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Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers accepted one res­ig­na­tion and made two appoint­ments Mon­day. Depart­ment of Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices Social Ser­vices Super­vi­sor Geri Sev­ers sub­mit­ted a let­ter of res­ig­na­tion for retire­ment, effec­tive Dec. 31. The board accepted it “with regrets,”. The Bryan Times reports this morn­ing that Com­mis­sion­ers also appointed Ned Allen …

The Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs approved sev­eral staff changes at its meet­ing Tues­day. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the board agreed to reclas­sify Lisa Rohlof from account clerk II to account clerk III and to award a merit raise to Mandy Frank, account clerk II; both work in the …

An early morn­ing drug bust last week­end in McClure led to an arrest and seizure. The Henry County Sheriff’s office reports that they exe­cuted a search war­rant at 430 Main Street in McClure at 2:32am Sun­day. One woman is in cus­tody, but the sheriff’s office says more peo­ple are being …

Pro­vi­sional num­bers released Mon­day by the Ohio State High­way Patrol show there were 13 peo­ple killed on Ohio’s road­ways this Thanks­giv­ing Hol­i­day which is two below the four-year aver­age. Dur­ing the report­ing period, which began Wednes­day, Novem­ber 27, at 12:00 a.m., and ran through Sun­day, Decem­ber 1, at 11:59 p.m., …

A man accused of rap­ing three young girls between 1999 to 2010 will stand trial in Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court. 40 year old Daniel Bignell Jr of Mont­pe­lier faces 14 felony counts of sex­ual abuse. Accord­ing to The Bryan Times, the alleged crimes involve three girls. Each knew Bignell …

The hol­i­days are fast approach­ing, and the St. Vin­cent de Paul Soci­ety in Fayette will be giv­ing away toys again for Christ­mas. The give­away dates this year are this Thurs­day and Thurs­day, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, 409 E. Main …

The cause of a crash that killed a Defi­ance woman is still under inves­ti­ga­tion. The Ohio High­way Patrols says 22 year old Sarah Gomez was killed in the single-vehicle crash in Ful­ton County. It hap­pened around 6:30 Mon­day morn­ing when Gomez appar­ently ran off Ohio 108 between Ful­ton County Roads …

The Ohio Bureau of Crim­i­nal Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and Inves­ti­ga­tion has released find­ings about a shoe believed by fam­ily mem­bers to belong to mur­der vic­tim Nancy Eagle­son. Author­i­ties say the shoe, which was found in Octo­ber at the for­mer Pauld­ing County Jail, now owned by pri­vate indi­vid­u­als, was tested for DNA, but …

The Defi­ance Health Department’s “Know Your Num­bers” health screen pro­gram will be held at the North­towne Mall on Thurs­day, Dec. 5, from 9–11:30 a.m. Included in this health screen are blood pres­sure, pulse, res­pi­ra­tions, cho­les­terol, hemo­glo­bin and blood sugar. Per­sons 18 years old or older are wel­come. For more infor­ma­tion, …

A lawyer for a 31-year-old sol­dier accused of stran­gling one man and stab­bing another dur­ing a trip to see his estranged wife in south­east­ern Michi­gan says he may pur­sue an insan­ity defense. Thirty-one-year-old Pfc. Brian Gogue of Mary­land awaits trial on open mur­der and attempted mur­der charges. He appeared Wednes­day …