Despite reports to the con­trary, Pauld­ing County wildlife offi­cials on Wednes­day, reported no evi­dence of a large cat in the area. The state wildlife offi­cers who inves­ti­gated the reported sight­ing, says no evi­dence or tracks were found, and there­fore, it’s very dif­fi­cult to deter­mine what, if any­thing, was behind the …

Bryan Police list some recent arrests… 25 year old Nathan Ailiff of Bryan, was arrested for Domes­tic Vio­lence. He was taken to CCNO. 22 year old Ash­ley Jinkens of Bryan, was also arrested for Domes­tic Vio­lence. She too was taken to CCNO. Police say 31 year old Michael Rochester of …

A man sus­pected of a rob­bery in Angola, fled to Michi­gan, where he took a per­son hostage inside an adult nov­elty store near Cold­wa­ter. Law enforce­ment offi­cers say the sus­pect was taken into cus­tody in Michi­gan fol­low­ing a stand­off there at the Lion’s Den Adult Super­store. Nobody was hurt in …

It’s finally offi­cial. After a lot of talk about it, Defi­ance City Coun­cil this week, finally approved a rec­om­men­da­tion to increase util­ity deposits and recon­nect fees on rental prop­er­ties. The move resulted from City offi­cials attempts to get uncol­lected funds for water and sewer ser­vice on rental prop­er­ties. Sev­eral rec­om­men­da­tions …

Mem­bers of Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Center’s Admin­is­tra­tive and Non-Profit Boards heard the yearly audit results at their reg­u­lar meet­ing on Tues­day. Jim Rensi from the Cer­ti­fied Pub­lic Account­ing firm of Lud­er­man and Konst in Defi­ance said, “It’s a clean opin­ion, an unqual­i­fied report.“ In his report, Mr. Rensi noted that the …

Law enforce­ment offi­cers in Williams, Defi­ance and Pauld­ing coun­ties say it was Face­book users that gave them a hand in locat­ing a reg­is­tered sex offender who had ille­gally moved to North­west Ohio. The Williams County Sheriff’s Office along with other area law enforce­ment offi­cers, had been search­ing the area for …

In Ful­ton County, a grand jury has handed down 15 indict­ments, includ­ing three against res­i­dents of Williams County. 34 year old Andrew S. Kendall of Bryan is charged with one count of aggra­vated traf­fick­ing in drugs and one count of aggra­vated pos­ses­sion of drugs. 28 year old Christina Karr, also …

A Pauld­ing County girl was sent to Parkview Med­ical Cen­ter in Fort Wayne Mon­day morn­ing fol­low­ing a two-vehicle crash. The 4-year-old Antwerp girl’s name has not been released by troop­ers, who say that a vehi­cle dri­ven by 27 year old Brenda Den­ni­son of Antwerp, appar­ently pulled into the path of …

The annual Antique Trac­tor Show at the Williams County Fair­grounds is adding some­thing new this year… Rib Fest. The trac­tor show is hosted each year by the Williams County Senior Fair Board. This year, they say the idea for Rib Fest orig­i­nated with the county’s local pork pro­duc­ers, who approached …

Lots of police action recently in Bryan. Bryan Police report the arrest on Fri­day of 23 year old Amberly Badillo of Bryan, who was charged with theft. She was taken to CCNO. On Sat­ur­day, police arrested Ayla Crutch­field of Bryan OH on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. …