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The Bryan City Band will start rehearsing for its 170th season, next Tuesday. Covid protocols…rehearsals will be held in the Bryan High School cafeteria. Area wind and percussion instrumentalists…interesting in becoming a member of this longstanding community tradition are urged to come to the first rehearsal with their instrument. No …

In Defiance County…Gilberto Villarreal is pulled over…to verify compliance with conditions of his parole. Officers find $4 grand in cash and four grams of white powder…suspected to be methamphetamine and fentanyl. Villarreal then consents to a search of his home in Defiance. Agents find a 9 mm handgun and ammunition …

An Indiana woman is flown from the scene of a head-on collision with a big rig on U.S. 20…between County Road 12 and the St. Joseph River, northwest of Holiday City. Officials tell reporters Judy Moore, of Wolcottville, was westbound on 20…that’s when her SUV crosses the center line…hitting another …

Transgender girls would be banned from participating in female sports teams in high school or college…in two bills, introduced by GOP lawmakers in Ohio…which becomes the latest state to take up the contentious debate. The proposals, titled the Save Women’s Sports Act, would require schools and higher education institutions in …

Lucille B Carlin, age 86, of Stryker, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Mrs. Carlin was a member of the Pulaski United Methodist Church, National Cattlewomens Association and the Ohio Cattlewomens Association, where she served as president in 1988-1989. Lucille was born …

In Defiance County…a man dies after losing control of his vehicle…going off the side of State Road 2…near the intersection of Farmer Mark Road. Investigators say Tyler McIntosh, of Montpelier was heading southwest on 2…when he suddenly veers off the right side of the roadway, he then corrects…flying across to …

A Bowling Green man…wanted for injuring two people in a suspected road-rage incident in Napoleon…is arrested by Toledo police. Kyle Kirby, 38, had a warrant for his arrest in Henry County for attempted murder…and four counts of felonious assault. Kirby is accused of stabbing of Nicholas Winterfield, of Perrysburg, and …

Over in Lyons…officers are investigating a theft…reported on US 20. Officials tell reporters someone stole a homemade, 20-foot aluminum car hauler. The trailer has a flat deck with reflective tape around the sides, aluminum fenders and heavy duty aluminum ramps. Total loss?…estimated at around 12 thousand dollars.

Ohio became the latest state…where Republicans are proposing a significant rewrite of state election laws. Legislation introduced in the Ohio House calls for prohibiting placement of ballot drop boxes anywhere but at a local elections office…eliminating a day of early voting…shortening the window for requesting mail-in ballots…and tightening voter ID …

Voters handily approve a replacement 4-mill EMS levy…meant to equalize funding among Fulton County’s seven emergency stations…and add an eighth, central station to provide mutual aid to the county’s northern communities. Officials say it will generate $4.5 million dollars annually, beginning in January. It replaces the current contract between the …