The Henry County Sheriff’s Department says that on Saturday morning around 7:25 a.m., on US.6. in Harrison Township, a northbound vehicle driven by 22 year old Chelsea Smith of Napoleon, lost control on an icy bridge and struck a median barrier. Damage to the vehicle was heavy. Also on Saturday …
Read More »FULTON CONSIDERING OPTIONS TO ADDRESS LANDFILL LEAKS
Fulton county commissioners are considering development of their own wastewater treatment plant. The proposed new facility would treat 600,000 gallons of wastewater a day. Although the plant would treat other liquids, it would also target leachate from the old Fulton County Landfill. The landfill has been closed since 1981, yet …
Read More »DON’T MISS THIS QUILT SHOW
From Tuesday, April 30 through Sunday, May 5, guests from across the country will gather in Archbold for the 37th annual Quilt Show at Sauder Village. Again this year, the talents of quilters from throughout the Midwest will be celebrated with a display of more than 400 quilts, unique quilting …
Read More »WILLIAMS COUNTY SHERIFF HAS BEEN BUSY
Williams County Sheriff Steve Towns has released a preliminary summary of activity for the Sheriff’s Office for the first quarter of 2013. So far this year, his office has handled 862 calls for service including: 87 crashes, 42 Domestics, 36 Fraud cases, 22 Telephone Harassments, 29 Traffic Complaints, 20 Thefts, …
Read More »WILLIAMS COUNTY ISSUES METH BOTTLE WARNING TO DITCH CLEANERS
The Williams County Sheriff’s Department is warning people cleaning up ditches and other areas this spring to be very careful to not come in contact with any plastic bottles that may be part of a meth lab. They Sheriff says these bottles could possibly have a powder residue inside, have …
Read More »DIVERSIFIED MACHINE TO SHUT DOWN IN EDON
Published reports this morning say that Diversified Machine in Edon is closing it’s doors for good. According to the Bryan Times, employees of the Edon plant were told that due to economic conditions the company is closing the plant in February 2014. The first jobs eliminated will be in July, …
Read More »CENTRAL ED BOARD LOOKING FOR SUPERINTENDENT
The search is on at the Central Local Board of Education. Earlier this week, the board met and announced that the interviewing process has begun for candidates to take over David Bagley’s spot as district superintendent. Bagley will retire as school superintendent this summer. No one would speculate on how …
Read More »BRYAN SCHOOL BOARD PLANS SPECIAL MEETING
A Special Meeting of the Board of Education of the Bryan City School District is planned for Tuesday, April 30th at the Bryan Middle School Commons. The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m., and is being scheduled for the purpose of holding a public discussion relating to school district facility …
Read More »BRYAN MUNICIPAL UTILITIES IN THE TOP 10
Solar Electric Power Association on Tuesday announced that Bryan Municipal Utilities has been ranked on the association’s annual Top 10 list of American electric utilities that have added the most new solar power to their systems and the most solar on a watts-per-customer basis in 2012. Bryan Municipal Utilities broke …
Read More »BRYAN POLICE MAKE DRUG BUST
Bryan Police made a drug arrest on Tuesday. 44 year old Johnny E. Cramer of Cherry Street in Bryan was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bryan Police say Cramer was picked up just before 5pm yesterday afternoon. The official Bryan Police report doesn’t indicate if …
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