read More »Traffic Stop Yields Drug Bust
Bryan police found the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl during a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon in the 900 block of East High Street. A Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force representative said during a phone interview Thursday afternoon with local media that they detained three people and seized suspected narcotics… It was tested …
Read More »Indiana Motorist Indicted in Hit-and-Skip
A Grand Jury in the Williams County Court of Common Pleas indicted 23-year-old motorist Cassandra M. Stickney of Butler, Indiana for her role in the fatal hit-skip accident that claimed the life of an Edgerton village employee. She was charged Wednesday afternoon with vehicular manslaughter, a second-degree misdemeanor, and failure …
Read More »Buck Cemetery vandalized
Someone recently vandalized Buck Cemetery near Evansport. At 1:43 on Monday afternoon, Springfield Township Trustee Rusty Goebel reported someone toppled five headstones and littered the cemetery with beer cans. Buck Cemetery has become notorious among a fringe group of paranormal enthusiasts for being haunted. For decades, some people have believed …
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