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The Noble County Sheriff’s Office is ask­ing area cit­i­zens to be cau­tious around what appear to be aban­doned children’s back­packs. Inves­ti­ga­tors recently dis­cov­ered meth and meth pre­cur­sors in a Dora the Explorer back­pack found on a road­side. These items may give of a strong chem­i­cal smell when opened. If you …

Litch­field offi­cials got a sneak peek at the city’s pro­posed bud­get ear­lier this week. The 2015–2016 bud­get includes a two-percent pay raise for all city employ­ees to help off­set a six per­cent increase in health insur­ance costs. Res­i­dents and busi­nesses can expect a two-percent increase in water and sewer rates …

Ear­lier this week, DeKalb school offi­cials approved a plan that will put a Chrome­book in the hands of every stu­dent between grades 6 and 12. The school board ok’d the pro­posal to request bids for the pur­chase of over 1400 of the machines at about $215 per device, a sig­nif­i­cant …

A tragic acci­dent yes­ter­day after­noon in Wood County killed a dri­ver and sent the vehicle’s pas­sen­ger to the hos­pi­tal. 57-year-old Almeda Cou­ture of Toledo died when a tree fell on her SUV that was trav­el­ing south on Ton­to­gany Creek Road. The vehi­cle careened off the road­way, strik­ing a mail­box and …

Ear­lier this week, we told you about a pro­posal to change the Hill­dale city open-burning ordi­nance. The change was approved by the city coun­cil and bans all open burn­ing in the city between mid­night and 4am, mean­ing no camp­fires, open fire pits, or bon­fires. Open fires are also off-limits dur­ing …

The Lib­erty Cen­ter vil­lage coun­cil spent some time ear­lier this week dis­cussing changes to street align­ment related to an upcom­ing school con­struc­tion project. A report by the Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion rec­om­mended extend­ing the south drive at the school com­plex to meet up with Dam­as­cus Street, which would accom­mo­date a …

Today is the ground­break­ing cer­e­mony for the first phase of a mas­ter plan to unite all Bryan City Schools stu­dents on one cam­pus. The first phase will be the con­struc­tion of a com­bined middle-and-high school. The event kicks off at 10:30am, and if you can’t make it out to the …

The DeKalb County Prosecutor’s Office is not happy with CSX. WANE reports that the rail­road com­pany has racked up over 40 traf­fic tick­ets in less than six months, some­thing that Deputy Pros­e­cu­tor Erik Weber says is an unac­cept­able safety haz­ard with traf­fic remain­ing blocked for extended periods–sometimes up to 14 …

Earth Day is this week, but a Bryan busi­ness does its part every day to help pro­tect the envi­ron­ment. WiltonKeck Recy­cling started up last year and, in eight months of oper­a­tion, has recy­cled about 115 tons of paper mate­r­ial, the equiv­a­lent of about 2,000 trees. They’ve also sent over 200,000 …

The Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office is ask­ing for the public’s help in locat­ing two peo­ple who failed to appear in court. Alvin Gerkin of Napoleon is wanted on a felony vio­la­tion of parole. Angel Gon­za­lez of Fos­to­ria is wanted on a felony forgery charge. Nei­ther man showed up for their …