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Time To Cool Off

Sorta like getting sent to your room. The Bryan Police Department is operating without its chief and assistant chief…after both are put on administrative leave…effective immediately. This comes after the two men butted heads in public session during Monday’s city council meeting. Mohre, who had more than four decades of …

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Mabel Chapman, 88

Mabel Chapman, 88, of Bryan passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021, at SKLD-Bryan Center. Mabel was born October 25, 1932, in Marquette, Michigan, daughter of the late Raymond and Gertrude (Olsen) Flink. She was a 1950 graduate of Graveraet High School. Mabel married Bernard E. Chapman in 1952 in Marquette, …

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McCabe Case Update

A Malinta man pleads guilty in a Henry County Courtroom…accused of giving a family member a dangerous drug…leading to an overdose. Tyler McCabe, 27, remains the subject of an investigation by area law enforcement. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 17. A charge of possession of heroin, a fifth-degree felony, will …

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Ruiz Case Update

An Ottawa man is sentenced to a lengthy prison in Putnam County for two separate incidents…one of them a domestic situation. Danny Ruiz, 46, was given prison terms totaling nine years on charges of burglary…violating a protection order…trespassing…and more. He was given credit for 237 days served in jail while …

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Griffin Steps Down

The Edgerton Village Council accepts the resignation of Police Chief, Dan Griffin during its meeting, this week. Griffin has served with Edgerton Police since 1999, becoming sergeant in 2004 and then police chief in 2017. His career started in 1992…he says it’s time to retire. The council accepted his immediate …

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Thorn Is Sentenced

Dalice Thorn…the second of two defendants…connected to lottery ticket theft from Defiance’s Circle K store…is placed on community control for four years…and ordered to make $37,000 dollars restitution to the store on North Clinton Street. She also is prohibited from going on the premises. Raeannah Walton got the same decision …

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More Water Woes In Edgerton

The Village of Edgerton is expediting a water project…after one of their towers sprang a leak and needed to be shut down. Village officials discovered it at the industrial water tower on Monday. The discovery nearly coincides with a plan to do some upgrades and repairs to the tower, which …

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OH Special Elections In The Books

Mike Carey, a coal lobbyist, backed by former President, Donald Trump…beats a list of Republicans in central Ohio…while Shontel Brown pulls out a victory for the Democratic establishment in the state…in a pair of primary elections for open House seats. The special elections are both viewed by insiders…as a measure …

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Appeal Denied

The Ohio Supreme Court will not hear an appeal filed by a former death row inmate…seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence for threatening a former assistant prosecutor. Kenneth Richey, 58, posted videos on Facebook in which he threatened the prosecutor and his family, the courts determined. The videos did …

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Boys…Boys!

Now, now….Bryan Police Chief Gary Mohre is set to resign…citing major discord within the police department, especially between him and Chief, Chris Chapa. He tells the city council all about it. They tell him…he can’t quit…prompting one on the panel to tell Mohre to put aside the kid’s stuff…and improve …

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