News Staff In DeKalb County…a multi-vehicle crash leaves a woman injured. This happened on Friday afternoon. Crews were sent to the intersection of C.R. 00N and C.R. 39. When they get there…they find out…Jasmine Chriswell, 31, of Garret, was at a stop sign at the intersection. When she continued forward…her minivan is broadsided by another vehicle, driven … Read more
Expanded early voting hours next week could bring an influx of voters to the county elections office. That’s what area elections officials tell reporters. As of Friday, 310 early ballots have been cast in person at the elections office, with 112 mail-in ballots returned out of 212 mailed. Nursing homes had nine ballots returned so … Read more
A Cecil man is arrested in Lucas County following a high-speed vehicle pursuit that began in Defiance County. Thomas McMichael, 32, was taken into custody near milepost 57 on U.S. 24 by the Ohio Highway Patrol. He is charged with failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer…DUI…and more. McMichael, who … Read more
Ohio’s debut of its new license plate failed to take off….because a banner, depicted on the plate…was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers’ historic first plane, the Wright Flyer. The new license plate illustrates rays of sunlight beaming into the sky, with a banner that reads “Birthplace of Aviation” draped across the … Read more
A worker dies after an accident at a construction site on Defiance’s east side. The man, whose identity was not released by rescue personnel, was working on the new speculation building being built along Domersville Road, when he fell. The building, which will be leased to A Packing Company of California, remains under construction with … Read more
COVID-19 cases are trending downward in Williams County, though the county’s vaccine rate is still low. The lowering trend is simply part of the basic ebb and flow the pandemic has taken over the last year and a half, health officials say. According to the latest data from the state, only 39.4% of Williams County’s … Read more
Officials in Wood County say they aren’t pursuing felony charges against Bryan Police Chief, Chris Chapa….currently on paid administrative leave since Aug. 6…after former Assistant Chief Gary Mohre told city council that following a heated argument between the two, the chief followed him home from work and entered it…even after he repeatedly requested that Chapa … Read more
A civil suit is filed in Defiance County…following a fatal crash this summer on Ohio 18 west of Defiance. Toledo attorney, Chad Tuschman files on behalf of the defendant, Marsha Seibert, of Sherwood. The defendants?…Joshua Shaffer, of Bryan; and Von Deylen Plumbing and Heating, Inc., of Napoleon. Seibert is in charge of the estate of … Read more
Electric rates will be rising for Bryan Municipal Utilities customers…after the utility gets approval for three straight years of rate hikes on Tuesday. Officials say they would increase 2.9% in each of the first two years and 2.6% in the third. Also…increases of 2.1% in year 1 and 2% in years two and three are … Read more
The Williams County Regional Airport is set to get a new hangar. County commissioners received three bids for the project. On Monday morning they awarded it to Thiel Construction, of Blakeslee, for $1.7 million dollars. The competing bids were $2.7 million…from Rupp/Rosebrock Inc., of Liberty Center, and $1.9 million dollars…from Strebig Construction, of Fort Wayne. … Read more