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Police in Napoleon are inves­ti­gat­ing a pos­si­ble homi­cide. 19 year old Jonathan Smart of Napoleon is dead. 18 year old Justin Dou­ble has now been arrested for his alleged involve­ment in that death. Smart was taken to the Henry County Hos­pi­tal last Thurs­day with seri­ous injuries, then trans­ferred to Toledo …

Pauld­ing Exempted Vil­lage Schools’s kinder­garten clinic dates for screen­ing and reg­is­ter­ing 2015–16 kinder­gart­ners is fast approach­ing. Pauld­ing Ele­men­tary School’s kinder­garten clinic dates are this Wednes­day and Thurs­day. Oak­wood Ele­men­tary School will hold a kinder­garten clinic on April 17. If you have a child who will be 5 years old before …

Bryan Police col­lared a Bryan man for hav­ing an open con­tainer and OVI. 26 year old Derek Hart­sock of CR F, Bryan was arrested, and then he was released on his own recog­ni­zance. Bryan Police also charged 25 year old Matthew Coker of Bryan with OVI. He too was released …

A fugi­tive trea­sure hunter plans to plead guilty to a con­tempt of court charge related to his refusal to tes­tify about gold he dis­cov­ered from a his­toric ship­wreck. A plea agree­ment in fed­eral court last week in Colum­bus, now means the the case of Tommy Thomp­son will move for­ward. The …

Bryan Police report the arrest of a Bryan woman on Thurs­day. 33 year old Rachel Willitzer of Buf­falo Road in Bryan was charged yes­ter­day with dis­or­derly con­duct and with resist­ing arrest. She was taken to CCNO. No word from police on what exactly was behind the inci­dent that lead up …

Charges of mur­der and felo­nious assault that had been lev­eled against an Edger­ton man, accused of beat­ing a 3-year-old Colum­bus girl to death, have been dropped. Police in Colum­bus how­ever, are quick to point out that the inves­ti­ga­tion into the case against 24 year old Tyson Reli­ford is still mov­ing …

On Wednes­day at Fairview Junior High School, North West­ern Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive put on a high volt­age safety demon­stra­tion to edu­cate the stu­dents on how to stay safe in sit­u­a­tions where downed power lines may be present. Dur­ing the pre­sen­ta­tion, the stu­dents were shown, in graphic detail, what hap­pens when any­thing …

North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege is one of a few select sites across the coun­try that will be host­ing an exhibit to sup­port cul­tural aware­ness and under­stand­ing through the muti­fac­eted art from of cal­lig­ra­phy. North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege is host­ing a spe­cial exhibit, The Gen­e­sis of Chi­nese Writ­ing and the Art …

Today is Good Fri­day, and many area offices and busi­nesses will be closed or observe short­ened hours, while oth­ers are main­tain­ing a reg­u­lar sched­ule. Bryan city offices, includ­ing munic­i­pal court, are closed, although trash pickup will take place as reg­u­larly sched­uled. Williams County offices close at noon. As for the …

An attor­ney in a Pauld­ing County aggra­vated mur­der case now intends to file a change of venue motion. The Cres­cent News reports that the request has been filed by one of the attor­neys rep­re­sent­ing 59 year old Steven Noff­singer of Defi­ance. Noff­singer is charged with aggra­vated mur­der in rela­tion to …