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Williams County mayors learned about cybersecurity issues…and how the state can help combat them. The mayors met at the Holiday City Village Office for their monthly meeting and were joined via Zoom by Mark Bell, a cybersecurity outreach coordinator for the state of Ohio. Bell says response teams can come …

A man from Garrett is hurt…when the motorcycle hits a deer on I-69 in DeKalb County. Officials say…Jordan Gunion, 24, was northbound…near the 325 mile marker…when a deer entered from the east side. Then the collision. The vehicle goes off the interstate…sliding into the median. Gunion was able to get …

A ballot question…seeking to make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution…clears for an August ballot. Teams of Republican and Democratic lawmakers…assigned to write pro and con arguments, will be presented to voters. The process before the Ohio Ballot Board followed the raucous legislative floor session and months of …

The man being held responsible for hitting and killing an Indiana State Police Trooper in March appears in court on Tuesday. Terry Sands is accused of hitting and killing ISP Master Trooper James Bailey on March 3 along I-69, just south of Auburn. According to court reports, Bailey came in …

As the season changes…and more bugs make a reappearance, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is working to prevent the spread of invasive species…as its Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology removed 1,960 spotted lanternfly eggs during a project in the region. Officials say…more than 1,700 of those were removed …

Edgerton public school treasurer William Blakely presented his five-year financial forecast for the school district during this week’s school board meeting. An issue that arose for Blakely when attempting to predict the financial state of the school district five years down the road was also having to predict the outcome …

A bill…that would ban nearly all diversity and inclusion training requirements at Ohio’s public colleges and universities, prohibit faculty strikes and bar public universities from taking stances on “controversial” topics…clears the GOP-dominated Ohio Senate. The multifaceted bill would drastically change the way that students learn and faculty teach across the …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs agrees to waive fees for a new housing project. The request was made by the Williams County Port Authority. That board has taken on the challenge of increasing housing in Williams County. The house will be located at 903 S. Main St., which is …

The Bryan City Schools Board of Education learns about how the district used nearly $1 million dollars in federal grants this past school year…and was told next year would likely be similar. One grant was for $370,000 dollars. Another 60,000 dollars was used for a class size reduction for first …

The Bryan City Council unanimously approves a negotiated tentative contract for city police dispatchers…gives raises to two employees…and may look at setting criteria for future raises for managers. Council approved salary increases for the City Engineer and the Parks and Recreation Director. Others would like the city’s wage committee to …