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A for­mer res­i­dent of Stur­gis, along with her son, are dead after try­ing to help other peo­ple in Ten­nessee. 34 year old Kristi Clark and her 10 year old son Carter Oak­ley, stopped on Inter­state 65 to help the pas­sen­gers of an SUV that had flipped over after hit­ting some …

A free pro­gram for those who are watch­ing their weight and want to exer­cise heart health is being held on Thurs­day at the Defi­ance Area YMCA. Between 6:30 and 8 p.m Thurs­day, the annual Heart Health pro­gram, will include an address by Doc­tor Mohammed S. Alo, a car­di­ol­o­gist at Mercy …

No dam­age esti­mates have yet been released fol­low­ing a fire in West Unity Sun­day night that dam­aged a home on County Road 21-N. Accord­ing to inves­ti­ga­tors, it started as a chim­ney fire, then broke through into an upstairs bed­room. Fire­fight­ers fought the flames and the cold weather for sev­eral hours …

A Defi­ance farmer has won $2,500 for the Defi­ance County Ag Soci­ety through America’s Farm­ers Grow Com­mu­ni­ties. Sheri Schliesser has been selected as a win­ner in America’s Farm­ers Grow Com­mu­ni­ties, spon­sored by the Mon­santo Fund. The pro­gram enrolls farm­ers for a chance to win $2,500, which is then donated to …

Fire­fight­ers bat­tled flames and the cold weather Sat­ur­day after­noon on Kiser Road in Defi­ance. A couple’s home there suf­fered sig­nif­i­cant dam­age. It was dis­cov­ered bur­ing in the kitchen when the home­own­ers came home around 2:30 Sat­ur­day after­noon. Dam­age to the struc­ture at 20268 Kiser Road was esti­mated at around $100,000 …

The Cres­cent News today reports that the CSX train car­ry­ing crude oil, which derailed in West Vir­ginia last week, passed through Defi­ance and Henry coun­ties before trav­el­ing south. Tracy Busch, the Direc­tor of the Henry County Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency, told the paper that a lot of the ethanol and crude …

A Bryan man has pleaded guilty in a Williams County rape case. 28 year old Richard Mojica Jr was indicted by a Williams County grand jury in Decem­ber. He pleaded guilty Thurs­day. Mojica is charged in an inci­dent that hap­pened back in May last year, when he allgedly engaged in …

State fund­ing for Ohio’s two– and four-year col­leges would increase by 2 per­cent each year under Gov. John Kasich’s recently-released bien­nial bud­get pro­posal, but even so, accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, cost-savings will remain a focus at North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege as admin­is­tra­tors face new bud­get­ing chal­lenges. Effec­tive last year, …

A two-vehicle col­li­sion at the Williams-Fulton County line north of West Unity on Wednes­day has claimed the life of a Bryan woman. 52 year old Jean Rych­ener [RICK-NER] of Bryan, was dri­ving east on U.S. 20, as 70 year old Kathaleen Schmitt of Alvord­ton [ALL-VORD-TON], was dri­ving west. Rych­ener lost …

In Pauld­ing County, lead­ers were updated on a county-wide pag­ing sys­tem that is planned for first respon­ders. Sev­eral rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office told com­mis­sion­ers that they have been test­ing the sys­tem to make sure there are no dead spots. They also said that they are work­ing closely …