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The Bryan City Council may have some expensive decisions to make in the next few years as several pieces of fire equipment are aging out. Fire Chief Doug Pool provided council with his 2023 report. He showed a list of all apparatus used by the fire department, with several of …
Read More »Yost tells Ohio Supreme Court that rushing lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations is unjustified.
Attorney General, Dave Yost tells the Ohio Supreme Court that rushing a lawsuit, filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations, seeking to place a package of voter protections on the November ballot is unjustified. In a court filing, Yost said the July 3 cutoff for the “Ohio …
Read More »Little had changed after last year’s fiery RR crash in East Palestine.
The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. A few key measures in the latest Federal Railroad Administration statistics, including the total number of train accidents, worsened over the first 11 months …
Read More »One person is dead after incident at a home in Grabill.
One person is dead after officers detain a person of interest at a home in Grabill. Deputies are called to a Lagoon Drive residence on a report of a possible stabbing. The responders get there and soon find one adult unconscious inside the place. The victim was pronounced dead at …
Read More »Williams County commissioners approve next step to move forward on Alvordton sewer project.
The Williams County commissioners approve the next step to move forward on the Alvordton sewer project. They give the okay to a services agreement with Bowser Morner for soil boring relating to the project. Also they will allow the Williams County Engineer’s Office to sign documents to be sent to …
Read More »Stanley Aronoff, who spent nearly 40 years in Ohio Legislature, has died.
Stanley J. Aronoff, a Republican who spent nearly 40 years in the Ohio Legislature, including eight as the powerful Senate president, has died. The Harvard-educated lawyer from Cincinnati was known as an artful negotiator for Republican interests at a time when Democrats controlled the Ohio House and, for part of …
Read More »Speeding SUV on an icy road crashes into a car in DeKalb County.
A speeding SUV on an icy road crashes into a car in DeKalb County, sending a teenager to the hospital. DeKalb County deputies confirm the vehicle was on State Road 101, as it goes through the intersection at County Road 68 and an SUV slides past a stop sign into …
Read More »Local governments in Ohio can no longer regulate tobacco in their communities.
Local governments in Ohio can no longer regulate tobacco in their communities after the Republican Legislature overrides Gov. DeWine’s veto of a budget measure that puts regulation instead in the hands of the state. The measure, vetoed in 2022 before reappearing in the state budget, says regulating tobacco and alternative …
Read More »Williams County to form its own committee to address growing homeless issue.
Williams County will be forming its own committee to address the growing homeless issue. For at least three years, representatives of various agencies in the county have been meeting quarterly with a representative of the Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission…to try and address the problem. NOCAC holds similar meetings with …
Read More »Ohio Governor’s recommendations after deadly school bus crash last summer.
After a deadly school bus crash last summer, a task force convened by Gov. Mike DeWine recommends more training, driver benefits and safety features but not a seat belt mandate. How and when safety upgrades are made would be up to individual school districts, the governor said at an event, …
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