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A reminder that the annual Fra­ter­nal Order of Police Golf Out­ing will be Sat­ur­day, June 27 at Orchard Hills Golf Course, with a shot­gun start at 8:30 a.m. Rain date is Sat­ur­day, July 25. The reg­is­tra­tion dead­line is June 25. Door prizes will be given along with awards for the …

The Farm­land Jazz Band will per­form at the Huber Opera House in Hicksville on Thurs­day from 7–8:30 p.m. The band con­sists of the finest musi­cians from north­east Indi­ana and has per­formed for thou­sands of peo­ple at var­i­ous venues includ­ing parades, par­ties, bars, church pic­nics, fes­ti­vals, wed­dings, and after­noons in the …

A Bryan man who was found guilty of arrang­ing bogus sales of $250,000 worth wooden pal­lets will be sen­tenced this after­noon in Williams County Court. 36 year old Gene Fer­rell faces up to 35 years in prison when he stands before Judge J.T. Stelzer this after­noon at 2 p.m. in …

In Allen County, Indi­ana, offi­cials say a Hicksville man was involved in a fatal crash Wednes­day after­noon. It hap­pened near Indi­ana State Route 37 and Indi­ana State Route 101. 19 year old Lenley A. Bar­ton III was dri­ving a Chevro­let Cav­a­lier that slammed into a trac­tor trailer trav­el­ing west on …

Ash­ley police found an alleged active metham­phet­a­mine lab and mul­ti­ple pre­cur­sors in a vehi­cle they pur­sued late Wednes­day after­noon. Police tried to stop a vehi­cle for traf­fic vio­la­tions on North Wabash Avenue, but the car tried to flee from police and came to a stop at a home in the …

A new report issued by the Ohio High­way Patrol, says dri­vers who don’t leave enough space between vehi­cles cause far too many crashes. Tail­gat­ing, or fail­ing to main­tain an assured clear dis­tance ahead was the most fre­quent cause of crashes over­all in Ohio in 2014, account­ing for 67,886 crashes on …

A Water­loo store sus­tained between $25,000 and $50,000 worth of dam­age on Wednes­day night when a pickup truck drove into the front of the build­ing. 72-year-old Robert Sanders of Defi­ance was pulling into the park­ing lot of the “Party Store” on Union Street off of U.S. 6 at about 9:45pm …

Michi­gan and Ohio have joined Indi­ana in ban­ning all live bird exhi­bi­tions in an attempt to help pre­vent the spread of the so-called bird flu. The Ohio ban affects all county and inde­pen­dent fairs includ­ing the Ohio State Fair. Also affected will be bird gath­er­ings for show or sale. Michi­gan …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office says a man led police on a three county chase on Tues­day night after police tried to serve him a war­rant out of Pauld­ing County at Moore Park in Bryan. 30-year-old Dustin Dobbe­laere of Oak­wood, Ohio took off from deputies and Bryan City Police offi­cers …

Pet­tisville Meats is recall­ing approx­i­mately 1,700 pounds of Oven Ready Rossman’s Ham Loaf due to what they call an unde­clared aller­gen. The ham loaf prod­uct con­tains eggs, which is not declared on the prod­uct label accord­ing to the Ohio Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture. The Oven Ready Rossman’s Ham Loaf prod­uct was …