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The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board tells Congress. But she said the key decision-makers who feared those tank cars were going …
Read More »Three-way Republican primary for Senate seat in Ohio.
A fractious, three-way Republican primary for the chance to unseat Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown this November is culminating in Ohio, where candidates are divided more over their pasts than their policy positions. Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan all favor some level …
Read More »Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves request for service to the police department.
The Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves a request for service to the police department, and learned the cause of a small outage. Bryan Police Capt. Jamie Mendez made the request for free service that would allow two new traffic cameras to be installed on city electric poles and draw …
Read More »Ohio University pauses awarding of race-based diversity scholarships.
Ohio University has paused the awarding of race-based diversity scholarships following the Supreme Court’s decision last summer to strike down affirmative action in college admissions. The university, one of Ohio’s largest, with about 20,000 undergraduates at its main campus in Athens, announced its plans in a statement recently by officials …
Read More »Ohio to begin doling out millions of dollars in opioid settlement money.
Ohio is ready to begin doling out millions of dollars in opioid settlement money to community and government organizations, an influx eagerly anticipated since the first sums were secured in 2021. The OneOhio Recovery Foundation is tasked with distributing over $860 million dollars in settlements reached with drug makers and …
Read More »Majewski suspends campaign.
The weekend suspension of a troubled congressional campaign in northwest Ohio has eased the minds of establishment Republicans hopeful they can flip a Democratic seat this fall by defeating the longest-serving woman in Congress. Erstwhile Republican candidate J.R. Majewski paused his campaign Saturday, just three days after he had insisted …
Read More »Chase through and around Angola Friday afternoon ends in the arrest of a Fremont man.
A chase through and around Angola Friday afternoon ended in the arrest of a Fremont man. In a press release from the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop on a motorcycle for failure to display a license plate, on Golden Lake Road in Pleasant …
Read More »Williams County commissioners taking bids on project for Bryan subdivision.
The Williams County commissioners will be taking bids on an upcoming project to improve the pavement in a Bryan subdivision, for curb and asphalt pavement upgrades on Scott and Brown drives in the Norlick Place subdivision. Bids will be accepted until 10 a.m. on March 26. A mandatory pre-bid meeting …
Read More »Bryan man charged with aggravated burglary found not competent to stand trial at this time.
Following a court ordered competency evaluation, a Bryan man charged with aggravated burglary is found not competent to stand trial at this time. David G. Notestine was ordered by Williams County Common Pleas Court Judge J.T. Stelzer to be committed to the Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital in Toledo for not …
Read More »Montpelier joins the county’s geographical information systems program.
The Village of Montpelier has joined up with the county’s geographical information systems program. The Village Council approved a memorandum of understanding at its meeting. The memorandum, passed under suspension of the rules requiring three readings, states the village will pay $550 dollars a year for ArcGIS and will also …
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