The trial of a Bryan man accused of running a pallet scam has been postponed. Gene Ferrell was scheduled to stand trial starting at 9 yesterday morning in Williams County Common Pleas Court.
Read More »Blizzard Auction Deemed Huge Success This Year
The WBNO/WQCT 36th Annual Blizzard Auction was a huge success, with Conquer Childhood Cancer NOW getting more than $14,000 which will be put to use for treating and defeating childhood cancers. Conquer Childhood Cancer NOW has a three-pronged approach to fighting the disease. One of their goals is to raise …
Read More »Bryan PD Report
Bryan Police on Saturday, arrested 24 year old Donald L. Brenneman of Bryan for Criminal Trespass and Disorderly Conduct. He was taken to CCNO. On Sunday, Bryan Police nabbed 24 year old Arturo Melchiorre-Soto of Bryan for Criminal Trespass and Disorderly Conduct. He too was taken to CCNO.
Read More »Herber Steps Down At United Way In Paulding
Sonya Herber has resigned as executive director of the United Way of Paulding County. Herber has been with the United Way since 2012. She told the Crescent News that she resigned from the post to spend more time with her family. Officials with Untied Way say that while Herber has …
Read More »No More Room For Snow In Defiance
Too much snow, and no place left to put it. That’t the situation in downtown Defiance, and it’s prompted Defiance Mayor Bob Armstrong to declare a snow emergency and downtown parking ban so city crews can begin to remove snow from the downtown. Parking is prohibited on most downtown streets …
Read More »Northwest Dispute Grows
Northwest State Community College and the Northwest State Community College Education Association, both claim they were forced to cancel a fact-finding session that each had hoped would help resolve differences over centralization of power and a new contract agreement. The education association said, in a press release, that the reason …
Read More »Collins To Run In Hicksville
A new hat has been tossed into the ring for the job of mayor of Hicksville. Diane Collins announced that she wants the job. The 57 year old Collins is now the clerk treasurer in Hicksville, a position she has held for eight terms. Born in Hicksville, Collins is a …
Read More »Defiance Inks Fire Contracts
Good news for Defiance firefighters. City Council approved a new three year contract with the firefighters, that calls for annual raises on Tuesday night. The new contract is retroactive to Jan. 1 and will run until Dec. 31, 2017. Under the terms of the new contract, raises of 2.75 percent …
Read More »Former WEDCO Head Headed To Jail
The former head of the Williams County Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO), has been sentenced on OVI charges in Bryan Municipal Court. Diamond Zimmerman was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail, with 70 days suspended… as long as she has no new violations within two years. Zimmerman will also lose …
Read More »Lots Of Deer Harvested This Year In Ohio
The numbers are in, and now it appears that Ohio’s white-tailed deer archery season, which closed Sunday, Feb. 1, marking the end of Ohio’s 2014–15 deer hunting season, resulted in hunters across the state bagging a total of 175,745 deer during all 2014–15 hunting seasons. The Ohio Department of Natural …
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