A new rate for the internet. Now that some upgrades to online service here locally have been finished, Bryan Municipal Utilities is raising the monthly rate for it high-speed connection by $1. Officials say over the past year, BMU has worked to improve its internet service offerings through hardware improvements …
Read More »HT Grant Statewide
A children’s advocacy group awards more than $90,000 in grants to help keep at-risk youth in Ohio safe from human trafficking. The awards from the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund come during Human Trafficking Awareness Month, recognized each January. The grants are given in collaboration with the Ohio governor’s Human Trafficking …
Read More »Beltran Faces Court
A Wauseon man is placed on two years of community control in a Fulton County court room after pleading guilty to possession of heroin. Judge, Jeffrey Robinson sentenced 35-year-old Ricky Beltran. He was accused possessing heroin on or about Jan. 10, 2017. He was ordered by the court to pay …
Read More »Crews Tackle House Fire
A house, seven miles west of Kendallville, is a total loss after a fire on Main Street. Crews arrived to find a heavy fire in the back porch of the house. A woman who owned the home was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Another owner arrived while firefighters …
Read More »You Have People Pulling For You, Allie
It just breaks your heart for anyone to get seriously ill…but when they are so young…it really gets your attention. A benefit will be held for Allie Herman at Fayette Local Schools on E. Gamble Road this coming Sunday from noon-2 p.m. Allie, a seventh-grader, was diagnosed with bone cancer …
Read More »A Way To Keep The Heat Up And The Bill Down
Heads up…Bryan Municipal Utilities is asking its customers to reduce energy use today in order to keep those heating bills lower. With the frosty conditions, electricity demand is expected to be high over the next several days. During such high use periods, BMU can establish capacity and transmission peak demands …
Read More »Butler Case Update
Cameron Butler, the Defiance man who led police in a high speed chase in November will be evaluated for his competency to stand trial. Butler pled not guilty in a Defiance County courtroom to assault, failure to comply with an officer and more. The bench continued the case, ordering Butler …
Read More »Trooper Involved Accident On 30
Two state troopers are alright after a crash Highway 30, near Payne. Officials tell reporters Trooper, Austin Adams was in his cruiser on the left edge of the highway with the emergency lights on. This after a semi jackknifed in the median. A pickup truck, driven by Timothy Kelley of …
Read More »Fatal Ice Death
A man dies after falling through the ice at Terry Lake in DeKalb County. Officers concluded it was an ice fisherman. Several emergency crews responded to the scene. The Angola dive team was able to use their airboat to recover the victim, Robert Penland of Pleasant Lake. Penland was pronounced …
Read More »Gamble Faces Court
An Ohio man is arraigned in a Steuben County courtroom on multiple charges. Prosecutors say Dustin Gamble of Payne punched a Hamilton Police officer in October 2018. Gamble is charged with a level 4 felony charge of escape along with battery to law enforcement, and more.
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