News Staff State Rep. Bob Young is arrested and charged with domestic violence, accused of assaulting a family member. Officials say…Young struck the person in the face and then threw her phone into a pool to prevent her from calling 911. Young, who appeared in court…is now subject to several protection orders, meaning he cannot be near … Read more
The Supreme Court leaves in place…a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss. Two cases involving the abuse were on a list of many cases the court said it would not hear. Ohio State University had urged the … Read more
Officers in Hicksville are looking for a driver who fired shots at a pedestrian Thursday night…near the intersection of Elm and East Cornelia streets. The shots were fired from inside a pickup truck, toward an individual standing in the area. No injuries were reported. The shooter is described as a white male with a beard … Read more
Lobbyist, Matt Borges appeals his 5-year sentence…in the $60 million dollar bribery scheme that also took down former Ohio House Speaker, Larry Householder. Borges, 51, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, was convicted in March of racketeering alongside Householder. Officials say…the scheme involved secret payments to Akron-based utility FirstEnergy Corp. to secure Householder’s … Read more
Lt. Gov. Jon Husted has made protecting Ohio’s youth from social media a priority, and the state legislature followed suit. As part of the recently-passed state budget bill, the legislature included the Social Media Notification Act, which requires social media companies like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok to require parental consent before a child 16 … Read more
Ohio Sen., Sherrod Brown believes American tax dollars should be spent on American products, and that should apply to more than manufacturing. That is why he is introducing the bipartisan American Food for American Schools Act, which would require schools to purchase American sourced food products for meals. The bill would require schools to buy … Read more
The Bryan Board of Public Affairs unanimously approves a request from Bryan City Schools and the Bryan Athletic Boosters…for a waiver of fees on meters and wiring permits. The request was being made in light of the athletic complex project going on at the high school. Part of that project includes replacing the current lighting … Read more
Bryan native Veronica Richer is accepted to the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, for a four-year paid residency. The 27-year-old opera singer is one of two sopranos selected to join during the 2023 audition season. Richer said she has been singing opera for over 10 years, since she was a student at Bryan High … Read more
Firefighters are dispatched to a fire in rural Huntertown that leaves a home severely damaged…in the 4700 block of McComb Road, just northeast of town. Crews arrive to find heavy smoke billowing throughout the whole house…with flames at the back of the place. They say the fire team ran into a few minor issues…including a … Read more
A Hicksville man dies in a crash in Defiance Township. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says Brayan Cano, 21, was eastbound on Highway 24 in the westbound lanes…when he collided head-on with a semi-truck…driven by Mingat Singh, 24, of Greenwood, Indiana. After the collision, both vehicles went off the right side of the road and … Read more