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A Williams County grand jury met Wednes­day and returned indict­ments against six peo­ple. Among those indicted was the for­mer prin­ci­pal at Lin­coln Ele­men­tary in Bryan. Tamara… or “Tammy” Dar­row has been indicted on a felony theft charge. Dar­row is accused of steal­ing grant funds from the school. The indict­ment alleges …

It was close, but now that the pro­vi­sional bal­lots have been counted, the Pauld­ing County Carnegie Library levy offi­cially passed. After the gen­eral elec­tion, the district’s 1.5-mill levy — which was a renewal with a decrease — had passed by a vote of 2,895 to 2,875. How­ever, there were 63 …

Police say a man from Ottoville was found dead in his vehi­cle Mon­day after­noon in Put­nam County. The body of 79 year old Vic­tor Fis­chbach was found in a van in a road­side drainage ditch along County Road 23-Q, north of County Road T around 3 yes­ter­day after­noon. The van …

At Monday’s meet­ing of the Lib­erty Cen­ter Local Board of Edu­ca­tion, Super­in­ten­dent Kristi Thomp­son ten­dered her let­ter of res­ig­na­tion, effec­tive Nov. 14th. Board mem­bers then went into exec­u­tive ses­sion to dis­cuss it, and they also talked about the hir­ing of Dr. Mar­cia Rozevink as interim super­in­ten­dent effec­tive imme­di­ately. Then, board …

Seems like old man win­ter is arriv­ing a bit early this year, and accord­ing to the Bryan Times, local offi­cials aren’t tak­ing any chances. They report that the county has pur­chased enough salt, sand and liq­uid heat for any sur­prises that may come along. The local road crews cover up …

A man from Mont­pe­lier will spend five years in prison for the sex­ual abuse of a child. 31 year old Randy Kirk­endall Jr had pre­vi­ously pleaded guilty to 10 crim­i­nal counts related to crimes involv­ing a 6-year-old girl which took place between July 1, 2013 and June 7 of this …

Bryan Police report an arrest Mon­day in a domes­tic case. Police say they took 35 year old Brian Rauch of South Port­land Street in Bryan into cus­tody after he was arrested and charged with domes­tic vio­lence. No other details were made avail­able, but we did find out that Rauch was …

As we enter the win­ter sea­son, the Bryan Water Depart­ment is encour­ag­ing every­one to take the fol­low­ing pre­cau­tions to help pro­tect their water lines from freez­ing: Pro­tect exposed pipes from cold air drafts by clos­ing and seal­ing win­dows and any exposed open­ings in base­ments or crawl­spaces. Pro­vide proper insu­la­tion for …

Christ­mas is right around the cor­ner, and it’s the time of year that folks nat­u­rally come together to help oth­ers who are less for­tu­nate. This year, a com­mu­nity ser­vice project of the Defi­ance County Board of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties and Good Samar­i­tan School, involves a sec­ond­hand Christ­mas store for the free …

It’s offi­cial… the Fourth of July fire­works cel­e­bra­tion in Bryan next year, will once again be held at Recre­ation Park, after hav­ing been moved from the pre­vi­ous loca­tion near Bryan Mid­dle School. Last sum­mer, the dis­play was launched from Recre­ation Park, and it was a suc­cess accord­ing to the Byan …