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Some money for some local law enforce­ment efforts… The Ohio Depart­ment of Pub­lic Safety’s Traf­fic Safety Office has awarded $26,417 in fed­eral traf­fic safety fund­ing to the Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office plans to put the money to use to fund sev­eral blitz cam­paigns, includ­ing their par­tic­i­pa­tion in …

On Fri­day, a man from Angola was for­mally charged with hav­ing a home made weapon in his pos­ses­sion while he was an inmate at the Steuben County Jail last May. 38 year old Richard Nagel is now charged with being a Pris­oner in Pos­ses­sion of a Dan­ger­ous Device or Mate­r­ial …

Some money for some local law enforce­ment efforts… The Ohio Depart­ment of Pub­lic Safety’s Traf­fic Safety Office has awarded $26,417 in fed­eral traf­fic safety fund­ing to the Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office plans to put the money to use to fund sev­eral blitz cam­paigns, includ­ing their par­tic­i­pa­tion in …

A Bryan res­i­dent is wak­ing up this morn­ing behind bars at CCNO. Bryan Police say that on Tues­day night, just before mid­night, they arrested 57 year old Lynn Rupp of Wal­nut Street in Bryan. Rupp was charged for vio­lat­ing a Tem­po­rary Pro­tec­tion Order.

Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is cel­e­brat­ing Pub­lic Power Week, Oct. 5–11, along with more than 2,000 other community-owned elec­tric util­i­ties across the U.S. that pro­vide elec­tric­ity on a not-for-profit basis. As part of the cel­e­bra­tion of Pub­lic Power Week, Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is invit­ing com­mu­nity mem­bers to attend an open house …

An autopsy report was released late Tues­day in con­nec­tion with the death of a Defi­ance man, whose body was found in the water along River­side Ceme­tery in Defi­ance late Mon­day after­noon. Results of that autopsy show that 28 year old Mark Esparza of Defi­ance, died from drown­ing, how­ever tox­i­col­ogy results …

Accord­ing to an autopsy report, a Defi­ance man, whose body was found in the Auglaize River Mon­day after­noon, died from drown­ing. The call first came in just before 6 Mon­day evening about a body in the water behind River­side Ceme­tery. The sheriff’s office dive team, along with Defi­ance Police recov­ered …

The Gen­eral Motors Foun­da­tion announced that it has donated a total of $25,000 to three non­profit orga­ni­za­tions in the Defi­ance com­mu­nity through the Plant City Grants pro­gram. The orga­ni­za­tions receiv­ing the funds included the Defi­ance Area YMCA, $2,500; Defi­ance Area Foun­da­tion, $10,000; and the United Way of Defi­ance County, $12,500. …

A head-on col­li­sion Tues­day morn­ing on U.S. 6 between Bryan and Edger­ton sent three peo­ple to the hos­pi­tal. It hap­pened yes­ter­day morn­ing just before 7, when the Ohio HIgh­way Patrol says 23 year old Joel Birky of West Unity was dri­ving west on U.S. 6 and 21 year old Alexis …

The U.S. Depart­ment of Labor recently awarded Trade Adjust­ment Assis­tance Com­mu­nity Col­lege and Career Train­ing grants to sixty-six com­mu­nity col­leges across the nation. Five of those grantees are in Ohio, with North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege receiv­ing just under $2.5 mil­lion. NSCC will use the fund­ing to enhance cur­ricu­lum in sev­eral …