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An OVI arrest in Bryan on Mon­day evening sent a local man to jail. Bryan Police report that around 6:12 last evening, they nabbed 35 year old Edward T. Allen II of 600 S. Union St., Lot 17 in Bryan, and arrested him for OVI. Allen was taken to CCNO.

Sig­nal­ing the inevitable arrival soon of much colder weather, the new foun­tain on the down­town square in Bryan will be shut down for the win­ter on Thurs­day morn­ing. Although it seems like only yes­ter­day we were all com­plain­ing about the heat, the National Weather Ser­vice is fore­cast­ing sub-freezing tem­per­a­tures overnight …

A young child is being hailed as a hero after his quick think­ing likely saved his mother’s life. 4 year old Tris­ton Schilt told his bus dri­ver, Mike Mer­i­cle, who had just picked him up for preschool one day in Sep­tem­ber, that his mother was lying on the floor and …

A man was treated at a hos­pi­tal for injuries after he crashed his moped early Mon­day morn­ing. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Depart­ment reports that 54 year old Ronald Rod­man of Auburn was south­bound on County Road 23, just south of County Road 48 just after 6 yes­ter­day morn­ing, when he …

The Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office con­tin­ues to inves­ti­gate an armed rob­bery that occured last week at Gen­Fed Credit Union. It hap­pened just before 9 Wednes­day morn­ing, and involved at least two sus­pects accord­ing to inves­ti­ga­tors. One of the sus­pects pulled a gun dur­ing the holdup. Police say the two got …

Patrick Henry School Dis­trict vot­ers are among many local vot­ers fac­ing ques­tions about whether to renew an oper­at­ing levy. On the Nov. 4 bal­lot is a 5.47-mill, three-year levy, which accord­ing to county offi­cials, gen­er­ates $746,765 annu­ally. A per­son own­ing a house appraised at $100,000 pays $167.51 a year. If …

In Steuben County, the County Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Cen­ter has begun imple­ment­ing new pro­ce­dures when tak­ing med­ical calls after recent reports of Ebola both inter­na­tion­ally and here in the United States. Staff mem­bers already have pre-arrival ques­tion­ing and instruc­tion for med­ical calls. Now how­ever, callers or third-party callers will be asked addi­tional …

IN Defi­ance, the 69th annual Lions Club Hal­loween parade was held Sat­ur­day evening. This year, more than 100 entries took part, includ­ing eight march­ing bands, sev­eral area fire depart­ments, clas­sic and antique cars, school and church groups, and busi­nesses. Parade-goers lined Clin­ton Street from Tri­an­gle Park to First Street, some …

On Sun­day, Bryan Police report­edly arrested 21 year old Jacob Queck­borner of Milledgeville, IL, for OVI. He was taken to CCNO. No fur­ther details have been released by police.

Good week­end eat­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties. The Scar­let Strut­ters Baton Corps will hold the annual fundraiser chili din­ner Sun­day at Ayersville United Methodist Church on Defi­ance Ayersville Road. Buy­ing a chili din­ner for 6 dol­lars gets you a free refill. Money goes to cos­tumes and trips for the baton corps. And the …