A Bryan man is fac­ing mul­ti­ple counts of theft handed down from the Williams County Grand Jury. 33-year-old Den­nis Pol­ing is accused of tak­ing debit card, a cell phone and other items.

It’s that time of year again! Grad­u­at­ing seniors look­ing for schol­ar­ship money. The Ohio Soy Foun­da­tion is look­ing for appli­cants for 9 schol­ar­ships worth thou­sands of dollars. They include eight schol­ar­ships for $3,000 for under­grad­u­ate stud­ies. One grad­u­ate schol­ar­ship is worth $5,000. Appli­ca­tions are due in lit­tle over a month, …

Here’s news that affects your wal­let: The Defi­ance City Coun­cil had it’s first read­ing of next year’s bud­get and made no changes. How­ever, they post­poned any action for two weeks. The ordi­nance will likely come back on Dec. 22, that’s the council’s next meet­ing, and it’s expected to be passed. …

Dona­tions for Henry County’s Shop with a Deputy pro­gram are still being accepted. The annual event will be held Dec. 12 at the Napoleon Wal­mart. Dona­tions can be dropped off at the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, 123 E. Wash­ing­ton St., Napoleon, or mailed to that address. Deputy Mark Glanz said …

Sue Kehnast was one of 77 employ­ees of Mercy Defi­ance Clinic and affil­i­ates for years of ser­vice. Sue tops the list hav­ing worked 45 year serv­ing the med­ical needs of the com­mu­nity, fol­lowed by Dr. Robert Fold­vary and Lau­rie McCann, both at 40 years of service. The 77, who work …

Friends and fam­ily of a Hicksville high school stu­dent are in mourn­ing today after the 17-year-old lost his fight with bone can­cer. Noah Karac­son died on Tues­day. He was diag­nosed with Ewing sar­coma in 2012. The Hicksville com­mu­nity ral­lied around the well-liked teen, rais­ing money for his expenses and hon­or­ing …

Defi­ance Pub­lish­ing Com­pany, the par­ent com­pany of The Crescent-News and other area pub­li­ca­tions has been pur­chased by Adams Pub­lish­ing Group in Min­nesota. Steve Van­De­mark will con­tinue as pub­lisher. The Adams Pub­lish­ing Group is a family-owned media com­pany, which pro­duces com­mu­nity news­pa­pers, events, dig­i­tal prod­ucts and spe­cialty mag­a­zines. They own radio …

In the lat­est OVI enforce­ment over last week­end, The Ohio State High­way Patrol arrested 399 dri­vers, an 81 per­cent increase from the same week­end two years ago, and 40 per­cent more than last year at this time. The high-visibility enforce­ment began Fri­day, Decem­ber 4 and ended Sun­day, Decem­ber 6. Troop­ers from …

Kenneth A. Schnitz, age 62, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at his home. Mr. Schnitz worked as a tow motor drive for FSI in Archbold and had previously worked in management at Chief Supermarkets for 35 years. “Lightnin’”, as he was known to his family …

Anna F. Freeland, age 70, of Edgerton, Ohio, died on November 18, 2015, in her home. A graduate of Barberton High School, she was an auctioneer and operated Ann and Deb’s Auction House in Montpelier, Ohio, for many years. She enjoyed browsing flea markets for good buys and loved her …