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A man from Wauseon could spend up to three years in prison fol­low­ing his con­vic­tion in Ful­ton County Court. 54 year old Marc McCabe was found guilty by a Ful­ton County Jury of Ille­gal Cul­ti­va­tion of Mar­i­juana fol­low­ing about 90 min­utes of delib­er­a­tion. McCabe will be back in court for …

An Arch­bold man was sen­tenced for his role in the pro­duc­tion of metham­phet­a­mines. 30 year old Justin Roth pled guilty to Attempted Ille­gal Man­u­fac­ture of Drugs. Roth was placed on com­mu­nity con­trol for three years; and ordered to com­plete the SEARCH pro­gram. His driver’s license was sus­pended for six months, …

Bryan Police report the arrest of 36 year old Allan Williams on charges of pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana and pos­ses­sion of drug para­pher­na­lia. He was released. 34 year old Leslie Swindell was arrested and charged with pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana. He was also released. And 38 year old Juan Ortiz was arrested …

North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege nurs­ing stu­dents are host­ing a free Health Fair on Thurs­day from 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. The event will fea­ture free blood pres­sure screen­ings and derma scan­ner screen­ings to help iden­tify skin can­cer risks. Rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Repro­duc­tive Health Clinic will be in atten­dance as well. The Health …

Accord­ing to a release from the Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office, a Defi­ance County Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vices employee was killed in an acci­dent dur­ing a trash drop-off Sat­ur­day morn­ing. 87-year-old Max Hook of Hicksville was attempt­ing to back a vehi­cle up to a dump­ster at the refuse pickup cen­ter on Gin­grich Road, …

A man who has spent decades as a law enforce­ment offi­cer in Defi­ance County is call­ing it quits. The Cres­cent News reports that Gene Laney, who turns 70 years old today, says he’s retire­ing. Laney was once Hicksville’s police chief. In recent years, he has worked as a Defi­ance County …

We recently told you about the planned acqui­si­tion of Sen­so­ry­Ef­fects in Defi­ance by New York based Balchem Corp. Now, the Cres­cent News is report­ing that there will be lit­tle if any changes for those work­ing there, and that’s good news. Sen­so­ry­Ef­fects says the com­pany is “oper­at­ing as is, with no …

Williams County Sher­iff Steven Towns has put out the warn­ing about another scam that is mak­ing the rounds in our area. The sher­iff says the new scam involves a man call­ing from 917–460-9954 stat­ing he’s from Pub­lish­ers Clear­ing­house. The caller informs peo­ple that they have won the sweep­stakes’ cash grand …

Area job seek­ers have an oppor­tu­nity to net­work with more than 60 employ­ers at a community-wide job fair com­ing up next Tues­day from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The event will be held in the atrium at North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege, and is free and open to the pub­lic. Indus­tries that will …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold a blood drive at Mercy Defi­ance Clinic, 1400 E. Sec­ond St., Defi­ance, on Tues­day, April 8, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. To sched­ule an appoint­ment call toll-free 800–733-2767, or go to www.redcrossblood.org and enter spon­sor code def­clin. The blood drive will be held in the …