News

Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers is offer­ing up to a $1,000 reward for help iden­ti­fy­ing whomever broke into a boat and cabin on Ful­ton County Road 1–2 in Swan­ton. The crime occurred some time between Decem­ber first and Decem­ber 19th. The stolen items include a GPS, CD radio, and fish­ing equip­ment …

A Williams County grand jury indicted 36-year-old Jeremy Bostic for non-support of depen­dents. Accord­ing to records, he owes nearly $70,000 in back child support.

The new Bryan Health Care Cen­ter is offi­cially open. It’s in the for­mer One Stop Employ­ment Cen­ter build­ing on S. Main St. in Bryan, which has been ren­o­vated to make room for the full-service clinic, med­ical and den­tal ser­vices, along with pedi­atrics, women’s health care, phar­macy, plus sub­stance abuse treat­ment …

The dead­line for appli­ca­tions for “Good Cit­i­zen of the Year Award” nom­i­na­tions is com­ing up soon, Feb­ru­ary 1. Nom­i­nees must have been a Bryan res­i­dent for 20 years, be active in unpaid posi­tions in orga­ni­za­tions sup­port­ing Bryan, have a lead­er­ship posi­tion in an area non­profit orga­ni­za­tion or be asso­ci­ated with …

Two Ohio groups have pro­vided grants to fight human traf­fick­ing. Nine orga­ni­za­tions will get their share of $90,000. Children’s Lantern serves Defi­ance, Henry, Pauld­ing, Ful­ton, Put­nam and Williams coun­ties. And Sis­ters in Shel­ter reaches 14 coun­ties includ­ing those. The grants are to help iden­tify and help at-risk youth pop­u­la­tions and …

The Fairview Schools Fund has raised more than $100,000 in just two years through dona­tions and pledges. It was started in 2013 to ben­e­fit stu­dents and teach­ers of Cen­tral Local Schools.

Sen­a­tor Sher­rod Brown wants to expand school lunch pro­grams dur­ing sum­mer vaca­tion. Brown said yes­ter­day that the mea­sure called the Hunger Free Sum­mer for KIds Act has cleared the Sen­ate Agri­cul­ture Com­mit­tee. He said the bill will increase access to sum­mer fed­eral child nutri­tion pro­grams by mak­ing it eas­ier for …

Author­i­ties are look­ing for Snake Lin­de­myer, one of three men they say com­mit­ted a home bur­glary last Fri­day on County Road R. The other two were arrested at the scene. They are 46-year-old Michael Fitch of Cam­den, Michi­gan and 28-year-old Jes­sica Stotz of West Unity. They were caught after one …

If you have some extra time on your hands, you’re needed at ProMed­ica Regional Hos­pi­tal. The Aux­il­iary is look­ing for vol­un­teers to help out in the gift shop, thrift shop or the cof­fee cart. You can vol­un­teer for sev­eral hours or more on var­i­ous days. Con­tact Gina at the hos­pi­tal …

In news that affects your wal­let, in the vil­lage of Lib­erty Cen­ter, waste­water rates are going up seven per­cent. The increase is pay­ing for the village’s oxi­da­tion ditch project.