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The Ohio Rail Development Commission approves a 100 thousand dollar grant…to help Nova Tube & Steel put in rail infrastructure at its new location on County Road H in Delta. Nova Tube is building a $105 million facility…in an effort to expand its capabilities in the Midwest. The company says …

Williams County deputies respond to an anonymous tip…reporting one fugitive at the M&D Motel, on Ohio 15 in Bryan. In the end…the officers arrested two others. Officials say, John Kreischer, 41, of Bryan, was arrested on a Defiance Municipal Court warrant…charging him with aggravated menacing. Mackenzie McBride, 31, is picked …

The number of COVID-19 cases both in the state of Ohio and Williams County have reached all-time highs, driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. The county reported 462 new cases for the one-week period of Jan. 11-18…with two hospitalizations and three deaths. The county has reported 8,127 cases …

Gov., DeWine wants lawmakers to put the brakes on a proposal…to halt the collection of Ohio’s newly increased taxes on gas and diesel fuel. The governor and GOP lawmakers reached a deal in 2019 to boost Ohio’s tax on gas by 10.5 cents a gallon…and the tax on diesel fuel …

First responders investigate a bomb threat at a northside Defiance diner Wednesday morning. They get to Bob Evans restaurant on N. Clinton St…fan out…and start looking for something suspicious…as the eatery is cleared out. Officials tell reporters…they got a note…it was taped to the wall of the bathroom in the …

The Republican nomination for the District 4 seat on the Steuben County Council is officially a race. Former county department head, Frank Charlton filed his candidacy for the post that is currently held by Tony Isa…who is in the start of his second year in office…after he was caucused in …

A Bryan man is charged with drunk driving and more…after two accidents west of the city. This all happened on Friday morning, officials say. The OHP says…Adam Rosebrock was heading west on Ohio 34. Meanwhile, Nicki Christian…she’s from Bryan, too…is trying to turn east across Townline Road. That’s when Rosebrock’s …

A mobile home at a lot in Brentwood, on Highway 127, just northeast of Cecil in Paulding County…is heavily damaged in a late Monday blaze. Crews from several area departments converge to the scene. The flames are soon put out. No word on a cause. State and local fire investigators …

A scolded Ohio Redistricting Commission returned to work…to re-draw maps of Ohio legislative districts…with its members pledging more transparency this time around, as they face a looming deadline. In what was perhaps a gesture of bipartisan cooperation, Republican House Speaker Bob Cupp, the panel’s chair, wore one of the face …

A Bryan Elementary School custodian resigns…after police confirm…he was intoxicated while at work. No criminal charges have been filed. A school resource officer calls the police…after word gets out…the man is slurring his speech…cussing…and generally acting pretty weird. The employee complied with officers during a breathalyzer test…which indicated he had …