News

North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege has two events planned for next week. On Tues­day, April 9, NSCC is host­ing the 2013 Job Fair, which is open to the pub­lic and will fea­ture more than 75 local employ­ers. The event will take place in NSCC’s Atrium from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. The Cen­ter …

Bryan Police made an arrest. Ray Ridg­way of Hamil­ton Street in Bryan was picked up on a Bench War­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. Ridg­way was taken to CCNO.

A man pre­vi­ously con­victed of wit­ness intim­i­da­tion is now headed to jail. Andrew Kendall of Bryan could have been sent to prison for 11 years on another charge of felony assault with a deadly weapon, but he was found not guilty of that charge in March. A jury found Kendall …

Span­gler Candy Com­pany is request­ing Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties per­mis­sion to cap their water well which was drilled in 1940 well and install a new, 10-inch well on Span­gler Candy Co. prop­erty. They say that the cur­rent well is fail­ing and unless they can get another source of water, they will …

Williams County Humane Soci­ety Offi­cers responded to an unusual call Mon­day morn­ing. A report came in that a pig fell out of a semi-trailer. The 450-pound sow was found near Mont­pe­lier. The Bryan Times reports that the pig wasn’t tagged, but it did have ear notches. A per­son who wit­nessed …

On Mon­day, Bryan Police Chief Jeff Arnold told mem­bers of Bryan City Coun­cil that Bryan Patrol­man Corey Bush and a bus dri­ver for the Toledo Area Regional Tran­sit Author­ity, along with three bus pas­sen­gers, saved the lives of a woman who report­edly attempted sui­cide and an uncon­scious man. The Bryan …

Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day accepted a new vil­lage employee. The pro­ba­tion­ary period for Vil­lage Admin­is­tra­tor Kevin Brooks is over and coun­cil voted to place Brooks on per­ma­nent sta­tus. In other news, The Bryan Times reports that the offi­cial move-in date into the new Edger­ton vil­lage hall will be April …

A man from Defi­ance has been charged with rap­ing an under­age girl in Put­nam County. 18 year old Don­ald Schulte faces a first-degree felony charge for allegedly com­mit­ting the act back in Decem­ber in Ottawa with a girl about 15 years old. The indict­ments were recently handed up by a …

Bryan Police report a few arrests over the week­end. Early Sun­day morning,at 1:47 AM, 34 year old Jef­fery McNa­mara of Bryan, was arrested on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for fail­ing to file city taxes. He was taken to CCNO. At 2:36 AM Sun­day, 28 year old …

Accord­ing to the Ohio Depart­ment of Development’s fis­cal year 2012 report, Ohio’s tourism grew to $40 bil­lion in sales in 2012. The trend holds true in North­west Ohio as well. Local tourism is up, and thou­sands vis­ited our area in 2012. Reports from the Defi­ance income tax office indi­cate there …