News Staff The Bryan City Band will present their first concert of the 2021 season on Wednesday, June 2. The event marks the beginning of the band’s 170th consecutive season…bringing musical entertainment to Bryan. Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., every Wednesday in June…and the first three weeks of July. Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, concerts will be … Read more
An Cincinnati area woman wins the state’s first $1 million dollar Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive prize…while a Dayton-area teen gets the first full-ride college scholarship offered by the program. The winners were selected in a random drawing this week…and had their information confirmed before the formal announcement at the end of the Ohio Lottery’s Cash Explosion … Read more
Both public entities and private employers would be prohibited from requiring vaccinations…and workers could not be fired as a result of refusing to get their shots…under GOP legislation pending in an Ohio House committee. The bill before the House Health Committee also strengthens the notices that schools must provide parents about exemptions they can seek … Read more
An energy company that gave the money…in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio…and a man, accused of spending a large chunk of it…are now arguing in separate proceedings that their actions were legal. FirstEnergyCorp. argues that political donations are protected by the First Amendment…and a federal criminal complaint failed to provide evidence that … Read more
In LaGrange County…two people are in the hospital, after their vehicle hits two loose horses…on U.S. 20, near C.R. 1200 W. They tell officers they ran into the path of the oncoming car. In the end, two vehicles get involved. One of the victims is cut from the wreckage…then flown to a Fort Wayne hospital…with … Read more
The state of Ohio and the U.S. Census Bureau asks a judge to place on hold…their court fight over when data, used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, will be released. As part of a settlement agreement, the Census Bureau promises to release the redistricting data…no later than Aug., 16th…which is the date it had … Read more
Annual Memorial Day programs around Williams County will return to a degree of normalcy this year…after 2020’s events were canceled, or altered…coronavirus. In Bryan, the annual observance, hosted by the Bryan and Pulaski Veterans Memorial Association, will get underway… in the parking lot the Goodwill on S. Main St. Special music will be provided by … Read more
A 31-year-old Henry County man dies after losing control of his all-terrain vehicle in Putnam County. Officials say Zachary Cassidy, of New Bavaria, was on Putnam County Road 19…when he veers off the right side of the roadway, south of County Road L. He over-corrects…going off off the left side of the roadway, smashing into … Read more
The Williams County Board of Elections completes the recount of the North Central Local School levy issue on the May 4 special election ballot…confirming the final results…310 votes against…308 for. The proposed five-year, 3.8-mill levy would have raised $420,000 annually to prevent the district from operating at a deficit, school officials have said. It was … Read more
A Montpelier councilman is upset with a resident putting signs in his yard that he deems too vulgar. Councilman, Dan Willis asked if there was anything the council could do about the house on Henry Street…and asked his fellow council members and village officials to drive by the house, after the meeting. It has several … Read more