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In housing construction news, the Williams County Port Authority is in the process of getting an open mortgage from a bank to help with constructing houses. Dave Newcomer, authority chair, said the plan is to build several dozen homes, which will cost close to $3 million, funds the authority doesn’t …
Read More »New barn in the works at the Paulding County Fairgrounds.
A new bunny barn is in the works at the Paulding County Fairgrounds, to be finished just in time for fair days. “We’ve outgrown the old rabbit barn,” said Dan Howell, fair board president. “The barn was very aged, and when we had the heat wave last year, it made …
Read More »CCNO putting more resources into inmate mental health.
The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO) is putting more resources into inmate mental health since more inmates are now requiring that sort of help. According to the Bryan Times, “Our new mental health provider is fully staffed better than we’ve ever been, in my opinion,” CCNO executive Director Dennis …
Read More »Bryan police stepping up until a solution to an unstaffed force can be found.
Bryan’s Mayor says police officers are stepping up until a solution to an unstaffed force can be found. According to the Bryan Times the issue came up recently when Bryan PoliceCapt. Jamie Mendez delivered the annual police report to city council, and then again when he met with the Bryan …
Read More »Bargainers for union representing workers at Kroger stores in Ohio reach tentative agreement with grocery chain on a contract.
Bargainers for a union representing workers at 38 Kroger stores in Ohio and two other states reached a tentative agreement with the grocery chain on a contract. The announcement comes a week after members of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 400 rejected a previous contract offer and …
Read More »Norfolk Southern alone responsible for paying for cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio.
Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge rules. The decision throws out the railroad’s claim that the companies that made chemicals that spilled and owned tank cars that ruptured should share the cost of …
Read More »NTSB updates Congress on East Palestine decisions.
The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board tells Congress. But she said the key decision-makers who feared those tank cars were going …
Read More »Three-way Republican primary for Senate seat in Ohio.
A fractious, three-way Republican primary for the chance to unseat Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown this November is culminating in Ohio, where candidates are divided more over their pasts than their policy positions. Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan all favor some level …
Read More »Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves request for service to the police department.
The Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves a request for service to the police department, and learned the cause of a small outage. Bryan Police Capt. Jamie Mendez made the request for free service that would allow two new traffic cameras to be installed on city electric poles and draw …
Read More »Ohio University pauses awarding of race-based diversity scholarships.
Ohio University has paused the awarding of race-based diversity scholarships following the Supreme Court’s decision last summer to strike down affirmative action in college admissions. The university, one of Ohio’s largest, with about 20,000 undergraduates at its main campus in Athens, announced its plans in a statement recently by officials …
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