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The bridge over Beaver Creek on County Road 20, just north of CR C, is getting a $611,000 make-over this year. County commissioners authorized the project with the county and the Ohio Department of Transportation to put a new deck on the span. The project will be done this year. …
Read More »PRC Clears Hurdle
County commissioners OK the Prevention, Retention and Contingency Plan. The proposal was brought forward by Williams County Job & Family Services Director, Fred Lord. He says the PRC Plan provides work supports and other services to help low-income parents overcome immediate barriers to employment.
Read More »Drug Bust On Toll Road
A trooper from the Indiana State Police Toll Road Post, while conducting a welfare check of a broken down vehicle and two people inside, arrests one of those occupants on numerous drug related charges. Methamphetamine, ecstasy, heroin and prescription pills were found. The driver of the vehicle, Erin Kaiser and …
Read More »Luebrecht Trial Starts
A Fort Jennings man, accused of drowning his 13-month-old son, tells the court his medications made him kill. The new trial for Michael Luebrecht began in Putnam County. It comes after Luebrecht withdrew his guilty plea for aggravated murder relating to the death of his son in 2005. In 2006, …
Read More »Tax Amnesty Time
Ohio’s six-week tax amnesty period is underway, giving taxpayers with unreported or underreported tax debts an opportunity to pay a reduced amount of interest and avoid owing further penalties, if they settle up. The state Department of Taxation is accepting applications for the amnesty program for residents and businesses until …
Read More »Hocking To Shut Down
An Ohio prison unit housing about 430 inmates will be closed, the inmates moved elsewhere and employees offered jobs at other prisons. Officials made the announcement on Tuesday. Inmates will be transferred from Hocking Correctional by the end of March. The prison unit is Ohio’s most expensive, costing $65 a …
Read More »Krebs Brings Forward Funding Plan
A veteran Ohio politician calls for the creation of a special state fund to help counties boost employment, fight opioid abuse and cover basic expenses. Any of the state’s 88 counties, large or small, would be eligible to draw from the equalization fund proposed by republican, Gene Krebs. Krebs says …
Read More »Ohio Goes After MS 13
The federal government says four more alleged members and associates of the MS-13 gang have been charged in Ohio. Prosecutors add a federal grand jury charged the four for extortion, money laundering and drug dealing. Federal authorities say one of the four has been deported, one is a fugitive and …
Read More »Area Man Dies In Accident
A Bryan man dies behind the wheel. Christopher Jinkins was driving east on County Road D.50, west of County Road 7, when his SUV traveled off the left side of the roadway hitting a tree. Jinkins was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation into the crash continues by both …
Read More »Internet Attack Hits Bryan
One angry Chinese person on the other side of the world is believed to have brought down the city’s internet over the weekend. The Bryan Municipal Utilities Communications Department was hit with a series of Denial of Service attacks Saturday through Tuesday, with the online attacker using software to flood …
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