News Staff Fewer housing units have been sold compared to last year in the area that includes Williams County for the Ohio Realtors group, while prices are higher. According to their latest report, there were 5,353 housing units sold through July in the Northwest Ohio Regional Information System. Those sold through July are 14% lower than the … Read more
The Iron Horse River Trail will be paved…after a setback earlier this year resulted in village officials re-bidding the project. The plan is to pave a trail running from North Pleasant Street to River Street and include two wooden piers over low ground. The Montpelier Village Council recently voted to award the bid to State … Read more
A Williams County man gets hit by two cars and dies while walking on State Route 2 northbound near milepost 12, in Springfield Township. Officials have identified the victim as 20-year-old Taylor Barber of Stryker…the driver?…21-year-old Wyatt Short. Barber was then struck a second time by 24-year-old Devin Wendorf of Montpelier…traveling northbound on Route 2. … Read more
Williams County commissioners approve a few transfer of funds during the general session. The largest transfer was $10,000 dollars within Williams County Job and Family Services…to set up and fund for new caregiver assistance payments. There was also $2,000 within the Williams County information technologies department…for unbudgeted supply expenses due to a new employee, as … Read more
Bryan City Schools decides to do away with floats during this year’s homecoming festivities. Officials say the decision to do so wasn’t easy but it was the logical choice. Homecoming, which will be the weekend of Sept. 29, will instead have special backdrops…in the form of two pieces of plywood with hinges that will open … Read more
A man has been sentenced to 16 years to life in the death of an Ohio firefighter who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on an interstate as he was working at the scene of an earlier crash last fall. Leander Bissell, 41, was convicted last month of murder, felonious assault, aggravated vehicular … Read more
A proposal to legalize recreational adult use of marijuana in Ohio is cleared to appear on statewide ballots this fall…after the Republican-led state Legislature failed to act on it. The measure would allow adults, 21 and over, to buy and possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and to grow plants at home. A 10% … Read more
Former Indiana Commerce Secretary, Brad Chambers announces…he’s entered the state’s 2024 governor’s race, joining several Republicans in seeking the party’s nomination for the state’s top post. Chambers says he filed paperwork with the Indiana secretary of state’s office…formally creating a gubernatorial campaign committee. He joins what’s expected to be an expensive fight for the Republican … Read more
A motorcyclist suffers a broken leg after getting hit by a car in DeKalb County…at the intersection of State Road 327 and State Road 205…that’s according to the Sheriff’s Office. Officials say…Zechariah Kleeman of Garrett was heading south on SR 327 and as he entered the intersection with SR 205..his motorcycle was hit by a … Read more
Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose, the most prominent Republican in the race to unseat Sherrod Brown next year, has fired one of his top aides…after social media posts surfaced in which the staffer criticized Donald Trump. LaRose’s office confirmed press secretary Rob Nichols’s departure on Wednesday. A longtime Republican operative in the state, Nichols … Read more