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An expiring income tax caused some con­cern in the Hicksville School Dis­trict. Dur­ing a brief meet­ing of the Hicksville Exempted Vil­lage Board of Edu­ca­tion, a .75 per­cent income tax which the board decided a year ago not to put up for renewal was dis­cussed. The tax expires at the end …

A Bryan woman has filed a law­suit fol­low­ing an acci­dent that left her hus­band dead. It hap­pened back in Novem­ber 2013, when then 19 year old Brock Minor of Mont­pe­lier was north­bound on Markey Avenue, when he hit 82 year old Hugh Lind­sey who was stand­ing on the side of …

Troop­ers at the Defi­ance post of the Ohio High­way Patrol got an unusual phone early Mon­day morn­ing. The caller on the other end of the line told them that a woman was giv­ing birth in their park­ing lot and she needed some help. The call came in just after 4 …

Attor­ney Gen­eral Mike DeWine is offer­ing char­i­ta­ble giv­ing tips for those who plan to donate to this hol­i­day sea­son. DeWine encour­ages Ohioans to deter­mine in advance which char­ity or char­i­ties to sup­port. He says most char­i­ta­ble orga­ni­za­tions that oper­ate in Ohio or here for dona­tions must file with the Ohio …

The Pauld­ing County Sher­iff is inves­ti­gat­ing an acci­den­tal shoot­ing that report­edly hap­pened on Sun­day. It all began when Sheryl Wag­ner called 911 to report that her daugh­ter had been acci­dently shot in the leg with a .22 rif­fle at the family’s home in Brown Town­ship. Accord­ing to deputies, a 15-year-old …

The Hicksville Vil­lage Play­ers will present Charles Dick­ens’ immor­tal “A Christ­mas Carol” this week­end at the Huber Opera House. The show will fea­ture many clas­sic songs of the hol­i­day sea­son too, so you won’t want to miss this one. Show­times are 7:30 p.m. this com­ing Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, Dec. 12–13 …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office is report­ing that an armed rob­bery occurred at the Hol­i­day City Stop and Go/Sunoco sta­tion on Ohio 15 in Hol­i­day City on Sun­day evening. Accord­ing to the report, it hap­pened last night just before 9:30 when an armed man entered the store and demanded cash …

A cou­ple of arrests over the week­end kept Bryan Police busy… ON Sun­day, police took 28 year old Mark Shad­bolt of North Main Street in Bryan into cus­tody. Shad­bolt was arrested on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for fail­ing to appear on a charge of Fail­ing to …

The North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Board of Trustees held a board retreat and reg­u­lar meet­ing on Fri­day. Dur­ing the meet­ing, Dr. Michael Wolfe, dean of busi­ness at NSCC, gave a pre­sen­ta­tion on the newly formed Dean’s Lead­er­ship Clus­ter. In other action, the board Approved the res­ig­na­tion of Erika Rufe­nacht and …

A Fre­mont man has been arrested in DeKalb County on charges of child molest­ing. Accord­ing to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, 33 year old Michael Clifton was cuffed at his place of work after charges were filed against him fol­low­ing a long inves­ti­ga­tion into accu­sa­tions that he allegedly molested a …