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Paulding-Putnam Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive and Amer­i­can Elec­tric Power work­ers still out there on Mon­day try­ing to restore power to thou­sands of cus­tomers through­out the region. As of just before noon Mon­day, some 1,837 AEP cus­tomers were still with­out power in Pauld­ing County fol­low­ing the week­end storms. There were 1,430 cus­tomers with­out …

A sec­ond appeal by a local church to the Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil request­ing relief from a fee, brought no results Mon­day evening. Rev. Rick Bar­nett, lead pas­tor of the Edger­ton United Methodist Church, along with sev­eral parish­ioners, appeared before coun­cil to request a waiver of a $50 per month fee …

A light­ning strike Sun­day after­noon knocked out the Williams County 911 Cen­tral dis­patch cen­ter, shut­ting down the county’s radio net­work and tak­ing all the com­put­ers there off line for about 45 min­utes. It hap­pened when the bolt hit just before 5:25 yes­ter­day after­noon. By about 6pm, the pri­mary line was …

The United Way of Williams County cam­paign is mov­ing for­ward. Local United Way offi­cials reported to the Bryan Times that as of Thurs­day, they had reached 24.4 per­cent of the goal, at $77,039. The 2013 cam­paign goal is $316,000. The money raised will help fund 26 local orga­ni­za­tions and agen­cies …

Strong thun­der­storms with dam­ag­ing winds ripped through north­west Ohio late Sun­day after­noon. The pow­er­ful storms caused numer­ous power out­ages and resulted in dam­age to a num­ber of build­ings. The National Weather Ser­vice says winds of 60 to 70 miles per hour roared through the area, with some gusts hit­ting as …

The Defi­ance County Fair Foun­da­tion received a $100,000 dona­tion from the Justin Cores­sel Foun­da­tion for phase 2 of the grand­stand project. It marked the sec­ond $100,000 dona­tion from the Cores­sel foun­da­tion. The fair foun­da­tion has been rais­ing funds for the grand­stand project for sev­eral years. The project is being com­pleted …

A man accused of evad­ing child molest­ing charges for the past seven years was arrested Sat­ur­day in a motel room in Steuben County. Indi­ana State Police say 30 year old Terry Wayne Waugh Jr was charged there with four counts of child molest­ing. Waugh has been wanted for seven years, …

The Bryan Water Depart­ment has started win­ter­iz­ing the fire hydrants. Win­ter­iz­ing the hydrants ensures the hydrants will func­tion in freez­ing tem­per­a­tures if they are called on. Water depart­ment employ­ees check each hydrant to make sure there is no stand­ing water in the bar­rel. If there is, they pump it out. …

The Defi­ance County Fair­grounds will be dec­o­rated this Decem­ber in cel­e­bra­tion of the Christ­mas sea­son. This year will mark the first year of the cel­e­bra­tion at the fair­grounds. On Dec. 6–8 and 12–14 from 6–10 p.m., the pub­lic is wel­come to come on out and visit the first Christ­mas Light …

The vil­lage of Hol­gate is accept­ing bids on the for­mer school prop­erty along Fra­zier Street. There are sev­eral parcels avail­able for pur­chase, and bids are due at the munic­i­pal build­ing by Decem­ber 2nd. Hol­gate Coun­cil will open and review all bids that are received at their next meet­ing, on Decem­ber …