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A plane crashed Mon­day after­noon in Williams County. Accord­ing to the Williams County Sheriff’s Office, Sam Santa Rita had just taken off in his sin­gle engine plane from his pri­vate airstrip near Edger­ton, when the air­craft crashed into the woods. The plane was totaled, but amaz­ingly, Santa Rita was able …

Seri­ous doubts are now aris­ing about the via­bil­ity of a com­mu­nity pool in Hol­gate. Offi­cials say the pool facil­ity needs work, it’s under-used, and quite pos­si­bly far enough beyond repair that it may sim­ply be shut down. The Henry County Health Depart­ment says the pool needs repairs in order to …

Tires from pas­sen­ger cars and pickup trucks, with­out rims, will be accepted at no charge at the Ful­ton County Trans­fer Sta­tion, on County Road 12 on Sept. 27 and Oct. 25, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. There is a limit of four tires per house­hold, and no com­mer­cial or busi­ness tires …

The North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Board of Trustees has given notice that they will hold a spe­cial meet­ing on Wednes­day, at 12:00 noon in the McDougle Cen­ter (Room A101C). The board plans to go into exec­u­tive ses­sion to con­sider the dis­missal of pub­lic employ­ees. They have reported that action may …

Defi­ance Ele­men­tary stu­dents are receiv­ing an Ohio Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion grant. The ODE has noti­fied the Defi­ance City School Dis­trict, that it received a $600,000 21st Cen­tury Grant for before and after­school grade K-5 edu­ca­tional pro­grams. The funds will be used for staff, sup­plies, tech­nol­ogy and trans­porta­tion expenses, at the …

It’s been a busy cou­ple of days for Bryan Police. On Fri­day, 18 year old Michaela Myers of Bryan, was arrested for Dis­or­derly Con­duct. She was released. Also on Fri­day, 24 year old Matthew Weber Jr of Bryan, was arrested for Dis­or­derly Con­duct After Warn­ing. He was taken to CCNO. …

It’s a new year and a fresh start for the United Way of Pauld­ing County. The orga­ni­za­tion kicked off its 2014–15 cam­paign this week with a break­fast on Wednes­day, when it was announced that this year’s goal is $75,000. Last year’s goal of $60,000 was beat as $68,000 in total …

Lots of activ­i­ties are planned for the Labor Day Week­end at Sauder Vil­lage. Many will come to stay at the Inn or Camp­ground, play in the pool, visit unique shops, enjoy great food, and make spe­cial mem­o­ries while vis­it­ing the His­toric Vil­lage. Rec­og­nized as Ohio’s largest living-history vil­lage, the award-winning …

It’s never a good idea to drink and drive. This week­end, it’s an even worse idea. Ohio State High­way Patrol has announced there will be an OVI check­point in Williams County Sat­ur­day night.The OVI checkpoint,funded by fed­eral grants,is planned to deter and inter­cept impaired drivers.The loca­tion of the check­point will …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office is con­duct­ing a high vis­i­bil­ity traf­fic blitz in con­junc­tion with the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national cam­paign. The blitz runs through Sept. 1. The sheriff’s office is work­ing this blitz at var­i­ous times and loca­tions in Ful­ton County, where they say deputies will …