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Flames Sun­day morn­ing destroyed a rural Defi­ance home. Fire­fight­ers were called out Sun­day morn­ing around 7:20 to the home of Tim and Angie Mor­ris on Defi­ance County Road 424. Fire crews remained on the scene until 1 p.m. Inves­ti­ga­tors say the fam­ily dog alerted every­one to the smell of smoke. …

Williams County Com­mis­sioner Brian Davis, accord­ing to a con­ver­sa­tion with the Bryan Times, was in Colum­bus on Jan. 23rd to attend a Trans­porta­tion Review Advi­sory Coun­cil meet­ing. That’s when Com­mis­sioner Davis found out the Ohio Turn­pike and Infra­struc­ture Com­mis­sion set up a $5 mil­lion, 5-year mit­i­ga­tion pro­gram to help enti­ties …

There were some changes made Mon­day by the Williams County Board of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties. Board mem­bers Leroy Feather and Mar­lene Oxen­der were hon­ored for their years of ser­vice, and new mem­bers Neil Ober­lin and Ned Garver were sworn in. New offi­cers were also elected for the year with Mark Tip­ton …

The Williams County Fam­ily YMCA is seek­ing out ways it can bet­ter serve the com­mu­nity, and ask­ing for local feed­back. The Y has been doing a sur­vey and is now look­ing for a wider sam­ple to get ideas for future improve­ments. The Bryan Times reports that YMCA offi­cials are wait­ing …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol at Defi­ance says a one-vehicle crash seri­ously injured a man early Sat­ur­day. It hap­pened around 3:30 a.m. on County Road 424 at Lim­baugh Road in Delaware Town­ship in Defi­ance County when police say 28 year old James A. Wol­frum of Ney ran off the road …

Defi­ance fire­fight­ers bat­tled a house fire at the Linda Barham res­i­dence, 935 Perry Street over the week­end. Smoke was vis­i­ble from the home when fire­fight­ers arrived at approx­i­mately 5 p.m. Sat­ur­day. The fire was con­tained by about 5:30. Assist­ing at that Defi­ance fire were High­land and Noble town­ship fire depart­ments. …

An explo­sion Fri­day at Sen­sory Effects in Defi­ance sent two peo­ple to the hos­pi­tal. It hap­pened around 4:30 Fri­day after­noon inside the West High Street plant, when a dryer caught fire accord­ing to employ­ees. Shane Span­gler suf­fered burns and was taken to ProMed­ica Defi­ance Hos­pi­tal, and then flown to Mercy …

Flags in Napoleon are fly­ing at half staff today. The Mayor of Napoleon has ordered that flags in the city be flown at half-staff begin­ning today and until Sun­day, Feb. 9 at sun­set. The half staff order is being issued in respect of for­mer city of Napoleon Coun­cil­man Terri Williams …

Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter board mem­bers heaped praise on Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Bruce Abell dur­ing his annual per­for­mance appraisal last week. Board Pres­i­dent Barb Heer said the board plans to renew his con­tract for another year. The reg­u­lar monthly meet­ing of the Quadco board was held on Fri­day. It was orig­i­nally sched­uled …

Defi­ance Police are call­ing it a case of shaken baby syn­drome. Now, a Defi­ance man is behind bars, and police say he’s respon­si­ble for the death of a five month old girl. 29 year old James Cooper has been charged with first degree felony mur­der. Cooper is being held at …