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A full scale inves­ti­ga­tion is under­way in Williams and Henry Coun­ties, after author­i­ties raided four busi­nesses Thurs­day. Agents with the Ohio Inves­tiga­tive Unit, along with Bryan and Mont­pe­lier police offi­cer, exe­cuted three search war­rants in what they are call­ing a joint ille­gal gam­bling inves­ti­ga­tion. The search war­rants were exe­cuted at …

A trea­sure hunter, orig­i­nally from Defi­ance, and accused of cheat­ing his investors out of their share of one of the rich­est trea­sure finds ever in U.S. his­tory — $50 mil­lion in gold bars and coins from a 19th-century ship­wreck — was cap­tured by fed­eral agents at an upscale Florida hotel …

The Henry County com­mis­sion­ers on Tues­day, awarded a bid for an air trailer. The win­ning bid was for a Black Swamp Air Trailer and the win­ning bid­der was Fire Safety Ser­vices of Huntsville. The cost… $99,105. What is an air trailer, why does the county need one, and what is …

A Ful­ton County man was taken by air to Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in Toledo on Tues­day morn­ing, after he was crit­i­cally injured in a three-vehicle crash on I-75. 22 year old Christo­pher Hen­der­son of Arch­bold was pulling back onto the inter­state from the berm, when he was hit …

Five peo­ple have been caught up in a drug inves­ti­ga­tion in Ful­ton County that included the dis­cov­ery of an active meth lab in Defi­ance on Tues­day, and a stolen vehi­cle in Mont­pe­lier. 21 year old Schuy­lar Win­kler of Defi­ance; 19 year old Kylie Cran­son of Bryan; 28 year old Misty …

A Williams County Grand Jury met Tues­day and handed down 42 indict­ments on a long list of charges. Accord­ing to the law, many of those indicted have not been arrested, and until they are, their cases are not per­mit­ted to appear pub­licly. As soon as offi­cial charges have been filed …

It’s that time again! The annual WBNO-WQCT Williams County Bliz­zard auc­tion will be held this Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 31st, start­ing at 8 a.m. This year, the ben­e­fi­ciary will be Con­quer Child­hood Can­cer Now, based in Defi­ance. More than 400 unique items will be avail­able includ­ing, but not lim­ited to: a 21-foot …

Eight north­west Ohio hos­pi­tals have formed a part­ner­ship to pool resources and save money. Wood County Hos­pi­tal in Bowl­ing Green, Belle­vue Hos­pi­tal, Blan­chard Val­ley Health Sys­tem in Find­lay, Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tals and Well­ness Cen­ters of Bryan, Ful­ton County Health Cen­ter in Wauseon, Henry County Hos­pi­tal in Napoleon, Magruder Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal in …

Mark your cal­en­dar… a change is noted in one area meet­ing. It has been announced by the Wayne Trace Local Board of Edu­ca­tion, that their reg­u­lar ses­sion meet­ing will be held on Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. This is a change from its reg­u­lar meet­ing time which is the third …

Three peo­ple have been arrested at a Bryan home on drug related charges. It was at 220 West High Street that a search war­rant turned up drug mak­ing mate­ri­als. Bayle Hill, Brook Rice and Danial Austin were all arrested. Austin was also charged with imped­ing the inves­ti­ga­tion after he allegedly …