News Staff A Napoleon man is sentenced in a Henry County Common courtroom on a misdemeanor sexual abuse charge that began as a more serious felony. Nathaniel Owen pled guilty to sexual imposition. He was given 60 days in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio with credit for 60 days served in jail while his case was … Read more
Williams County Commissioners approve filing an application to the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program for an asbestos abatement project for the fourth floor of the county courthouse The total cost of the asbestos abatement project is estimated at $289,975 dollars. Testing has shown there are environmental hazards related to asbestos-bearing materials on the courthouse’s fourth floor, … Read more
The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced it has issued a Permit to Install to Bridgewater Dairy for construction of a satellite manure storage lagoon. Lagoon #7 will be located about 2 miles northwest of the dairy, on the east side of County Road 6.75, in Bridgewater Township. The dairy, located within the St. Joseph watershed, … Read more
In Williams County, the rates of domestic violence victimizations have been increasing annually, with the problem made worse by the pandemic. Those issues have the Williams County Victim Assistance program preparing for larger-than-normal increases in the number of victims in the coming year. In the most recent fiscal year for which figures are available, the … Read more
Ohio voters broke an all-time record for early voting in the statewide Gubernatorial General Election, and it appears William County broke a record as well. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Tuesday that 1.5 million Ohioans requested an absentee ballot or cast their ballot early in-person. This is an increase of 3.9% over the … Read more
Bryan voters approve a half percent replacement levy for streets and sewers in the city…by 53 to 46%. The levy takes effect on or after June 1, 2023, for nine and a half years, ending Dec. 31, 2032. The levy began in 1986 to fund the city’s wastewater plant, then streets and sewers were added … Read more
A Defiance man has been indicted and arrested on 12 child sexual abuse charges. Coty White, 35, is charged with 10 counts of rape, each a first-degree felony…and two counts of gross sexual imposition, each a third-degree felony. White had a hearing in Defiance County Common Pleas Court when bond was set at $1 million … Read more
The Bryan City Council approved an agreement with Flock Safety to install cameras and a monitoring system to record audio, image and date recording for automatic license plate detection. The cameras and operating system are for criminal detection…such as a person with a warrant…and investigation purposes only. Flock Safety, according to its website, “is the … Read more
Democrat Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in U.S. House history, won another term after facing her toughest challenge in decades, while longtime Republican Rep. Steve Chabot lost his seat in a newly redrawn district. The victories for Democrats on Tuesday were rare bright spots in Ohio’s mid-term elections that saw the party suffer defeats in … Read more
The Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves a nearly $20,000 dollar change order for an electric project…after they found out the wrong switches were ordered. The project is part of a plan to upgrade the city’s entire sub-transmission electric service system to 69 kilovolt capacity. Officials say…the company that makes the switches uses the same … Read more