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Williams Leaders Back On-Line Registration

At their Mon­day meet­ing, the Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers threw their sup­port behind an effort to bring online voter reg­is­tra­tion to the state of Ohio. The Bryan Times reports that Tim Monoco, a rep­re­sen­ta­tive with the Ohio Sec­re­tary of State’s office, requested that the com­mis­sion­ers send a let­ter of sup­port for …

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Truck Flips On Ohio 15/18

The Ohio High­way Patrol says it was just after 10 Mon­day morn­ing, when a semi rolled on Ohio 15/18 near Bruners­burg. Accord­ing to the acci­dent report, the truck was south­bound, when it took a curve too fast, and flipped over on it’s pas­sen­ger side. The trailer was full of rolls …

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Ashley Man Headed To Prison

An Ash­ley man was sen­tenced to four years behind bars on Mon­day in Steuben Cir­cuit Court after he entered a guilty plea to a Class C felony of Oper­at­ing a Motor Vehi­cle after a Life­time Sus­pen­sion. Arthur James Moore was charged in con­nec­tion with an inci­dent in March of 2014. …

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Attempted Robbery Reported In Defiance

An attempted rob­bery at a con­ve­nience store in Defi­ance.… It hap­pend on Thurs­day night at Keck’s Mar­ket on South Jef­fer­son Avenue, when just before 11pm, two men came in and demanded cash. Accord­ing to police, they didn’t get any, and the two then took off on foot. A Defi­ance County …

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OVI Checkpoint Recap

The Ohio State High­way Patrol oper­ated an OVI check­point in Defi­ance on Fri­day night with the assis­tance of Defi­ance City Police and the Defi­ance County Sher­iffs Office…a total of 463 vehi­cles trav­eled through the check­point and there were no no vehi­cles that were diverted for fur­ther inves­ti­ga­tion of impaired driving..There …

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Steuben Moped Crash Leaves One Man Injured

In Steuben County, a man ended up in the hos­pi­tal after he was thrown from his moped Sat­ur­day after­noon. 42 year old James Kuhn of Pleas­ant Lake was found lying in a road in Steuben County. It hap­pened on County Road 150 WEst around 5pm, when Kuhn is believed to …

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Napoleon School Subway Doing Well

It looks like the Sub­way at Napoleon High School is a big hit. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, school offi­cials say that although there were some issues that had to be resolved in the begin­ning, it’s now work­ing very well. Sub­way cor­po­rate reviews have been good, and they say they …

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United Way Awards Locals

The United Way of Williams County handed out awards for Cam­paign 2014…first place in indus­trial one was Span­gler Candy Company.…first place in Indus­trial 2 was ITW/Tomco..and in Indus­trial 3 it was Daavlin-rhymes with TRAVELIN.…first place in the com­mer­cial sec­tor was Bryan Ford Lincoln.…in the govt/schools/libraries sec­tor first place went to …

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OVI Checkpoints Planned

The Ohio State High­way Patrol..in con­junc­tion with Defi­ance City Police and the Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office announced this morn­ing that an OVI check­point will be held tonight from 9pm-2am on Clin­ton Street..near Ara­bella Avenue in the city of Defiance.The OVI checkpoint..funded by fed­eral grant funds…is planned to deter and inter­cept …

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Ohio Jobless Numbers Released

The jobs report for Williams County is look­ing bright. In fact, the unem­ploy­ment rate fell in every Ohio county in April, includ­ing here in Williams County, where it dropped one full per­cent­age point, to 4.1 per­cent, its low­est level since May 2001. Accord­ing to the num­bers released on Thurs­day, Williams …

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