If you’re a customer of Bryan Municipal Utilities, a change to note. The calbe provider is dropping pay-per-view services, citing a decline in available programming, and a decline in customer demand. That affects 8 pay-per-view channels. The utility said they lose money every month on the service. BMU will stop …

The Susan G. Komen Northwest Ohio, the largest independent supporter of breast cancer services, has awarded nearly half a million dollars in grants for the 2016-2017 service year to provide services in Northwest Ohio and Monroe County, Michigan. The money will pay for screening mammograms, diagnostic testing, treatment, survivorship support, …

For the fourth time, the Archbold school district has been named a “best community for music” by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. Archbold is one of just 476 other districts nationwide in receiving the designation this year. The award is given to districts, “that demonstrate outstanding achievement in …

Ground-breaking ceremonies were held by ODOT on Monday for two new buildings going up in the area. The new Paulding County garage and the Hicksville outpost are in the beginning of the construction phase, which will cost an estimated $10 million. The Deputy Director for ODOT District 1, Kirk Slusher, …

In Hicksville, a missed deadline for a grant application has put a sewer project in jeopardy. Village Councilman Ron Beverly said Monday during the council’s regular meeting that the city could love a million dollars. The Council had been held up by design changes for the storm sewer separation project …

An Undercover Investigation by the IMAGE Drug Task Force recently concluded with the arrest of 33-year-old Jerimiah Truelove. Truelove was located and picked up by the Auburn Police Department on a warrant charging him with Dealing in Cocaine or a narcotic Drug, which is a Level 5 Felony.

A second defendant in a group of five persons charged with selling cocaine in Defiance County was sentenced to prison in Common Pleas Court. 66-year-old Robert Sanchez took a plea deal and got nearly five years for trafficking and other charges. He also was ordered to make restitution of $5,020 …

Elizabeth V. “Betty” Galbraith, age 82, of Wauseon, Ohio, died Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She had worked at the former Sheridan Manufacturing in Wauseon from 1947 until 1967 and then worked at Fulton Industries from 1967 until 1997. She was born in Clinton Township, …

Patricia J. Hanna, age 79, of Wauseon, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016, in her home. Patricia was born in South Lyon, Michigan on January 30, 1937, the daughter of Lawrence and Edma (Pickering) Cluckey. She married Milo Hanna and he preceded her in death. She enjoyed reading, collecting snow …

Big changes are coming for the Bryan schools. The Bryan City Board of Education approved a 2016-17 district calendar that eliminates spring break and combines it with Easter for an extended break. They also decided on starting the school year much later, September 13th, with the final day of June …