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It seems more peo­ple are now turn­ing to food pantries for assis­tance. Com­mu­nity Com­pas­sion, which nor­mally helps about 100 fam­i­lies monthly, reports that begin­ning back in Novem­ber, they started see­ing about 20 new fam­i­lies a month. And what is even more dis­turb­ing, is the fact that these new fam­i­lies are …

The North Cen­tral Local Board of Edu­ca­tion met on Tues­day, and elected Craig McKarns pres­i­dent and Homer Hen­dricks vice pres­i­dent. At this week’s meet­ing, the board set the sched­ule for the rest of the year, agree­ing that the monthly meet­ings will be held on the third Tues­day of each month …

Soon, vis­i­tors to the Williams County Cour­t­house will be required to walk through an elec­tronic body scan­ner. The walk-through full body scan­ner at the cour­t­house entrance is one of two new scan­ners pur­chased recently by the county. Another new scan­ner will be shared between the Com­mon Pleas and the Domes­tic …

A cou­ple of high school sweet­hearts could soon find them­selves listed as reg­is­tered sex offend­ers if they send each other nude or sex­u­ally explicit pho­tos. The term is sex­ting, and it’s been brought to the fore­front due to an ongo­ing inves­ti­ga­tion involv­ing some stu­dents at Arch­bold High School. The Toledo …

The Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs has approved a con­tract with Sulzer Turbo Ser­vices Hous­ton, Inc, for repairs to the Bryan Power Plant’s No. 2 gas tur­bine at a cost of almost one mil­lion dol­lars. The con­tract, worth $911,225, will make repairs to the tur­bine which, accord­ing to city offi­cials, …

It was announced on Tues­day by Defi­ance Col­lege, that Pres­i­dent Mark C. Gor­don will be step­ping down on June 30th. Gor­don, the college’s 18th Pres­i­dent, says he has accepted a posi­tion as pres­i­dent and dean at William Mitchell Col­lege of Law in St. Paul, Minn. Gor­don has led the col­lege …

Changes are in store for one area hotel… The Ramada Mont­pe­lier Hotel and Con­fer­ence Cen­ter, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, will change its name and fran­chise affil­i­a­tion to the Qual­ity Inn & Suites. The name change, which will take effect later this year, is part of a total ren­o­va­tion to …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross in Henry County will hold a blood drive on Wednes­day at Wide­wa­ter in Lib­erty Cen­ter from 1–6 p.m. Walk-ins are wel­come. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, call 800-RED-CROSS.

Bryan Police report that they col­lared 33 year old Ken­neth A. Can­field II of N. Wal­nut St., Bryan on a bench war­rant out of Ful­ton County West­ern Dis­trict Court for fail­ing to appear. The orig­i­nal charge was Fail­ing to Com­ply with a law­ful order of a Police Offi­cer. Now Can­field …

Tech­nol­ogy never stands still, and those that embrace it move for­ward. Those that fail to keep up, are left behind. Now, some area first respon­ders are tak­ing a step for­ward with some ground­break­ing tech­nol­ogy that they say will allow them to more quickly respond to emer­gen­cies. The Defi­ance Fire Depart­ment …