At this week’s reg­u­lar meet­ing, the Williams County Health Dis­trict Health Board agreed to a new pol­icy pro­hibit­ing use of e-cigarettes on health depart­ment prop­erty and ban­ning nico­tine and tobacco users from being offered employ­ment. The plan was announced by dis­trict lead­ers, who said they felt it was impor­tant that …

A woman from Bryan was picked up by Bryan Police yes­ter­day morn­ing. 29 year old Sara Loyd of East Wil­son Street was arrested by Bryan PD Thurs­day morn­ing at about 9 on a bench war­rant that had been issued from Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for fail­ure to appear on an orig­i­nal …

The Administration/Non-Profit Joint Board of Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter will meet on Tues­day, March 24, at noon in the con­fer­ence room at the facil­ity located at 427 N. Defi­ance St., Stryker.

A Grover Hill man was in Put­nam County Court on Wednes­day, where he was hit with the max­i­mum sen­tence he could get on some drug charges. 53 year old David Ranes, who went on trial last month, was given 22 years in prison on charges of engag­ing in a pat­tern …

The Defi­ance Area YMCA was evac­u­ated late Wednes­day after­noon due to a bomb threat. It was just before 6pm when the Y got a phone call from a man who said there was a bomb in the build­ing. The facil­ity was evac­u­ated, and offi­cers scoured the premises, but found noth­ing. …

The Williams County Wanted Wednes­day Face­book page this week fea­tured a woman who was indicted in Octo­ber of 2014 by a Williams County Grand Jury on two fifth-degree felony charges of aggra­vated drug pos­ses­sion. The sheriff’s office yes­ter­day posted the pic­ture of Roberta Lyons Wednes­day morn­ing, hop­ing to gen­er­ate a …

The Williams County Depart­ment of Aging has announced that they plan to seek a levy in Novem­ber to address some needs due to an aging fleet of vehi­cles. If the levy appears on the bal­lot in Novem­ber, it would address vehi­cle main­te­nance needs. That’s because the depart­ment of aging in …

The Supe­rior Town­ship Trustees remind every­one of spring cleanup dates for the town­ship ceme­ter­ies, includ­ing River­side Ceme­tery. All flow­ers, grave blan­kets and other items should be removed by April 15. Any items remain­ing after that date may be removed at the trustees’ dis­cre­tion. No new grave flow­ers, blan­kets or dec­o­ra­tions …

Plans to build a new regional water treat­ment plant were on the table for dis­cus­sion dur­ing a meet­ing this week of the Lib­erty Cen­ter Vil­lage Coun­cil. An inter­gov­ern­men­tal con­sor­tium, made up of Lib­erty Cen­ter, Florida, Mal­inta and the Henry County Water and Sewer Dis­trict, went over var­i­ous options for build­ing …

Marilyn Lee Horner, age 81, of Wauseon, passed away Tuesday morning, March 17, 2015, in her home. Prior to her retirement she had worked as a Common Pleas Court Reporter at Fulton and Williams Counties, for 40 years. Marilyn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 3, 1933, the daughter …