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Fire­fight­ers bat­tled flames and the cold weather Sat­ur­day after­noon on Kiser Road in Defi­ance. A couple’s home there suf­fered sig­nif­i­cant dam­age. It was dis­cov­ered bur­ing in the kitchen when the home­own­ers came home around 2:30 Sat­ur­day after­noon. Dam­age to the struc­ture at 20268 Kiser Road was esti­mated at around $100,000 …

The Cres­cent News today reports that the CSX train car­ry­ing crude oil, which derailed in West Vir­ginia last week, passed through Defi­ance and Henry coun­ties before trav­el­ing south. Tracy Busch, the Direc­tor of the Henry County Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency, told the paper that a lot of the ethanol and crude …

A Bryan man has pleaded guilty in a Williams County rape case. 28 year old Richard Mojica Jr was indicted by a Williams County grand jury in Decem­ber. He pleaded guilty Thurs­day. Mojica is charged in an inci­dent that hap­pened back in May last year, when he allgedly engaged in …

State fund­ing for Ohio’s two– and four-year col­leges would increase by 2 per­cent each year under Gov. John Kasich’s recently-released bien­nial bud­get pro­posal, but even so, accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, cost-savings will remain a focus at North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege as admin­is­tra­tors face new bud­get­ing chal­lenges. Effec­tive last year, …

A two-vehicle col­li­sion at the Williams-Fulton County line north of West Unity on Wednes­day has claimed the life of a Bryan woman. 52 year old Jean Rych­ener [RICK-NER] of Bryan, was dri­ving east on U.S. 20, as 70 year old Kathaleen Schmitt of Alvord­ton [ALL-VORD-TON], was dri­ving west. Rych­ener lost …

In Pauld­ing County, lead­ers were updated on a county-wide pag­ing sys­tem that is planned for first respon­ders. Sev­eral rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office told com­mis­sion­ers that they have been test­ing the sys­tem to make sure there are no dead spots. They also said that they are work­ing closely …

The 19th Annual Williams County Junior High Quiz Bowl is set for Mon­day, Feb­ru­ary 23rd, at the Edger­ton High School. Stu­dents from grades 7 and 8 will par­tic­i­pate. It’s all spon­sored by the North­west Edu­ca­tional Ser­vice Cen­ter. Stu­dents from Bryan, Edger­ton, Edon, Hill­top, Mont­pe­lier, North Cen­tral, Stryker, and St. Patrick …

It’s going to be a longer school day for students at North Central schools. That’s because the board of education on Monday, approved a plan to add a half-hour to the school day, beginning on Monday and continuing through March 27th. Adding thirty minutes to each school day, will end …

With overnight lows below zero, and daytime highs running well below normal, Bryan Municipal Utilities wants to remind area folks that a few simple steps could help keep their pipes from freezing. BMU has been called out to many frozen service line calls so far this year, all due to …

It now looks like Bryan Municipal Utilities cable customers will soon be paying higher monthly bills. The proposed changes would increase the basic cable package from $18.75 to $21.65 per month; the extended basic package from $56.90 to $60.25; and the digital basic from $10.55 to $11. A vote is …