A man charged with 14 felony counts of sex­ual abuse involv­ing under­age girls pleaded not guilty Wednes­day in Williams County Court. 40 year old Daniel Bignell, Jr of Mont­pe­lier has been held in CCNO since his indict­ment on Sep­tem­ber 17th. Charges against Bignell include four counts of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion, …

A woman from Sher­wood was crit­i­cally injured Tues­day after­noon in a one-vehicle crash. 19 year old Mal­lory Hugg, was north­bound on Ohio 49 in Mil­ford Town­ship when her vehi­cle left the road­way, then rolled sev­eral times into a corn­field, throw­ing Hugg from the car. Ohio High­way Patrol troop­ers reported she …

CPC Women’s Health Resource’s 28th annual Steps for Life Walkathon was held last Sat­ur­day at the Defi­ance High School track. More than 85 peo­ple came out to par­tic­i­pate, and more than $32,000 was raised to help with the expenses of the CPC’s coun­sel­ing cen­ters, ultra­sound clin­ics and STD test­ing sites. …

The Wauseon High School march­ing band per­formed recently at the Colum­bus Grove “Eyes With Pride” band com­pe­ti­tion, and has earned a spot at the state march­ing band finals. Wauseon fin­ished sec­ond out of 13 bands at “Eyes With Pride” last Sat­ure­day, and was one of four bands to receive a …

Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is cel­e­brat­ing Pub­lic Power Week, Oct. 6 — 12, along with more than 2,000 other community-owned elec­tric util­i­ties across the U.S. that pro­vide elec­tric­ity on a not-for-profit basis. To cel­e­brate Pub­lic Power Week, Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is invit­ing com­mu­nity mem­bers to attend an Open House at their …

Absen­tee and early bal­lots are now avail­able at the Williams County Board of Elec­tions Office for the Novem­ber 5th Gen­eral Elec­tion. The dead­line for reg­is­tered vot­ers to vote in per­son at the board office is Fri­day, Novem­ber 1st at 4:30PM. Office hours are Mon­day through Fri­day from 8:30am till 4:30pm. …

A new super­in­ten­dent for Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties… The Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs announced on Tues­day that it has voted to appoint Al Sul­li­van the new elec­tric super­in­ten­dent, replac­ing Brian Car­lin who is now util­i­ties direc­tor. Sul­li­van is cur­rently the engi­neer­ing super­vi­sor. He begins in his new posi­tion on Octo­ber …

Bryan Police are hop­ing to wind up their inves­ti­ga­tion into the death of 91 year old Grace Kennedy with­ing the next thirty days. Kennedy was found dead in her Bryan home on Dec. 23, 2009. A few days later, on Jan. 15, 2010, the Williams County Coro­ner ruled the woman’s …

The Henry County Health Depart­ment is hold­ing a com­mu­nity flu clinic today from 3–6 p.m. at the Henry County Emer­gency Oper­a­tions Cen­ter in Napoleon. It’s con­ve­niently located right next door to the health depart­ment. It’s a one-day clinic, today only, and is lim­ited to adults 19 years of age and …

Harlan M. Coy, age 95, of Stryker, passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 at the Fulton county Health Center in Wauseon. Harlan had worked for the Spangler Candy Company in Bryan and then worked for General Tire in Bryan, where he retired in 1976. He was also a lifelong area …