News

Hundreds of Bryan City Schools students and their families line up outside their homes, and at Recreation Park, to greet their teachers who paraded through town. The teachers remained in their vehicles but waved, honked and shouted greetings during the parade, which winded throughout the city. Ohio schools have been …

Victor G. Perez, age 47, passed away Friday, March 20, 2020, at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. He had worked in Wauseon at McDonalds, Wendy’s and Burger King. Victor was born in Wauseon on March 20, 1973, the son of Pablo Perez, Sr. and Sue (Harrison).  Surviving is his …

Gov. Mike DeWine has activated 300 members of the Ohio National Guard to help ensure needy communities get food…while the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says it received 111,055 unemployment insurance benefit applications online in the past four days. The state has nearly 120 confirmed cases of the …

Two people in Indiana have died from the coronavirus in two days. State health officials confirm the Johnson County residents were in their 60’s. They were in an area hospital. The health department also reported six new additional confirmed illnesses, giving the state 30 cases across 15 counties.

Indiana’s governor orders all of the state’s public and private schools to remain closed through at least the end of April…as part of the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The illness has already forced many businesses throughout the state to close. Gov. Holcomb called for all restaurants …

Ohio would stop allowing for-profit operators to manage its public charter schools in 2023 under a new legislative proposal, aimed at stronger accountability for that sector. The bill also would subject the operators to annual state audits and make public more of the records related to charter schools’ management and …

The City of Bryan declares a state of emergency. In addition to potentially allowing the city to apply for FEMA dollars, should it need assistance in the coronavirus fight, the declaration also closes all city government buildings to the public, with the exception of Bryan Municipal Court. It also suspends …

Gary Mohre is the interim Williams County Sheriff. He was appointed by the Williams County Commissioners in a special meeting. He takes over for Steve Towns, who resigned as part of a plea deal to avoid three felony charges. Commissioners initially had indicated they would appoint the winner of the …

Jarrett Kurtz of Montpelier is sentenced to four and a half years in jail in a Williams County courtroom. Kurtz was accused of stealing historic weaponry from a local collector’s residence. The guns taken were worth over 100,000 thousand dollars. Since the theft, some of the guns have been recovered, …

Ohio’s leadership is looking to the federal government to help out small businesses feeling the pain from the coronavirus. Gov., DeWine and Lt. Gov., Jon Husted have appealed to the Small Business Administration to qualify the state for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. If approved, the program would enable …