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A Republican-backed overhaul of Ohio’s public education system can continue operating as a lawsuit claiming it violates the state constitution makes its way through the courts, a county magistrate rules. The overhaul comes as GOP-led states in recent years have increasingly focused on education oversight, seeking to push back against …
Read More »A Bryan man charged with four felony counts in Defiance County is arraigned.
A Bryan man charged with four felony counts in Defiance County is arraigned…and has a pre-trial conference set. Andrew Layne, 43, was recently indicted on one count of felonious assault and one count of strangulation, each a felony of the second degree, and one count of abduction and one count …
Read More »Williams County Commissioners discuss budgeting changes, if levy passes in November
Williams County commissioners discuss budgeting changes that would be necessary…if the emergency medical services levy before voters passes in November. Staff from Williams County EMS were told if the levy passes, the first payment to them would be made in March, with another coming in late August. Williams County Auditor …
Read More »Levy possible at North Central.
In Pioneer, during this week’s North Central school board meeting, the possibility of bringing a levy to voters comes up for discussion. Treasurer Eric Smeltzer tells the board the district’s five-year forecast does not look promising without additional revenue. Officials say for a levy to be brought forward in March, …
Read More »Defiance man is arrested for a second time this month, following a digging incident at Riverside Cemetery.
A Defiance man is arrested for a second time this month, following a digging incident at Riverside Cemetery. Derrick Flores is now charged with vandalism…after officers are called in to investigate. They say a man was digging up a grave with a shove and was taken to the Corrections Center …
Read More »Uranium enrichment is getting underway at a facility in southern Ohio.
Uranium enrichment is getting underway at a facility in southern Ohio, a federally authorized demonstration project, considered critical to produce the type of fuel needed for newer, more efficient nuclear reactors. Bethesda, Maryland-based Centrus Energy Corp. will be producing the high-assay, low-enriched uranium at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, …
Read More »Man who served time in a high-profile murder-for-hire case in Ohio is convicted of shooting a state trooper in Pennsylvania.
A man who served time in a high-profile murder-for-hire case in Ohio nearly two decades ago is convicted of shooting a state trooper in a western Pennsylvania convenience store last year. Jurors in Beaver County deliberated for more than five hours before convicting 42-year-old, Damian Bradford of attempted homicide, aggravated …
Read More »Bryan water line project likely will be bid out soon.
The Bryan Board of Public Affairs learns…a city water line project likely will be bid out by the Williams County commissioners soon. They are handling the bids for the project due to it going through the Community Development Block Grant program. Officials say…it will run from the 400 block to …
Read More »Victims of child sexual abuse in Ohio while in the Boy Scouts will see more compensation.
Victims of child sexual abuse in Ohio will see more compensation for the crimes committed against them while in the Boy Scouts of America…after Gov., DeWine signs a new law, guaranteeing it. The measure was enacted amid the organization’s bankruptcy settlement, first filed in 2020…after tens of thousands of men, …
Read More »New trial date is scheduled for a Bryan man, charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and rape.
A new jury trial date is now scheduled for a Bryan man, charged with several counts, including attempted murder, kidnapping and rape. A pre-trial conference was held Monday in Williams County Common Pleas Court for Sammy Celestine II. The trial originally was scheduled to start Monday but a motion for …
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