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Time Warner inter­net ser­vices were down in all of Ohio, Ken­tucky, most of Indi­ana, New York City, a big part of Wis­con­sin, San Fran­cisco, LA and east Texas last night. Some media sources cite a Time Warner Cable spokesper­son who said all ser­vices were restored about 10 p.m. after a …

The state says there are $2.3 bil­lion dol­lars in unclaimed funds just wait­ing for their right­ful own­ers to pick up. The money, which the Ohio Depart­ment of Com­merce Divi­sion of Unclaimed Funds, is often for­got­ten in bank accounts, rent or util­ity deposits, uncashed checks and uncashed insur­ance poli­cies. You can …

Deer hunters are report­ing fewer deer in the fields on Day One of this years deer gun hunt­ing sea­son. Accord­ing to the Ohio Depart­ment of Nat­ural Resources, there are fewer deer now than when the pop­u­la­tion bal­looned in the last 10 years. Hunters will have two bonus days this year, …

Williams County Com­mu­nity The­atre is in dress rehearsals this week, as they get ready to open the cur­tain Fri­day night on their Decem­ber pro­duc­tion, “It’s A Won­der­ful Life: A Live Radio Play.” The the­atre group is ask­ing patrons to donate canned goods and non-perishable food items to help local fam­i­lies …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers say they will meet again this Thurs­day in reg­u­lar ses­sion. Monday’s meet­ing was can­celed because they didn’t have a quo­rum. The meet­ing Thurs­day will begin with a gen­eral ses­sion at 9 a.m., a ditch hear­ing at 10 a.m., and a hear­ing on vacat­ing prop­erty at 11 a.m. …

This scam has been reported around the Buck­eye state, and it’s hit here at home, too. Peo­ple who call your phone, claim­ing to be with the IRS. They threaten arrest or law­suits unless you agree to pay them and give your per­sonal credit card or debit infor­ma­tion. In Mont­pe­lier, Police …

Our friends at the United States Postal Ser­vice remind us of those impor­tant dead­lines to get cards and pack­ages in the mail in time for Christ­mas delivery. First class mail should be at the post office by Decem­ber 19th. If you’re pay­ing a lesser rate, get it there sooner, by …

An Auburn, Indi­ana man was arrested by the Ohio State Patrol for OVI and drug charges. Michael William Miles was taken into cus­tody on Sat­ur­day about 2:50 a.m. He’s fac­ing four mis­de­meanor charges in Brian Munic­i­pal Court.

A Napoleon man was arrested by the Henry County Sheriff’s Depart­ment for Domes­tic Vio­lence. Jerry Adam Love was arrested Sat­ur­day evening. His case will be han­dled in the Napoleon Munic­i­pal Court.

For fam­i­lies who’ve lost a child, this is a dif­fi­cult time of year. A non-denominational sup­port group, Heal­ing Hearts, is hold­ing a spe­cial tree-decorating cer­e­mony on Dec. 13 at their memo­r­ial gar­den at Pon­tiac Park in Defi­ance. The orga­ni­za­tion of res­i­dents from area coun­ties encour­age heal­ing by remem­ber­ing their chil­dren …