News Staff The city of Bryan has dropped the multiple zoning charges filed against a local pastor at the end of last year. In all…the 18 zoning violations, were up against Pastor Chris Avell of Dad’s Place on S. Main St. The original charges stemmed from the facility allowing people, mostly the homeless or transients, to reside … Read more
Williams County commissioners give approval for a couple of programs geared toward helping local youth at no cost to the county. The commissioners signed off on an agreement between Williams County Department of Job and Family Services and Farmers and Merchants Bank…to provide financial literacy and entrepreneur skills for youth in the Workforce Innovation and … Read more
The DeWine administration backs off its plans to impose rules that advocates feared would have restricted gender-affirming medical treatment for adults in a way no other state has. The rules proposed by two state departments would have required the psychiatrists, endocrinologists and medical ethicists to have roles in creating gender-affirming care plans for clinics and … Read more
Local leaders believe they have a plan to collect better data concerning homeless numbers in the county following the first homeless summit Wednesday. At a recent quarterly meeting aimed at improving the homeless situation in Williams County, it was decided local leaders needed to meet monthly, and that the first goal needs to be getting … Read more
Williams County voters have an opportunity to learn more about the candidates running opposed in the March 19 primary at a candidate forum beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Veteran’s Building at the county fairgrounds in Montpelier. Slated to attend are the four Republican candidates for Ohio House District 9, three candidates … Read more
The Fulton County commissioners approve a bid for the reconstruction of County Road 11…between roads A and B. They awarded the project to Geddis Paving and Excavating…with a submitted bid of $1,077,887 dollars The engineer’s estimate for the project was $1.2 million. Officials say…the six submitted bids were found to be accurate and complete, and … Read more
An expanded Williams County dive rescue team is in the works…due to a $129,000 dollar grant that was secured. Williams County Sheriff’s Office Detective Ben Baldwin is heading up the project and reported on the progress to the Williams County commissioners. He said he is currently putting together the bid packages for the equipment that … Read more
In Paulding County…a man and an 8-year-old are airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital after their car crashed into a big rig on Highway 24. Officials tell reporters…the semi, loaded with swine feed was traveling through an intersection around…when the car rear-ends the trailer. No word on the condition of the two at this hour. … Read more
The victim of a fatal stabbing in Grabill on Saturday night has been identified as local attorney and former Allen County magistrate Marcia Linsky. She was 64. Linsky’s boyfriend, Charles Calvert, faces a murder charge. Investigators believe he staged knives at the scene while claiming self-defense. William Lebrato, Allen County’s chief public defender, as well … Read more
The city of Bryan as a whole procured nearly $2.7 million dollars in grant funding last year that helped the community and taxpayers, officials say. They add…the engineering department accounted for $2 million of that total, including projects like Horton Heights…Safe Routes to School…and a sanitary sewer replacement. In addition, the engineering department received $245,000 … Read more