Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image taken from video provided by WTVG shows Pastor of Dad's Place Chris Avell, right, sitting inside Bryan Municipal Court ...

BRYAN, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - Charges against the pastor who kept the doors of his church open 24 hours a day to anyone in need have been dropped, court filings show. A new filing in Bryan Municipal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A judge has ruled that a northwestern Ohio pastor violated fire codes by running a shelter for those suffering from homelessness.

A church in Bryan, Ohio is taking legal action against the city after being charged with violating city ordinances when they opened their doors to homeless people who were looking for shelter. Dad's ...

Ohio pastor Chris Avell is risking it all to follow his conscience and serve his church's mission. Avell, who heads "Dad's Place," a church in Bryan, Ohio, said his ministry had always planned to have ...

The lawsuit, filed in July 2024, was dismissed by a Williams County judge on Wednesday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Christian church in Ohio filed a federal lawsuit this week after its pastor was charged with violating city ordinances when he opened up the sanctuary around the clock for ...

BRYAN, Ohio — The Bryan, Ohio, pastor who operated his church as a shelter has been found guilty of a criminal misdemeanor, more than a year after a lengthy legal battle with the city began. Chris ...

While our society leaves far too many out in the cold, Rev. Chris Avell of Dad's Place in tiny Bryan, Ohio in 53 miles southwest of Toledo finds himself in legal hot water. The pastor's supposed crime ...