News Staff A Bryan man…charged with four felony counts in Defiance County is arraigned…and has a pre-trial conference set. Andrew Layne, 43, was recently indicted on one count of felonious assault and one count of strangulation, each a felony of the second degree, and one count of abduction and one count of strangulation, each felony of the … Read more
Williams County commissioners discuss budgeting changes that would be necessary…if the emergency medical services levy before voters passes in November. Staff from Williams County EMS were told if the levy passes, the first payment to them would be made in March, with another coming in late August. Williams County Auditor Vickie Grimm also told the … Read more
In Pioneer…during this week’s North Central school board meeting, the possibility of bringing a levy to voters comes up for discussion. Treasurer Eric Smeltzer tells the board the district’s five-year forecast does not look promising…without additional revenue. Officials say…for a levy to be brought forward in March, the board would have to make a decision … Read more
A Defiance man is arrested…for a second time this month…following a digging incident at Riverside Cemetery. Derrick Flores is now charged with vandalism…after officers are called in to investigate. They say…a man was digging up a grave with a shovel…soon taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. Flores had an initial appearance in Defiance … Read more
Uranium enrichment is getting underway at a facility in southern Ohio, a federally authorized demonstration project, considered critical to produce the type of fuel needed for newer, more efficient nuclear reactors. Bethesda, Maryland-based Centrus Energy Corp. will be producing the high-assay, low-enriched uranium at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, about 68 miles south of … Read more
A man who served time in a high-profile murder-for-hire case in Ohio nearly two decades ago is convicted of shooting a state trooper in a western Pennsylvania convenience store last year. Jurors in Beaver County deliberated for more than five hours before convicting 42-year-old, Damian Bradford of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangering and more. … Read more
The Bryan Board of Public Affairs learns…a city water line project likely will be bid out by the Williams County commissioners soon. They are handling the bids for the project due to it going through the Community Development Block Grant program. Officials say…it will run from the 400 block to the 900 block of South … Read more
Victims of child sexual abuse in Ohio will see more compensation for the crimes committed against them while in the Boy Scouts of America…after Gov., DeWine signs a new law, guaranteeing it. The measure was enacted amid the organization’s bankruptcy settlement, first filed in 2020…after tens of thousands of men, nationwide…brought forth claims they had … Read more
A new jury trial date is now scheduled for a Bryan man, charged with several counts, including attempted murder, kidnapping and rape. A pre-trial conference was held Monday in Williams County Common Pleas Court for Sammy Celestine II. The trial originally was scheduled to start Monday but a motion for new counsel was previously approved. … Read more
Two legislators in the Ohio House propose a bill to abolish the death penalty in Ohio. The bipartisan effort had its second hearing in the Ohio House Finance Committee. The bill sets out punishment for those who are convicted of, or plead guilty, to aggravated murder. Those punishments would be life in prison with eligibility … Read more