News

Several experts will be walking the streets of Paulding next month to see how they can help revitalize downtown and get it creating business again. These architects, grant writers, economic developers and others who have experience helping small rural communities, will hold a public meeting on Jan. 8 in town. …

The area jobs market continues to improve. Williams County’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7 percent during November, down from 4 percent in October. An estimated 18,200 of 18,900 available workers in Williams County were employed last month, that’s according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fulton County’s rate was also …

Employees at the Waffle House in Wapakoneta get a $3,500 tip from churchgoers whose pastor preached about generosity at Christmas. Five women working at the restaurant were stunned when the Grand Lake United Methodist Church in Celina delivered the cash after services.

No criminal charges are filed in connection to the accidental shooting on Nov. 27 near Edon. It happened during a “deer drive” on the opening day of deer season on County Road 4. A group of people posted outside the woods, while others walked through the brush to flush out …

Court officials say a Bryan man, accused of possessing child pornography is competent to stand trial. Daniel Dominique, pled not guilty by reason of insanity in October in a Williams County courtroom. He was ordered to undergo a competency evaluation in Toledo. Dominique’s next pretrial conference is set Jan. 30. …

A St. Joe woman hits a home in a crash. Investigators say Becca Scribner lost control of her vehicle on State Road 1 in DeKalb County. She then veers off the right side of the snowy road…then through a yard, hitting the side of a house. Scribner was taken to …

Two snowmobilers in Steuben County are badly hurt after a crash near a County Road 600 West residence. Chad Straw of Angola told dispatchers he had been involved in a bad accident. Kyrie Kopf was the other victim…she was unresponsive. Kopf was flown to Parkview Regional with serious head injuries. …

Pay raises for virtually all town employees are approved by the Holiday City Village Council. After a lengthy discussion, council agreed to the pay increases…the first in the village’s 20-year history…they take effect on the first. Council members’ annual pay goes up from $3,000 to $4,000 and the mayor’s pay …

The City of Bryan’s 2018 budget is set to go up by 7.6 percent from 2017. The citywide spending increase includes a projected 10.1 percent uptick for Bryan Municipal Utilities…and a 4.9 percent increase in the city council budget. So far, no real uproar against the budget has been seen …

Well, the eyesore on S. Main St. is gone and here’s the tally. The contractor who demolished and cleaned up the abandoned former AP/Clark gas station in Bryan spent $57,203.98 on the work. The project included removing the canopy, demolishing the storefront, and removing the gas islands and the underground …