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The Bryan City Orches­tra will present its final con­cert of the sum­mer sea­son on Thurs­day. The pro­gram will be held in the Wes­ley United Methodist Church sanc­tu­ary begin­ning at 7:30 Thurs­day evening. It’s free and open to the pub­lic. The summer’s final con­cert will fea­ture a full orches­tra with strings, …

The annual Wauseon Home­com­ing Fes­ti­val kicks off this Thurs­day with three full days of food and fun in Down­town Wauseon. Those attend­ing will be able to buy raf­fle tick­ets for a big prize draw­ing Sat­ur­day. One grand prize win­ner will walk off with a $10,000 cash prize. The second-place win­ner …

A lot of arrests over the week­end in Bryan… Bryan Police picked up 30 year old Dustin Tay­lor of Bryan on Sat­ur­day, charg­ing him with pos­ses­sion of drug para­pher­na­lia. On Sun­day, Bryan Police arrested 37 year old Terra Lopez of Bryan, charg­ing her with dis­or­derly con­duct. Also arrested on Sun­day… …

An Indi­anapo­lis church youth pas­tor, his preg­nant wife and another church mem­ber were killed when a church bus over­turned with just a mile to go in a return trip from a Michi­gan sum­mer camp on Sat­ur­day. The con­gre­ga­tion of Colo­nial Hills Bap­tist Church is mourn­ing those deaths after the bus …

A storm late Sat­ur­day after­noon, dam­aged sev­eral homes and busi­nesses, and left thou­sands with­out power. Toledo Edi­son reported 1,864 cus­tomers with­out power Sat­ur­day night. The major­ity of those with­out power — 1,732 — were in Defi­ance. Other out­ages were reported in Delaware, Defi­ance, Noble, High­land and Rich­land town­ships. Sev­eral fam­i­lies …

A Pauld­ing County man was killed Fri­day when the trac­tor he was oper­at­ing flipped, pin­ning him under­neath. 80 year old William Weip­pert Sr of Cecil was pro­nounced dead at the scene by the Pauld­ing County Coro­ner. The Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office says Weip­pert was cut­ting grass along a field around …

Through effec­tive traf­fic enforce­ment the Ohio State High­way Patrol is sig­nif­i­cantly impact­ing the crim­i­nal ele­ment on pub­lic road­ways and in com­mu­ni­ties. By troop­ers tak­ing extra time dur­ing each traf­fic stop, and pay­ing close atten­tion to pos­si­ble indi­ca­tors of crim­i­nal activ­ity — what started as a traf­fic stop can quickly esca­late …

The Edger­ton Fes­ti­val of Flags is being held this week­end at Miller Park with games, food, a parade and lots more. Events today include 3-on-3 bas­ket­ball at 5 p.m. and a cruise-in and children’s games at 6 p.m. A 5K run/walk will begin at 6:30 p.m. near Hicksville Bank. Reg­is­tra­tion …

West Unity Vil­lage Coun­cil voted unan­i­mously Thurs­day night to move for­ward towards the pur­chase of a used vac­tor truck. The 1994 truck will cost the vil­lage $105,000, and will be used for sewer clean­ing and leaf pickup. It replaces a 1980 model that has been in use for around 16 …

It’s been almost 40 years since a “wolf­man” was reported to be run­ning around loose in Defi­ance. Since then, the wolf­man or were­wolf of Defi­ance has got­ten a lot of atten­tion, which has now increased in the Inter­net age. A search of wolf­man and Defi­ance, Ohio, pulls up many pages. …