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The Henry County com­mis­sion­ers met on Tues­day. The Cres­cent News reports that the com­mis­sion­ers awarded a bid to Mack Indus­tries Inc., of Bowl­ing Green, for four-sided rein­forced con­crete boxes in the amount of $70,230. At Tuesday’s meet­ing, the com­mis­sion­ers also approved appoint­ing four area res­i­dents to the Henry County Revolv­ing …

A .45 cal­iber Thomp­son sub-machine gun that was stolen from the Auburn Police Depart­ment by John Dillinger and his gang back in 1933 is being returned to the depart­ment today by a spe­cial agent of the FBI. The gun was recov­ered from Dillinger and his gang by police in Tus­con, …

U.S. 24 east­bound, between U.S. 127 and Ohio 49, was shut down Tues­day after­noon fol­low­ing a fire in a semi-truck. The Ohio High­way Patrols says the rig was haul­ing more than 12-tons of oranges and grape­fruit when the trailer caught fire yes­ter­day after­noon around 2:30. Accord­ing to police, the dri­ver …

Napoleon City Coun­cil on Mon­day evening, accepted the res­ig­na­tion of Coun­cil­man Patrick McCol­ley fol­low­ing his sub­mis­sion of a let­ter of res­ig­na­tion to the city on Feb. 26. The per­son­nel com­mit­tee will meet this evening at 6:30 to dis­cuss it, and also, accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, to review appli­ca­tions for …

The Williams County Board of Elec­tions held their reor­ga­ni­za­tional meet­ing on Mon­day. Scott Tow­ers if North­west Town­ship, will serve as the board’s chair­man. Spring­field Town­ship res­i­dent Jeff Erb will serve as vice chair­man. Paul Dug­gan of Bryan and Mark Fox of Spring­field Town­ship were re-appointed as board mem­bers. Stephanie Shook …

Bryan Util­i­ties Direc­tor Brian Car­lin told the Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs Tues­day, that the extreme cold weather, along with other market-driven con­di­tions have increased Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties’ power sup­ply costs. That means that some cus­tomers may have higher elec­tric bills than usual. Accord­ing to The Bryan Times, Car­lin said …

Tech­nol­ogy Solu­tions, Inc., a firm spe­cial­iz­ing in med­ical soft­ware and archery equip­ment, announced plans today to expand its oper­a­tions in Steuben County, cre­at­ing up to 26 new jobs by 2016. The com­pany says it will invest $1.89 mil­lion to pur­chase, ren­o­vate and equip a 20,280 square-foot facil­ity in Ash­ley. The …

Bryan City Police say on Mon­day they nabbed 27 year old Jason A. Gon­za­les of Port­land Street in Bryan. Gon­za­les wasn’t dif­fi­cult to find… he was already locked up at CCNO when offi­cers dis­cov­ered that he had a war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. Police served him the war­rant and …

The res­ig­na­tion of Edgerton’s coun­cil pres­i­dent was announced at Mon­day night’s reg­u­lar meet­ing. The Bryan Times reports that the Mayor asked coun­cil to “regret­fully accept” the res­ig­na­tion of Coun­cil Pres­i­dent Trevor Weaver, who had served on coun­cil since 2006. Weaver had just been re-elected for another two-year term in Novem­ber. …

A res­ig­na­tion in Williams County. County com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day, accepted a let­ter of res­ig­na­tion from Anthony Gon­za­les, effec­tive April first. Gon­za­les worked in the Depart­ment of aging main­te­nance and trans­porta­tion. His res­ig­na­tion states that he is step­ping down in order to retire.