News Staff The window project at the Williams County Courthouse will begin with a demonstration, with the full schedule beginning shortly after. Williams County officials updated the board of commissioners on the project. The contractor plans to start on the fourth floor and work their way down, but it will also work around the Williams County Common … Read more
The Bryan Council agrees to a contract for prosecutorial services with a local law firm. The agreement is with Rupp, Hagans & Bohmer. Officials say…it allows the city to have the services on a full-time basis without having to pay benefits such as health insurance or sick or vacation time. The agreement runs from June … Read more
The public is invited to the Spangler Candy Co.’s opening of its new Bit-O-Honey production facility Friday. The event begins at 10 a.m. with a “wrapper cutting” ceremony…with several dignitaries making comments. The event will take place at Spangler Candy Company’s West Campus, on W. Mulberry St., three blocks west of the main campus. Following … Read more
The Williams County commissioners give their approval for a .29 mill health department levy to be put on the November ballot. Officials say…it would be for 10 years and, if needed, would help fund the consolidation of the health district offices from a building in Montpelier and one in Bryan to just one building, near … Read more
The County commissioners approve nearly $100,000 dollars in fund transfers for an equipment upgrade for Williams County Hillside Country Living. The transfer amounted to $96,241 dollars from unappropriated funds to Capital Assets-Building/Improvements. The commissioners also approved a biannual affiliation renewal agreement between Williams County Common Pleas Court/Adult Probation and Northwest State Community College. There is … Read more
In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue, aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state’s constitution will not be split into two separate issues…one about abortion, and one about other reproductive healthcare. In a unanimous ruling…the Ohio Supreme Court sided with the bipartisan Ohio Ballot Board over Cincinnati Right … Read more
Ohio parents could soon see more taxpayer money in their pockets to help send their schoolchildren to private and religious schools, or fund homeschooling, under changes to a voucher program that Republican state lawmakers and the governor must hammer out by month’s end. Ohio has had some form of vouchers since 1996, but learning setbacks … Read more
The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine line on how to address election fraud conspiracies as they gear up campaigns for U.S. Senate or governor in 2024. The split-screen messaging of Ohio’s Frank LaRose, West … Read more
The man who escaped from a northwest Ohio prison earlier this month died from drowning, that’s according to autopsy results. Bradley Gillespie, 50, was reported missing May 23 from the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima along with another man who authorities said escaped alongside him. Authorities determined the two escaped by concealing themselves in … Read more
Like most states, Ohio is projected to see a rise in the amount of dementia diagnoses over the next five years. Currently, there are 220,000 people age 65 and older who are living with dementia in Ohio…that’s according to the Alzheimer’s Association. That number is expected to be 250,000 by 2025, a 13.6% increase, experts … Read more