News Staff Legislative testimony, in support of a GOP-backed effort to limit public health orders made by Governor, DeWine is removed from YouTube…after the service deemed it contained COVID-19 misinformation. The video showed Thomas Renz, an attorney for Ohio Stands Up, make the opening testimony during a House committee hearing on a bill that would allow lawmakers … Read more
A Pike-Delta-York Local School District school bus slides off the side of a snowy road. Officials tell reporters there were no injuries. All students were safely transported to school. District officials have been communicating with the parents of the students involved.
The Wauseon City Council begins the process of raising water and sewer rates by 6%…as the first readings for the proposed ordinances are passed.
Capital punishment would be banned in Ohio, under upcoming legislation announced Thursday…with both Democratic and Republican support…in the latest bipartisan effort to end executions in the state. The backing of some GOP lawmakers to do away with executions in Ohio isn’t new, with numerous abolition bills over the years garnering some Republican support. Last month, … Read more
Legislation to help expand high-speed internet access in underserved and rural areas of Ohio is getting bipartisan support. A measure that would direct $210 million dollars toward increasing broadband access, passes the House. The total includes $20 million dollars annually, plus another $150 million for the coming year that was part of Gov., DeWine’s state … Read more
About 15% of Bryan Municipal Utilities’ cable customers will be losing some channels in the near future, but officials say virtually all will reap the benefits of the change. The Bryan Board of Public Affairs votes to discontinue digital and digital HD cable services. Due to newly implemented government regulations and BMU’s unique system, continuing … Read more
The former Colonial Manor Motel on East High Street has new owners and a new name…the Bryan Inn. The 51-room motel on E. High St. was the site of a fatal stabbing in June 2019. The place was also the target of ongoing complaints…as a well-known venue for crime, drugs and prostitution.
A small committee of legislators could overrule Governor, DeWine’s health orders…under a bill the state Senate passes…that marks the latest response by GOP lawmakers. The bill would create a committee…with the power to rescind executive actions taken by the state government or state health department. The latest draft of the bill was altered during a … Read more
Nearly one of every 10 bills, introduced by Ohio lawmakers during the last two-year legislative session…were criminal-justice related…and at odds with efforts to reduce the state’s prison population. That’s according to a report released on Wednesday. It found that 9.4% of all introduced bills either created new crimes, enhanced existing sentences, or expanded current criminal … Read more
Heavy snow and a coating of sleet and ice shuts down several COVID-19 vaccination sites in Ohio on Tuesday…along with schools and some universities. State lawmakers stayed home too. The huge winter storm that walloped the South and reached all the way into New England, dumped more than a foot of snow across Toledo and … Read more