On the eve of a deadline, the Ohio House committee, set up to determine the fate of the law now tainted by a $60 million federal bribery investigation, adjourns for the coming weeks with no immediate plans for repeal in place…for repealing or replacing the bailout legislation that passed last …

Requesting an absentee ballot by fax or email remains off limits in Ohio, following a court decision that delivers a victory to President, Trump’s reelection campaign and fellow Republicans in the critical battleground state. A three-judge panel of Ohio’s 10th District Court of Appeals rules a trial judge’s order, requiring …

Darline W. Babb, 96, of Montpelier and formerly of Reading, Michigan passed into her heavenly home Wednesday afternoon at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born on December 3, 1923 in Rochester, Michigan to Onna Eugene and Delia Maude (Ross) Glassford.  Darline graduated from Northern High School in …

Pauline Echler, 91, of Montpelier, passed away September 30, 2020, under the excellent care of Evergreen Healthcare and Elara Care Hospice of Toledo.  She was the third of four daughters born to Ruth and Clair Roush, and her sisters were Rosalie Trausch Sanders, Marjorie Michael, and Irene Reese Wilson.  For …

Gay L. Varner, 83 years, of Sherwood, Ohio passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Fountain Park Assisted Living, Bryan, Ohio. Gay was born January 9, 1937 in Allen County, Indiana, daughter of the late Lewis and Lois (McDonald) Guiff. She was a 1955 graduate of Hicksville High School. Gay …

Rene J. Carteyn, 89 years, of Lewisport, Kentucky and formerly of Grand Rapids, Ohio and Bryan, Ohio passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Mills Nursing and Rehabilitation, Mayfield, Kentucky. Rene was born April 1, 1931 in Bryan, Ohio the son of the late Rene and Lillian (Cooley) Carteyn. He …

David Culver…the former Bryan resident…is sentenced for trying to plot the murder of a Williams County Job & Family Services employee. He gets ten years in prison. Culver pled guilty in November 2019 to one count of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire. He …

Bonnie Kimpling, indicted in April by a Williams County grand jury on one count of third-degree felony aggravated theft and more…has her October court date rescheduled for another time…COVID-19. Prosecutors say Kimpling stole $150,568 from the P.A.T.H. School for Autism scholarship fund in Bryan…between January 2012 and December 2017. A …

General Motors announces it is making a $71 million dollar investment in two Ohio manufacturing facilities, including $32 million at its Defiance casting plant and $39 million at its Toledo transmission FACILITY…retaining 240 manufacturing jobs in the region.

The signature-matching requirement for ballots and ballot applications in Ohio are burdensome to voters, but changing the process close to the election could be “particularly damaging,” a federal judge has ruled. Judge Michael H. Watson sided with Republican, Secretary of State, Frank LaRose…when he ruled that LaRose’s July directive ensures …