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A man who was pre­vi­ously con­victed on bur­glary charges in Pulaski Town­ship was sen­tenced Tues­day to two years behind bars. 22 year old Travis Hicks moved to the area in August from Texas. He took up res­i­dence at a home with a friend, 55 year old Tommy Yates. It wasn’t …

Jim Eisel has been named West Unity Cit­i­zen of the Year by the Cham­ber of Com­merce at the annual recog­ni­tion ban­quet at the Kissell Com­mu­nity Cen­ter. Eisel grad­u­ated from Hill­top High School in 1979. He has a degree in auto and diesel mechan­ics from North­west­ern Busi­ness Col­lege in Lima. He …

Tes­ti­mony con­tin­ued Wednes­day in the trial of an Oak­wood woman who is accused of arraing­ing the mur­der of her hus­band. 46 year old Judith Hawkey is charged with aggra­vated mur­der; four counts of endan­ger­ing chil­dren; and insur­ance fraud. Her trial began on Oct. 28. The charges allege that she caused …

ProMed­ica, of Toledo, has offered buy­outs to 1,200 of its employ­ees at its 11 med­ical facil­i­ties, includ­ing Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal, Toledo Hos­pi­tal, Flower Hos­pi­tal, Syl­va­nia, and St. Luke’s Hos­pi­tal. ProMed­ica says the vol­un­tary buy­out is only being offered to ProMed­ica employ­ees who fit the “80” for­mula. That means an employee …

Elec­tion results are spon­sored by Bryan Ford Lin­coln.… 1 — In the Bryan City School Dis­trict the Pro­posed Bond Issue for school con­struc­tion for grades 6–12 and the remod­el­ing of the mid­dle school for Pre-K-5 grades, 7.45 mills, for a max­i­mum of 28 years passed with 55% of the votes. 2 …

Elec­tion results are spon­sored by Bryan Ford Lincoln… 1 — In the Bryan City School Dis­trict the Pro­posed Bond Issue for school con­struc­tion for grades 6–12 and the remod­el­ing of the mid­dle school for Pre-K-5 grades, 7.45 mills, for a max­i­mum of 28 years passed with 55% of the votes. 2 …

Bryan Police report the arrest of a man for dis­or­derly con­duct. Police say they picked up 47 year old Pedro Salaz in Room #22 at the M&D Inn. In addi­tion to the dis­or­derly con­duct charge, Salaz was also charged with crim­i­nal tres­pass. He was locked up in CCNO.

An area church went before the Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil Mon­day evening, to ask that some fees be waived. The Rev. Rick Bar­nett, lead pas­tor of the Edger­ton United Methodist Church, said that after suf­fer­ing a dev­as­tat­ing fire in 2012, the North Michi­gan Street church is being rebuilt. Bar­nett talked about …

Bryan City Coun­cil on Mon­day approved a 5.3 per­cent wage increase for Bryan Police Patrol Offi­cers Corey Bush and Jeremy Viers. The raises were in accor­dance with the city’s con­tract with the Ohio Patrol­mens Benev­o­lent Asso­ci­a­tion Arti­cle 31. Bush has been with the depart­ment eight years and Viers has served …

Tes­ti­mony con­tin­ues today in the mur­der trial of an Oak­wood woman in Defi­ance County Court. The pros­e­cu­tion rested Mon­day in the trial of 46 year old Judith Hawkey, who is charged with aggra­vated mur­der and other charges in the death of her hus­band. Pros­e­cu­tors say Hawkey made her then ten …