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Fol­low­ing a dis­tur­bance on Lin­coln Street in Arch­bold, Police in that com­mu­nity took action and made an arrest. Arch­bold Police called for assis­tance from the Henry County Sheriff’s office canine unit, but they were able to snag a sub­ject before the assis­tance arrived. 26 year old Heath Arm­strong of Arch­bold …

Kathryn L. (Davis) Robinson, 99 years, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2014 in her home with her family at her side.  A life-long Williams County resident, Kathryn was born May 27, 1914 in Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Wesley and Lula (Jolly) Davis.  She married Howard E. Robinson …

An inves­ti­ga­tion in Defi­ance County is under­way today into an appar­ent murder-suicide involv­ing four peo­ple. Defi­ance County Sher­iff David Westrick released infor­ma­tion that says offi­cers were called to the Robert Garza res­i­dence on Bow­man Road last night around 8:30 after three adults and a juve­nile were found dead inside that …

From Henry County Court, some news today… A Napoleon man, 57 year old Daniel Gon­za­les, plead guilty to two charges of Gross Sex­ual Impo­si­tion in a case involv­ing a vic­tim under 13 years of age. A pre-sentence inves­ti­ga­tion is being con­ducted. Lib­erty Cen­ter res­i­dent Jeff Tay­lor pled guilty to Pos­ses­sion …

Watch where you park in Defi­ance… The snow emer­gency plan is in effect in the city of Defi­ance today in order to make it eas­ier for crews to clean out the snow from the streets. Park­ing is pro­hib­ited on many down­town streets dur­ing spe­cific hours. Be sure you pay atten­tion …

Auburn police say they are still look­ing for a woman they say was respon­si­ble for steal­ing $900 worth of mer­chan­dise from the Auburn Wal-Mart store last Sat­ur­day after­noon. The woman was seen leav­ing the store park­ing lot in a red pas­sen­ger car. If you know who this woman is call …

Auburn police found some items com­monly asso­ci­ated with meth use in a plas­tic bag in a park­ing lot on Tues­day. Auburn Police say a plas­tic garbage bag with Cole­man Fuel, cof­fee fil­ters, stripped lithium bat­ter­ies, plas­tic tub­ing, small bags con­tain­ing white residue, and used syringes with blood residue, was found …

The State Attor­ney Gen­eral made a visit to the area right before the big storm on Tues­day. Mike DeWine met with pub­lic offi­cials to dis­cuss a vari­ety of issues. DeWine’s first stop was at the Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office. He then later met with law enforce­ment offi­cials in Pauld­ing, then …

Due to the weather con­di­tions, Defi­ance Pub­lic Library and Sher­wood Branch Library will open at noon today. “Read, Rhyme and Romp” and “Sto­ry­time” at Defi­ance Pub­lic Library are can­celled for today. Most area fil­ing dead­lines for the May 6 pri­mary have been pushed back at least one day. The dead­line …

Sales tax receipts rose in five of six area coun­ties in 2013 com­pared to 2012. Williams County, along with Defi­ance, Henry, Pauld­ing, and Put­nam coun­ties all saw an increase, although most were slight. Defi­ance County had the most with a 5.2 per­cent increase. Only one local county, Ful­ton, reported a …