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On Wednes­day, Bryan Police arrested 22 year old Melissa A. Jim­mer­son of Bryan on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for Fail­ing to Appear on an orig­i­nal charge of theft. Jim­mer­son will be more read­ily avail­able next time… she was locked up in CCNO. Also yes­ter­day, Bryan PD …

The annual Apple But­ter Mak­ing fes­ti­val at Sauder Vil­lage in Arch­bold is sched­uled for Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 24 through Sat­ur­day, Sept. 27, when guests will have plenty of oppor­tu­nity to enjoy apple-related activ­i­ties through­out the His­toric Vil­lage. On the final day of the event, Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 27, pie bak­ers will have …

In Angola, more than 250 cars are expected to take part in today’s Cruise To The Mon­u­ment. The event will run from 5:00pm until 8:00pm. Last year was the first year, and more than 180 cars took part. Down­town Angola will be closed to vehi­cle traf­fic from West Street to …

Bryan Police report the arrest Tues­day of 18 year old James R. Black of Farmer Mark Road, Bryan. Black was charged with Theft. He was processed and then released. He’ll be in court soon to face that charge. Also on Tues­day after­noon, Bryan Police nabbed 30 year old Kristina M. …

In Wauseon, local offi­cials are try­ing to come to terms over an ordi­nance con­cern­ing dan­ger­ous dogs. All pit bulls were, until 2012, con­sid­ered vicious under Ohio Law. How­ever, the gov­er­nor signed a law that year that dropped pit bulls from that list. Some local laws though, still con­sider pit bulls …

If Steven Noff­singer is found guilty, he won’t be fac­ing the death penalty. That option was taken off the table Mon­day dur­ing a pre­trial hear­ing for the 58 year old Defi­ance res­i­dent who is accused of mur­der­ing his then 29 year old ex-wife, Alma Noff­singer back in 1981. Also dur­ing …

Flames at a Defi­ance fast food restau­rant on Mon­day morn­ing sent two peo­ple to the hos­pi­tal. The blaze broke out early yes­ter­day morn­ing, just before 4:30, at McDonald’s on E. Sec­ond St., in Defi­ance. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, one Defi­ance fire­fighter was taken to Mercy Defi­ance Hos­pi­tal after cut­ting …

In Edger­ton, fol­low­ing about six years of dis­agree­ments, it now looks like a hand­ful of prop­erty own­ers have finally agreed to a solu­tion to their flood­ing issues. The Williams County Board of Com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day unan­i­mously backed a plan by the county engineer’s office to spend about $60,000 for drainage …

An attrac­tion at the Williams County fair attracted some atten­tion from ani­mal rights activists. For the sec­ond con­sec­u­tive year, an ele­phant ride was offered at the fair last week. And once again, PETA… The Peo­ple For The Eth­i­cal Treat­ment Of Ani­mals, has com­plained. The group sent report­edly sent an email …

A Defi­ance native, once known for find­ing a vast trea­sure of gold that had sat on the bot­tom of the ocean for more than 131 years, is now a wanted man. Tommy Thomp­son has been wanted for the past two years by the U.S. Mar­shals Ser­vice, who has hunted Thomp­son …