News Staff A new poll by Triple A finds Ohio residents are making big plans to get away this summer…despite the highest gas prices in years. In fact, more than 55% of Ohio residents surveyed say they are planning to travel more this summer than last summer and many say it will be their first significant summer … Read more
A Defiance man is shot and killed…south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Jim Thomas, 76, died at the scene in Murrells Inlet. Officials confirm…his daughter is injured during the incident. Thomas was the quartermaster at VFW Post 3360, in Defiance. The case continues in South Carolina.
A key state official visited Defiance Tuesday afternoon to announce the award of more than $700,000 dollars for testing and cleanup of two former factory sites. Lydia Mihalik, director of the Ohio Department of Development, held a meeting in the county commissioners office in Defiance to detail two grants to the county’s land bank…$529 thousand … Read more
Defiance County’s land bank discussed EPA approval of an environmental agreement on the former SK Hand Tool Corp. property, allowing the cleanup process to proceed. County Commissioner, David Kern…who chaired the land bank board’s monthly meeting…noted that the EPA has approved a report on soil samplings at the site…south of Hopkins Street, in Richland Township. … Read more
Montpelier Police arrests two suspects…while another remains at large…after a trespassing call…then later a pursuit, on Tuesday. Officers respond to the call at the Family Dollar store on E. Main St. The officer identifies the suspect and a car…which leads to three people at the nearby McDonald’s. While the officer talks with them…Tristen Reynolds, bolts … Read more
Work is underway to repave and improve the parking lot along the 100 block of South Walnut Street that serves downtown Bryan businesses along the east side of the square. The project…estimated at $150,000 dollars…is one example of the kind of ongoing infrastructure work funded by the city of Bryan’s nine and a half-year, 0.5% … Read more
More than three times as many people in Williams County are voting early in this primary than in the last mid-term election, in 2018. The ballot for the May 3 primary started the first week of April at the county elections office, on E. High St. Roughly 340 people have come in to put in … Read more
In 2021, there were more deaths than births in Williams County, 40 septic system permits were issued and 15 doses of Narcan were administered by law enforcement…all this…according to the 2021 annual report from the Williams County Health Department. Those statistics and more are included in the recently released report. Officials confirm…300 babies were born … Read more
25 local residents are indicted…and up to 10 more may also face charges…in one of the largest drug rings in the area. Prosecutors say…the suspects are accused of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and other drugs in northwest Ohio between September 2021 and February 2022. Another 12 suspects had not yet been identified as of … Read more
The Montpelier Fire Department is one of 113 fire departments in 52 Ohio counties to receive 2022 equipment grants. Gov. DeWine’s office…and the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of State Fire Marshal’s Office…makes the announcement. Montpelier Fire gets $10,000 dollars for personal protective equipment…all part of the $1 million dollars in statewide awards. Allowable equipment … Read more