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On Wednes­day, a bond request was denied for a Defi­ance man who stands accused of mur­der. 58 year old Steven Noff­singer of Defi­ance was in Pauld­ing County Court on Wednes­day. Noff­singer is charged with mur­der­ing his ex-wife, Alma Noff­singer, who was 29 at the time, way back in 1981. The …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers reviewed plans at their meet­ing yes­ter­day, for a pro­posed $171,000 upgrade to the county’s Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vices build­ing on Ohio 15. The Bryan Times reports that the project as planned, will upgrade the foyer, close off the open garage on the west end of the build­ing, and …

The levy sup­port­ing the Pauld­ing County OSU Exten­sion Office failed in the Nov. 4 elec­tion. How­ever, the ag and nat­ural resources posi­tion will remain, although for how long it’s not cer­tain, as the fund­ing source for that posi­tion is not per­ma­nent. Sarah Nog­gle is the agri­cul­ture and nat­ural resources edu­ca­tor …

It’s windy out there, and those winds are wreak­ing havoc with elec­tric­ity in the area. Accord­ing to Toledo Edi­son, more than 1,500 cus­tomers lost power in the six-county area. The power com­pany is report­ing this morn­ing that it was the high winds, which caused limbs to fall on lines, that …

In antic­i­pa­tion of increased traf­fic dur­ing the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day, the Ohio State High­way Patrol is remind­ing dri­vers to buckle up every trip, every time. Last year dur­ing the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day week­end, 17 peo­ple were killed in 15 fatal crashes on Ohio’s road­ways. Seven of the 17 fatal­i­ties, 41 per­cent, were …

A drug bust in Bryan on Fri­day night. Bryan Police nabbed 18 year old Ali­cia Luke of Edger­ton, charg­ing her with Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana and Pos­ses­sion of Drug Para­pher­nala. Luke was processed and then released. She’ll be back in court at a future time to face those charges. Also on …

A crash Fri­day night that took the life of a Hicksville man remains under inves­ti­ga­tion today. The Ohio High­way Patrol says 41 year old James Cum­mings was pro­nounced dead fol­low­ing the two-vehicle crash in Hicksville Town­ship, Defi­ance County. It hap­pened around 9:20p.m. on Ohio 2, one half mile east of …

Some area food pantries have enough food. Oth­ers how­ever, need more… some a lot more. In Defi­ance County, most food pantries report so far so good, but some in Defi­ance say a rise in the num­ber of clients brings with it a great need for more dona­tions. At the Catholic …

Each day, count­less peo­ple make a pos­i­tive impact on north­west Ohio, and the North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Foun­da­tion is offer­ing an oppor­tu­nity to rec­og­nize and cel­e­brate those who have. The NSCC Foun­da­tion is accept­ing nom­i­na­tions for the 2014 Mak­ing a Dif­fer­ence Award in the cat­e­gories of indi­vid­ual, busi­ness and orga­ni­za­tion. …

Com­mis­sion­ers from four local coun­ties — Defi­ance, Ful­ton, Henry and Pauld­ing — have decided to can­cel their coop­er­a­tive agree­ment with the Regional Port Author­ity of North­west Ohio. The local entity was cre­ated in 2008 by com­mis­sion­ers from all those coun­ties as a way to lever­age fund­ing for eco­nomic devel­op­ment projects. …