News Staff Bryan City Schools has agreed to sell the site of the former high school on South Portland Street to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers. The BCS board unanimously approved the recommendation to sell the 5.9-acre site for $500,000. The site‚ immediately south of the health facility, has sat vacant since the former high school building … Read more
The spat is not over, yet. Law enforcement in Wood County is investigating a complaint against Bryan Police Chief, Christopher Chapa…filed by former Assistant Chief, Gary Mohre. Chapa has been on paid administrative leave since Aug. 6…after Mohre told the Bryan City Council that, following a heated argument between the two, the chief followed him … Read more
The United States Geological Survey is continuing its effort to develop a system of aquifer monitoring wells…currently centered in Williams County. Representatives from Williams, Defiance, Fulton and Steuben counties…several others, as well…began meeting in August 2020…in the wake of that controversial proposed project by Artesian of Pioneer…to drill into the local aquifer as a possible … Read more
The Edgerton Village Council meets for four minutes, Tuesday evening…to approve the third reading of an ordinance to establish a Community Reinvestment Area within the village. Not all are on board…Edgerton Local Schools Superintendent Kermit Riehle stands opposed to residential tax abatements. The ordinance will provide a 12-year, 100% tax abatement for commercial/industrial renovations, valued … Read more
A northeast Ohio man with a criminal history in Bryan was back in the area last weekend and was arrested Saturday on charges of disorderly conduct and falsification. Officials tell reporters Gregory Sprow, 28, of Lake Milton in Mahoning County, was continually yelling profanities and refused reasonable warnings, which created a nuisance for the residents … Read more
A Henry County home on County Road 7 is badly damaged by flames. Crews get to the scene, between Napoleon and McClure. By that point, everyone inside the place had gotten out okay. The flames are soon put out. No word on a cause. State and local fire officials are investigating.
The Republican-dominated commission…charged with redrawing the maps of Ohio’s legislative districts…vote along partisan lines…to use a proposed GOP map, as the starting point for three days of public testimony. The 5-2 vote set up a breakneck schedule that in theory will see the commission approve a final version of the map…tomorrow. Ohio voters in 2015 … Read more
A blaze in Napoleon. Five fire departments are called to a Lakeview Drive home, just off Oakwood Avenue. In the end…damage is total. They say the flames quickly enveloped the house. Everyone inside got out okay, officials say. Crews from Ridgeville, Liberty-Washington and Monroe township…as well as the Liberty Center fire department, were dispatched for … Read more
In Toledo…a car crashes into a drawbridge…while it’s being raised…killing an 8-year-old girl…all this, early Saturday on the Craig Memorial Bridge, spanning the Maumee River. Officials tell reporters the vehicle was heading west on the span…when the car crashed through the drawbridge’s lowered warning gates and then hit the west half of the drawbridge…while it … Read more
Gov., DeWine postpones four more executions…in keeping with his contention that lethal injection is no longer an option in Ohio…because of the ongoing lack of drugs to put inmates to death. The governor said last year that lawmakers must choose a different method of capital punishment before any inmates can be put to death. Despite … Read more