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Montpelier native and Lt. Governor Jon Husted is tabbed to serve as Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation. Workforce development has always been an issue Husted has championed. Husted says trade skills like plumbing, carpentry and services with high-tech robotics, cyber security, and computer coding are areas with …
Read More »Ryan Throws His Hat Into The Ring
Ohio congressman, Tim Ryan jumps into the 2020 presidential race, portraying himself as a candidate who can bridge Democrats’ progressive and working class wings to win the White House. Ryan, made the announcement on ABC’s “The View.” He plans a kickoff rally on Saturday in downtown Youngstown, where a big …
Read More »Gas. Not Brake. Business Damaged.
A vehicle runs in to an area business. The Artisan Floral and Gift Boutique on N. Union St., is the scene of an accident, damaging the Bryan business but causing no injuries. The driver had to be assisted out of her vehicle but is okay. They say she hit the …
Read More »Drug And Weapons Bust In Defiance
Officers, with search warrant in hand…bring in a Defiance man. They raid the N. Clinton St. address of Jack Temple. There, they find over an ounce of suspected crystal meth…two pounds of synthetic marijuana and more. Temple faces weapons and drug charges.
Read More »A Cat Is The Culprit In Blaze
One man goes to the hospital after a cat starts a house fire in Angola on West Mill St. Officials say the feline knocked over a lit candle. When crews got there, heavy fire and smoke was coming from the home. The victim suffered smoke inhalation. Firefighters rescued a dog …
Read More »Gray Faces Charges
A Huntington man is charged after his girlfriend’s two-month-old son suffers injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome. The baby’s mother told police Braxton Gray was watching the baby while she was at work. When she arrived home, she says Gray began telling her the baby was having trouble breathing and …
Read More »Gas Tax Clears Hurdle
State legislators approve raising the state’s gas tax. The two-year transportation bill goes to Gov. DeWine’s office for signature, and if he moves forward, the bill will become effective on July 1. DeWine had asked for an 18-cent increase, to offset a budget deficit at the Ohio Department of Transportation. …
Read More »One Dead In SC Crash
One person is dead after a crash in Steuben County on State Road 127 near County Road 500 North. A car driven by 68-year-old Sandra Keck was southbound when it went off the road. Keck overcorrected back onto the roadway, going into the other lane of traffic…hitting a pickup, head-on. …
Read More »Head On Accident In Henry Co
A driver is hurt in a two car crash on Highway 24 and Henry County Road 17. Officials say a westbound van driven by Corey Leasor of Grand Rapids, failed to stop in time for a slowing westbound semi driven by Ronald Meyer of Napoleon. Leasor was taken by Napoleon …
Read More »Safety Is Job One
BMU earns a major award…the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2018. More than 325 utilities entered the annual Safety Awards. BMU recorded tens of thousands of work hours by staff and crews…injury free.
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