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CCNO Pushes For End Of Work Release Program

Offi­cials at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio are con­tin­u­ing to dis­cuss the pos­si­ble clo­sure of the work release pro­gram at the regional jail. Jim Den­nis, CCNO Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, pro­vided board mem­bers with addi­tional sta­tis­ti­cal infor­ma­tion but said the pro­gram is still not cost effi­cient to keep oper­at­ing. He said …

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Bryan PD Report

Some action from Bryan Police… On Wednes­day after­noon, they arrested 19 year old Gabriel Wil­son, and charged him with dis­or­derly Con­duct after Warn­ing and Crim­i­nal Mis­chief. Addi­tion­ally charges are pend­ing. Wil­son was taken to CCNO. Then last evening just after 6, police arrested 24 year old Cora R. Gonyea of …

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Highway Re-Opened After Truck Crash

Ohio 65 in Put­nam County is open to traf­fic again today, after being closed most of the day Tues­day fol­low­ing an ethanol tanker rolled over. The tanker was car­ry­ing 7,800 gal­lons of ethanol when it crashed between Bel­more and the Henry County line. Nobody was hurt, but the Put­nam County …

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Quadco Outlines Art

A group of birds is nes­tled in with other art­work cur­rently on pub­lic dis­play at the Parkview Physi­cians Group in Bryan. What makes this piece of art unique from the other pieces being shown there is that it was cre­ated by a group of peo­ple from Quadco. Mem­bers of the …

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Bryan Police Sweep

Bryan Police on Mon­day arrested 39 year old Roberta M. Lyons and charged her with Crim­i­nal Tres­pass and Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana. She was taken to CCNO. Also on Mon­day, Bryan Police nabbed 27 year old Alan J. Deetz for Crim­i­nal Tres­pass. He too was taken to CCNO. On Tues­day, Bryan …

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Truck Rolls In Putnam County

The Put­nam County Sheriff’s Office this morn­ing reports that crews are on the scene of a tanker truck rollover acci­dent on State Route 65 between Bel­more and the Henry County line. Offi­cials are ask­ing dri­vers to avoid that area as the road there may be shut down due to a …

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Still No Money From Ruralogic Despite Promises and Court Orders

In late 2010, Ruralogic came to our area, bring­ing with it the promise of train­ing area res­i­dents for careers in IT ser­vices. Now though, the county and many here are wait­ing for the begin­ning of the court-ordered repay­ments on unpaid loans and wages. In March, a court deci­sion was handed …

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Wauseon Home Explosion

At least one per­son was sent to the hos­pi­tal when a home blew up Mon­day after­noon in Wauseon. Fire crews say at least five peo­ple were in the home on Clin­ton Street when it exploded around 4:30pm. Ini­tial reports indi­cate that a gas leak was behind the explo­sion, which caused …

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Storm Damage Reported

A bad thun­der­storm rolled through Williams County on Mon­day after­noon. It didn’t last long, but it caused a lot of dam­age any­way. The storm’s down­draft was strong enough to snap off 13 util­ity poles that stood along Ohio 15, between County F and County Road G, north of Bryan. Accord­ing …

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Relay For Life Exceeds Goal

Accord­ing to pub­lished reports, the Relay for Life held this week­end at Hicksville Exempted Vil­lage Schools was a big suc­cess. The Cres­cent News reports that while the goal this year was $32,000, the started the relay off with $20,000 already com­mit­ted. In the end, offi­cials were proud to announce that …

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