A sec­tion in Ohio’s new bud­get gives Defi­ance County com­mis­sion­ers the means to set up some­thing they have wanted for some time… a lodg­ing tax. The tax would be assessed on those who stay in hotels or motels in Defi­ance County. It would likely be about 3 per­cent, and all …

The Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion plans to begin con­struc­tion soon on a new Pauld­ing County main­te­nance garage and a new out­post in Hicksville. The Cres­cent News today reports that the new Pauld­ing County garage will be built on Wayne St. in Pauld­ing, the site of the exist­ing garage. A new …

E. June Friskney, age 92, of Camden, Michigan, and longtime Edon, Ohio, area resident, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Angola, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Friskney was a 1941 graduate of Metz, Indiana, High School. After living in Edon, …

Auburn Police have arrested six peo­ple fol­low­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion into metham­phet­a­mine fol­low­ing a report on Mon­day that some­one had placed sus­pi­cious trash in a trash recep­ta­cle in the 200 block of West Sec­ond Street. Police got search war­rants for nearby homes, where they found metham­phet­a­mine related items and other ille­gal …

The old say­ing goes some­thing like this… “third time’s a charm.” In Defi­ance, offi­cials are hop­ing just that, as the Kings­bury Pool is about to open for the year.. for the third time. The pool opened first this year on June 6th, but then closed 10 days later because of …

The inves­ti­ga­tion into the June 15th rob­bery of the Farm­ers State Bank branch in Ash­ley is con­tin­u­ing. So far, no arrests. Mean­while, the work being done on that case has report­edly helped in another, seper­ate inves­ti­ga­tion. Inves­ti­ga­tors say some infor­ma­tion they got while look­ing into the Ash­ley rob­bery, helped with …

A cou­ple from the Bryan area led law enforce­ment on a chase through three states early Tues­day morn­ing. It all began around 3:30 yes­ter­day morn­ing, and it ended with the arrests of the dri­ver, Gabe Gam­bler, and his pas­sen­ger, Jen­nifer Cul­bert­son. Bryan Police say they tried to stop the two …

The Napoleon Pub­lic Library is closed until fur­ther notice due to a water main break. Every­thing there is shut down… even the library’s phones are out of ser­vice. If you have any books or other items that are due to be returned though, don’t worry… exten­sions will be granted and …

The drug prob­lem in Bryan is grow­ing. To illus­trate that increas­ing prob­lem locally, lis­ten to this… Police found four meth labs in Bryan in just the past four days. On Sat­ur­day after­noon, police and fire crews responded to the 200 block of East Bryan Street when sus­pi­cious items were found …

A crash on US-24 early this morn­ing shut down part of that high­way. It hap­pened around 4:30AM at the Ohio 108 over­pass in Napoleon, chok­ing off a por­tion of east­bound U.S. 24. Napoleon Police reported that a semi flipped on its side. There were no injuries. While crews cleaned up, …