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Napoleon Police report a num­ber of com­plaints recently con­cern­ing coun­ter­feit cur­rency in Napoleon. Most of the funny money has so far been reported in the form of $20 bills, and police say each of the iden­ti­fied bills has had sim­i­lar or iden­ti­cal ser­ial num­bers. Police also say how­ever, some fake …

In Defi­ance, police have now released the names of those con­nected to the alleged “ille­gal casi­nos” that were raided last Thurs­day. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, Mar­vin Dabish, Robert Dabish and Nadia Dabish, all of Ore­gon, are the alleged own­ers and oper­a­tors of the Talk-N-Win Inter­net cafe in North­towne Mall. …

A strike could be loom­ing at NSCC. The North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, has autho­rized their bar­gain­ing team to deliver a 10-day strike notice to the school’s admin­is­tra­tion. Ear­lier this week, a unan­i­mous vote to employ the strike tac­tic was reached fol­low­ing months of …

A busi­ness in North­towne Mall in Defi­ance was just one of six busi­nesses that were raided Thurs­day morn­ing as part of a crack­down on sus­pected ille­gal casi­nos. Inter­net Cafe, “Talk N Win” was raided yes­ter­day morn­ing by the Multi-Area Nar­cotics Task Force. Ohio Attor­ney Gen­eral Mike DeWine issued a press …

Another scam is mak­ing the rounds in our area, and this time the warn­ing comes from the Bryan Area Cham­ber of Com­merce. Cham­ber offi­cials say that a local busi­ness got an email adver­tis­ing a “Bryan Award Pro­gram.” The email requested $150, promis­ing a plaque for a “Bryan Award.“ Accord­ing to …

An Ohio State High­way Patrol Trooper liv­ing in Bryan, has been cho­sen as the Trooper of the year at the Defi­ance Post. Matthew Gard­ner, of Bryan, was chosed in recog­ni­tion of his out­stand­ing ser­vice by his fel­low offi­cers sta­tioned at the Defi­ance Post. Trooper Gardner’s lead­er­ship abil­i­ties, pro­fes­sional ethics, cour­te­ous …

ON Tues­day, Bryan Police arrested 56 year old Jef­frey A. Stilt­ner of Bryan for OVI and Assured Clear Dis­tance Ahead. He was released. Then on Wednes­day, police nabbed 23 year old Ste­fan R. Bates of Bryan on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for Pos­ses­sion of Drug Para­pher­na­lia. …

Lucas County is ask­ing the board to recon­sider how it is billed in light of recent changes between the City of Toledo and Lucas County fol­low­ing Wednesday’s meet­ing of the Cor­rec­tions Com­mis­sion of North­west Ohio. Com­mis­sioner Pete Gerken ques­tioned the Octo­ber billing. He said the bill reflects the shift from …

Math­e­mat­i­cal errors and ques­tion­able pro­pos­als were found in a fea­si­bil­ity study that calls for the con­struc­tion of a new Lucas County Jail as was revealed dur­ing Wednesday’s meet­ing of the Cor­rec­tions Com­mis­sion of North­west Ohio. CCNO Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Jim Den­nis said dur­ing an August board meet­ing, CCNO offi­cials were advised …

It appears that charges are pend­ing fol­low­ing a reported dog attack Mon­day after­noon. Two dogs are now dead fol­low­ing the after­noon attack on South Emmett Street in Bryan. The Bryan Times reports that Bryan Police and Williams County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a vicious dog com­plaint Mon­day, when a pit …