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A woman from Cleve­land was crit­i­cally injured in a crash Sun­day evening that hap­pened on US-20 in Williams County. It was just before 11pm Sun­day, when 26 year old Lis­beth Ortega of Cleve­land, who was north­bound, crossed the cen­ter line and slammed head-on into a south­bound vehi­cle dri­ven by 50 …

A man who has been con­victed of rape twice will be sen­tenced today in Williams County Court. 28 year old Richard Mojica Jr. of Bryan, faces the pos­si­bil­ity of as much as 21 years in prison. No mat­ter what the length of his time behind bars will be, Mojica will …

A Cooper Farms com­plex went up in flames on Sun­day, leav­ing hun­dreds of ani­mals dead. It hap­pened at the White Oak Sow Farm on Pauld­ing County Road 165. The fire was reported early Sun­day morn­ing, and when fire­fight­ers got there, they were able to con­tain it to one of the …

Bryan Police made an arrest Mon­day night. It was just before 8 last night, when police arrested 54 year old Edward Rupp of Bryan, who they charged with dis­or­derly con­duct, men­ac­ing, and resist­ing arrest. After that, they released him with­out fur­ther information.

Under the Governor’s pro­posed 2016–17 bud­get, less wealthy school dis­tricts could see increases in state fund­ing, and edu­ca­tional ser­vice cen­ters through­out Ohio could likely see a sub­stan­tial cut in state fund­ing. The governor’s pro­posed bud­get reduces the amount of fund­ing for ESCs from $40 mil­lion in fis­cal year 2015 to …

Flames Mon­day morn­ing, caused con­sid­er­able dam­age to a home on U.S. 127 north of Bryan. It hap­pened around 2am Mon­day, and when fire­fight­ers first arrived, they found smoke com­ing from the eaves. The fire report­edly began near the wood­burner when the exhaust stack touched one of the rafters in the …

Williams County Sheriff’s Depart­ment made an arrest on Monday…34 year old Eric Grubb of Mont­pe­lier was arrested on a bench war­rant for abscond­ing from super­vi­sion. No addi­tional details were released by the sheriff’s depart­ment with regard to Grubb’s arrest.

The Defi­ance County Health Depart­ment will hold its Know Your Health Num­bers health screen­ing on Thurs­day from 9–10:30 a.m. at the Huber Opera House in Hicksville. Included in the health screen­ing will be blood pres­sure, pulse, res­pi­ra­tions, cho­les­terol, hemo­glo­bin and blood sugar. For more infor­ma­tion, call the health depart­ment at …

Sauder Vil­lage is look­ing for some cre­ative peo­ple to help make hand­crafted items for the new Her­itage Shop at Sauder Vil­lage. A work­day has been planned for today, pro­vid­ing peo­ple an oppor­tu­nity to help make items for the shop and have fel­low­ship with oth­ers who like to be cre­ative! A …

An OVI arrest over the week­end in Bryan. Bryan Police say they col­lared 22 year old Logan Pape of Celina, Ohio early Sun­day morn­ing, around 3am. Pape was released by police who didn’t pro­vide any fur­ther infor­ma­tion. Bryan police also say they arrested 42 year old Don­ald Laney of Bryan …