A family of eight lost their home in a weekend fire near Scott. The home belonging to the Rich Strunkenburg family in Paulding County caught on fire Sunday afternoon around 5. Now, the Crescent News reports that a special fund has been set up to help the family at the …
Read More »Police Issue Warning
With the holiday season halfway over, the Ohio Highway Patrol is asking drivers to continue to buckle up and refrain from driving impaired. During this year’s five-day Christmas Holiday reporting period of December 24 at 12 a.m. through December 28 at 11:59 p.m., 10 people were killed in 10 fatal …
Read More »Charged With Dog Violations
Two people from Bryan have been charged following a dog attack earlier this month that ended when Bryan Police shot and killed one of the dogs. Officers were called out on a report of two unlicensed pit bulls running loose in the area of the American Legion Post 284 and …
Read More »Couple Sentenced In Death Case
The Associated Press this morning is reporting that a man and his wife have pleaded guilty in the death of a Michigan man whose body was found in an empty grain storage barn in Putnam County earlier this month. Robert Strauss of Toledo pleaded guilty to murder on Monday and …
Read More »Truck Crash North Of Defiance
A flatbed tractor trailer from Michigan went out of control and then crashed in a field north of Defiance on Monday morning. The Ohio Highway Patrol says it happened just before 8 yesterday morning at the Ohio 15/18 split. The semi was southbound on Ohio 15 when the driver missed …
Read More »Strange But True News From Bryan Police
Some interesting news from the local police blotter today… Bryan Police report that early Friday morning, a North Walnut Street resident of Bryan reported her vehicle was stolen by someone she knew. Police located the vehicle and driver who was in the process of returning the vehicle. The woman who …
Read More »Wauseon Man Killed In Weekend Crash
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a one-vehicle fatal traffic crash happened on Ohio 108 near County Road L in Dover Township, Fulton County. According to the Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before 3:30 yesterday morning when a Ford E-150, driven by 36 year old Daniel Boff of Wauseon, …
Read More »Crash Takes Life Of Pioneer Man
A man from Pioneer died Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash in Williams County. The Ohio Highway Patrol says it happened just after 8 Friday morning on Ohio 15 in Jefferson Township, when 19 year old Joshua Taylor was heading north on 15, and his Chevy Silverado went out of …
Read More »County Commissioners Meet Today
The Bryan Times reports that the Williams County Commissioners will meet in regular session today from 8:30 this morning until noon and from 1 to 4:30 this afternoon, at the fourth floor of the courthouse. A long list of items is listed on today’s meeting agenda. The meeting is open …
Read More »Drive Safe Program Initiated
The holiday season is here. Yesterday of course, was Christmas. Now, as we head for the next big holiday, New Years Day, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to remind drivers that it’s dangerous to drive after drinking. The Williams County Health Department’s Safe Community program reminds drivers that …
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