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If you drive past the old Lincoln Elementary School on East Butler Street in Bryan you’ll see nothing but a pile of rubble as the iconic school is now history. Demolition of the structure is all but complete after having gotten underway on Tuesday. It will be followed by nearly …

The Williams County Department of Job & Family Services has filed an appeal of a State of Ohio Personnel Board of Review (PBR) Dec. 1 decision to reinstate fired former employee Cindy Brinkman. The ruling was the result of an appeal by Brinkman of a July 20 PBR decision upholding …

While Ohio Gov. John Kasich has vetoed the so-called “heartbeat bill,” separate legislation is still alive that would legalize the installation of safety incubators, commonly known as “baby boxes.” The amendment legalizing “baby boxes” is included in Senate Bill 332, the so-called “infant mortality bill,” that has passed both the …

28 year old James Powers of Mill Street in Fayette has been indicted by the Williams County Grand Jury on multiple counts of buglary and receiving stolen property. Powers is accused of breaking and entering into homes on North Emmett Street in Bryan and US20-A in West Unity. The thefts …

Ohio State Senator Cliff Hite (R-Findlay) has been elected to serve as first vice chair of the Midwestern Legislative Conference, a nonpartisan association of state and provincial legislators that fosters regional cooperation, information sharing and leadership development. Senator Hite was also slated to serve as chair beginning in 2018. Hite …

The Office of the Comptroller of Currency on Tuesday approved the merger of Commercial Savings Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commercial Bancshares Inc., into First Federal, a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of First Defiance Financial Corp. The acquisition includes seven, full-service Commercial Savings Bank offices in Hancock, Wyandot and Marion counties …

The Pioneer Village Council discussed baby boxes at its meeting Monday evening, though no action will be taken until the law is finalized. The Ohio General Assembly legalized safety incubators, or “baby boxes” – a padded, heated, enclosed box where mothers can anonymously surrender unwanted newborns – as part of …

A Fremont man and his passenger escaped harm when their vehicle was struck by a train just east of here Saturday night. According to the Toledo post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, at 11:05 p.m., a vehicle driven by Casey Lovell, 21, Fremont, was westbound on Fulton County Road D, …

Members of the Central Local School Board expressed regret over the loss of high school principal Phil Witker, whose resignation was accepted during a brief regular board session Monday. Witker, who has been with Central Local for two and a half years, is leaving as of Dec. 30 for personal …

Williams County Sheriff Steve Towns says his satellite office at the county fairgrounds in Montpelier helps him better serve the public. The Bryan Times reports the sheriff’s office, though, may have to share or vacate the house. Commissioners on Monday invited the county Department of Jobs & Family Services to …