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Bryan Police arrested 27 year old Dustin Smet­zer of Bryan on charges of crim­i­nal tres­pass, dis­or­derly con­duct, pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana, and pos­ses­sion of drug para­pher­na­lia. Smet­zer was locked up in CCNO. Also arrested by Bryan Police… 26 year old Hunter Davis of Bryan on a charge of dis­or­derly con­duct; 24 …

Guests of all ages will be invited to explore their cre­ativ­ity dur­ing the annual “Explore the Crafts” event at Sauder Vil­lage. OnSat­ur­day, July 20 guests will be encour­aged to try their hand at wood­work­ing, black­smithing, draw­ing, broom mak­ing, weav­ing and much more! Sauder’s Kim Krieger explains…KIM KRIEGER – 2013 EXPLORE …

Bean Days is tak­ing place in Mont­pe­lier. The annual event will include a garage sale today from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. , model train exhibits, food such as hot apple dumplings, ice cream, a fish fry, and of course free beans, along with live enter­tain­ment. The Mont­pe­lier Rotary pan­cake and sausage …

Ohio High­way Patrol troop­ers seized 907 pounds of mar­i­juana, worth over Four Mil­lion Dol­lars along with $13,908 in cash they believe was pro­ceeds from drug sales dur­ing two traf­fic stops Wednes­day in Wood County. A trooper on the Ohio Turn­pike saw a Sub­aru Out­back fol­low­ing too closely behind a motorhome, …

Pur­chas­ing dog tags in Defi­ance will no longer be an annual require­ment for dog own­ers. The Defi­ance County dog war­den informed Defi­ance County Com­mis­sion­ers Thurs­day that a bill recently passed in the Ohio House will allow the pur­chase of three-year or per­ma­nent dog tags. County res­i­dents will be required to …

Bryan Police report the arrest of 32 year old Phillip Towne of Bryan. Towne was picked up on a bench war­rant issued out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. He was taken to court and then released.

North­west State Com­mu­nity College’s cam­pus is air con­di­tioned and open to the pub­lic through­out the sum­mer as a cool­ing sta­tion. High tem­per­a­tures and humid­ity can make for long days, local res­i­dents in need of a place to get out of the heat are invited to use North­west State Com­mu­nity College’s …

A 4-H chicken bar­beque will offi­cially mark the start of Bean Days in Mont­pe­lier this evening in the Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial Build­ing on the fair­grounds. The annual event will include a garage sale on Fri­day from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. , model train exhibits, food such as hot apple dumplings, ice cream, …

Two men charged with steal­ing vehi­cles and lead­ing police on a dan­ger­ous chase, and a man accused of rob­bing a Sub­way restau­rant at knife­point were indicted Wednes­day by a Williams County grand jury. 24 year old Tim­o­thy Dull of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana and 22 year old Christo­pher Ervin of But­ler, Indi­ana …

A whole lot of indict­ments were handed down Wednes­day in Williams County. They include: 24 year old Tim­o­thy L. Dull of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana; 22 year old Christo­pher D. Ervin of But­ler, Indi­ana; 27 year old Ash­ley N. Grond of Defi­ance; 27 year old James R. Mor­gan of Hol­i­day City, Ohio; …