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Brave Trooper Honored

Trooper Ryan Brill­hart of the Spe­cial Response Team has been hon­ored for his brave actions that saved the life of a man from a burn­ing vehi­cle. He was pre­sented with the high­est form of honor, the pres­ti­gious Superintendent’s Cita­tion of Merit Award, at the High­way Patrol’s Acad­emy by Colonel Paul …

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Three Arrested For Drugs After Traffic Stop

Three peo­ple were arrested on drug related charges by Angola Police on Wednes­day morn­ing fol­low­ing a traf­fic stop. Meth was found in the vehi­cle, as well as a two-year-old boy. 39-year-old Robert Phibbs of Angola was pulled over for an expired plate. An Angola K-9 alerted on the vehi­cle, where …

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69 Year Old Murder Story To Be Re-Told

The bru­tal mur­der of a Bryan librar­ian 69 years ago is being high­lighted in a new doc­u­men­tary, which will pre­miere on the anniver­sary of her death. Emily Aber­nathy was killed on Sept. 19, 1946, in the Bryan library by James Robert Engle. The doc­u­men­tary about the mur­der enti­tled “Emily’s Story,” …

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Trine Ranks Well

Trine Uni­ver­sity has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top Mid­west­ern regional col­leges for 2016. The rank­ing is based on sev­eral fac­tors from this past spring includ­ing peer assess­ment, grad­u­a­tion and reten­tion rates, finan­cial resources and alumni giv­ing rate. The University’s Allen School of …

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Fugitive Caught After Attempted Escape

29 year old Tyler Richards, the fugi­tive who escaped from the Bryan Munic­i­pal Court back in March by run­ning from a pro­ba­tion offi­cer even though he had a cast on his leg, has been cap­tured. The Bryan Times reports that Richards was trav­el­ing with his girl­friend, Jen­nifer Elliot of Alvord­ton …

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Settlement Announced In Steubenville Suit

A law­suit filed back in April of 2014 in Steuben Supe­rior Court against the Town of Fre­mont, its police depart­ment, two Fre­mont offi­cers and the Steuben County Sher­iffs Depart­ment has been set­tled out of court in a finan­cial set­tle­ment. The law­suit was filed by Lana Fan­ning and her son Alexan­der …

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Investigation Underway At Reported Shots Fired At Vehicles’

A report Tues­day after­noon about a man who may have had a gun. Accord­ing to the Branch County Sheriff’s Depart­ment, an Ohio woman and her hus­band were south­bound on I­-69 near the New­ton Road over­pass when they saw a tall, thin man with short hair point­ing a gun at their …

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Highway Patrol Continues To Refine Holiday Stats

The Ohio State High­way Patrol was out in full force this past Labor Day week­end, and reports indi­cate a decrease in traf­fic fatal­i­ties. Eleven fatal crashes resulted in 11 deaths dur­ing the report­ing period of Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 4 at 12 a.m. through Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 7 at 11:59 p.m. This is …

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John Keller, 81

John F. Keller, age 81, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. John had worked in quality control at Bohn Aluminum in Angola, Indiana for over 30 years prior to his retirement. John F. Keller was born April 17, …

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Angola Man Facing Felony Charges Following Alleged Assault

A man from Angola is in some seri­ous trou­ble, and fac­ing felony charges, after police say he knocked another man uncon­scious by whack­ing him in the head. It hap­pened early Sun­day morn­ing, when 23 year old Sean Gieger claims that the other guy broke into the home he was rent­ing …

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