News Staff A federal court jury has awarded $45 million dollars to an Ohio man who spent two decades in prison on rape and kidnapping convictions that were later overturned. The Montgomery County jury verdict came in the civil lawsuit filed by Roger “Dean” Gillispie and followed a judge’s declaration last year that he was “a wrongfully … Read more
Three bids were opened at the county commissioner meeting for the Crommer Park soil erosion improvements project in Pioneer…to line Clear Fork Creek that runs through the place with rip rap, or aggregate material, designed to reduce further erosion from taking place. A community development planner for the Maumee Valley Planning Organization opened the bids. … Read more
The Bryan City Council approves two change orders dealing with pavement marking and the asphalt program during its meeting at the Don North Municipal Building. The change order for the asphalt program actually reduced the costs by $23 thousand dollars. Meanwhile, an increase of $848.73 was needed to complete the 2022 Pavement Marking Program. A … Read more
A Montpelier man is sentenced to a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in a Williams County courtroom in a sexual abuse case involving two children. Jonathon Standish, 45, was given prison terms totaling 19 1/2 years to life on charges of rape and more. He was also classified as a tier II and tier III … Read more
Senator, Sherrod Brown announces the Department of Agriculture’s community facilities emergency rural health care program has awarded a $496,300 dollar grant to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville. The funding will be used to recover some of the revenue the hospital lost during the pandemic…to help ensure continued care for the residents of Hicksville and western … Read more
The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit…challenging Gov., DeWine’s authority to end Ohio’s participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program…ahead of the federal government’s 2021 deadline for stopping the payments. The court’s unanimous decision on Tuesday called the case moot, without any additional explanation. At issue before the court was a weekly $300 … Read more
Impairment and failure to wear a seat belt appear to have played a role in the death of a woman who died after her car left the road and slammed into a tree on State Route 575 near County Road G in Center Township. Officials say…the victim was driving south when she drove off the … Read more
The William County Board of Elections on Monday reviewed provisional ballots and certified the final results of the Nov. 8 general election. Of 224 provisional ballots cast Nov. 8, the election board OK’d 172 and found that 52 were unable to be counted, due to reasons set forth in the Ohio Revised Code. Some of … Read more
Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Tyler Blankemeyer has been selected as the 2022 Trooper of the Year for the Defiance Post. Fellow officers assigned to the Defiance Post and dispatchers assigned to the Van Wert Post, chose Trooper Blankemeyer based upon leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous treatment of others, enthusiastic work attitude and cooperation with … Read more
A man accused of shooting two people in Montpelier in October is indicted on three counts in relation to the attack. The Williams County Grand Jury met and returned indictments against Damion Tingley…now facing three counts of felonious assault, each a second-degree felony. Prosecutors say the incidents happened on Oct. 23.