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A man’s death at the Menards Distribution Center in Holiday City is being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. An EMS unit was dispatched to Menards on County Road 15, last Monday. The unit was responding to a lawn mowing accident, the details of which are still unclear, …
Read More »Ohioans heading to Michigan to get medicinal marijuana
Ohioans wanting medical marijuana have been crossing the border into Michigan, where some Detroit-area dispensaries will sell to out-of-staters who are issued recommendations for cannabis use months ahead of the drug becoming available in their home state, according to officials from a company providing the recommendations. While it’s a violation …
Read More »Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are sifting through President Donald Trump’s budget proposal. The White House’s budget proposes eliminating the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative which works to clean the lakes and protect them from long-term threats. Although Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman also opposes the plan to eliminate the GLRI, he …
Read More »Five Ohio teachers resign in Toledo for drinking on school outing
Five Ohio teachers have resigned after they slipped out of a sixth-grade camping trip for drinks and dinner. The Blade reports the Washington Local Schools in Toledo announced the resignations Friday. Two tutors who accompanied the teachers on the dinner outings won’t have their contracts renewed for the next school …
Read More »Upcoming civil service test for firefighters being planned
In a special executive session Thursday afternoon, Bryan City Council authorized Fire Chief Bruce Siders to schedule an upcoming civil service test for firefighters. A second executive session to set a date for the test and to take care of other details is set for 9:30 a.m. June 1, according …
Read More »Two area scholarship funds taking applications
The Bryan Area Foundation is seeking applications for the Chris and Mary Thaman Scholarship, along with applications for the Harlan G. and Ernestine B. Spangler Continuing Education Scholarship. The Chris and Mary Thaman Scholarship will be awarded to a Williams County resident who has completed at least one year of …
Read More »Williams County Sheriff’s K-9 Max tracks down elderly woman with Alzheimers
Williams County Sheriff’s K-9 Max, the 10 year old German shepherd partner of Deputy Scott Shuping is still on his game. The Bryan Times reports Max and Shuping responded to a missing person report at 5:09 a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of County Road 9, Bryan. An elderly woman …
Read More »Number of drug overdose deaths in Ohio rising
A survey of Ohio county coroners has found more than 4,000 people died from drug overdoses last year in a state among the hardest hit by a heroin and opioid epidemic. The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday that the state’s 4,149 unintentional fatal overdoses in 2016 are a 36 percent increase …
Read More »Bryan man facing multiple traffic charges after high speed chase
A man was arrested after he led authorities on a high speed chase across Williams County on Tuesday. Police attempted to pull over 24-year-old Colton Stiltner of Bryan after he was caught going over 90 miles per hour on his motorcycle. Stiltner fled westbound on US-20 to County Road 10 …
Read More »Hicksville man was arraigned on two child sexual abuse charges
A Hicksville man was arraigned on two child sexual abuse charges in Defiance County Common Pleas Court. 31 year old Christopher Lake of Hicksville, pleaded not guilty to rape and gross sexual imposition. Authorities allege that he engaged in sexual conduct and sexual contact with a female juvenile under 10 …
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