Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, we have a huge prob­lem locally with drugs. In fact, it’s more than just a prob­lem… the paper is referi­ing to it as an epi­demic, accord­ing to Williams County Sher­iff Steve Towns. Metham­phet­a­mine is report­edly a huge prob­lem locally, in spite of aggre­sive actions aimed …

A full scale inves­ti­ga­tion is under­way in Williams and Henry Coun­ties, after author­i­ties raided four busi­nesses Thurs­day. Agents with the Ohio Inves­tiga­tive Unit, along with Bryan and Mont­pe­lier police offi­cer, exe­cuted three search war­rants in what they are call­ing a joint ille­gal gam­bling inves­ti­ga­tion. The search war­rants were exe­cuted at …

A trea­sure hunter, orig­i­nally from Defi­ance, and accused of cheat­ing his investors out of their share of one of the rich­est trea­sure finds ever in U.S. his­tory — $50 mil­lion in gold bars and coins from a 19th-century ship­wreck — was cap­tured by fed­eral agents at an upscale Florida hotel …

Junior Robert Bourn, age 85, of Wauseon passed away early Wednesday January 28, 2015 at the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon. Among his survivors is his wife, Ilva. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home.

The Henry County com­mis­sion­ers on Tues­day, awarded a bid for an air trailer. The win­ning bid was for a Black Swamp Air Trailer and the win­ning bid­der was Fire Safety Ser­vices of Huntsville. The cost… $99,105. What is an air trailer, why does the county need one, and what is …

A Ful­ton County man was taken by air to Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in Toledo on Tues­day morn­ing, after he was crit­i­cally injured in a three-vehicle crash on I-75. 22 year old Christo­pher Hen­der­son of Arch­bold was pulling back onto the inter­state from the berm, when he was hit …

Five peo­ple have been caught up in a drug inves­ti­ga­tion in Ful­ton County that included the dis­cov­ery of an active meth lab in Defi­ance on Tues­day, and a stolen vehi­cle in Mont­pe­lier. 21 year old Schuy­lar Win­kler of Defi­ance; 19 year old Kylie Cran­son of Bryan; 28 year old Misty …

A Williams County Grand Jury met Tues­day and handed down 42 indict­ments on a long list of charges. Accord­ing to the law, many of those indicted have not been arrested, and until they are, their cases are not per­mit­ted to appear pub­licly. As soon as offi­cial charges have been filed …

It’s that time again! The annual WBNO-WQCT Williams County Bliz­zard auc­tion will be held this Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 31st, start­ing at 8 a.m. This year, the ben­e­fi­ciary will be Con­quer Child­hood Can­cer Now, based in Defi­ance. More than 400 unique items will be avail­able includ­ing, but not lim­ited to: a 21-foot …

A bomb threat Tues­day, at Antwerp Local Schools, resulted in all stu­dents and per­son­nel being safety evac­u­ated from the facil­ity. The entire build­ing was searched by bomb squad offi­cers, but noth­ing was found. The all-clear was given just after 3:30 yes­ter­day after­noon. The inves­ti­ga­tion into that bomb theat yes­ter­day at …