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A West Unity man pleaded no con­test to charges related to his part in the Arch­bold Ele­va­tor cor­rup­tion probe. The Ful­ton County Prosecutor’s Office announced Mon­day that 36 year old Todd Gerig pled no con­test to attempted delayed price agree­ment. Pros­e­cu­tors dropped addi­tional charges against Gerig. The Bryan Times reports …

A three-vehicle crash Mon­day morn­ing at U.S. 127 and Ohio 18 left three peo­ple injured… two of them with seri­ous injuries. The Ohio State High­way Patrol at Defi­ance says 45 year old Roy Wor­ley Jr, of Lit­tle River, S.C., was dri­ving a tractor-trailer rig east on Ohio 18 when he …

Mont­pe­lier Vil­lage Coun­cil met on Mon­day. Coun­cil heard from some res­i­dents who are con­cerned about an unkept prop­erty in the vil­lage. One cou­ple told coun­cil that an adja­cent prop­erty to theirs has sev­eral old vehi­cles on it, which in turn makes their prop­erty less attrac­tive and valu­able. The cou­ple asked …

Despite some oppo­si­tion, Defi­ance offi­cials are mov­ing for­ward with annex­a­tion plans, and in fact, more annex­a­tions could be com­ing. City coun­cil passed a res­o­lu­tion back in April stat­ing the city’s inten­tion to enforce its annex­a­tion pol­icy. That pol­icy says that prop­er­ties that are receiv­ing munic­i­pal water out­side the city lim­its …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Defi­ance County will hold two blood dri­ves this week. There is a blood drive hap­pen­ing today from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at ProMed­ica Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal on Ral­ston Ave., in the main con­fer­ence room. The other blood drive will be held on Thurs­day, from 1–6:30 p.m. …

Bryan Police report the arrest of a man from Bryan for shoplift­ing. 18 year old Nicholas Layne was arrested and charged on Fri­day. On Sat­ur­day, Bryan Police picked up 24 year old Sarah Suarez of Arch­bold. Suarez was charged with OVI and fail­ing to drive in marked lanes. Also on …

Offi­cials with The Napoleon, Defi­ance & West­ern Rail­way announced on Fri­day, that the rail­road has received nearly $1.5 mil­lion from the Ohio Rail com­mis­sion to put in new ties that will allow the CSX line in Defi­ance to con­nect to the Nor­folk & South­ern line in Wood­burn, Indi­ana. The goal …

If you like ribs, then lis­ten up closely… Ten rib ven­dors will be at Defiance’s annual Fall Rib Fest, set for this Sat­ur­day from 2–11 in down­town Defi­ance. There will be other food too, such as corn­dogs and fries, pies, apple dumplings, and ice cream. The enter­tain­ment lineup includes two …

More cracks have been uncov­ered at a regional power plant build­ing. FirstEn­ergy Nuclear Oper­at­ing Cor­po­ra­tion, the oper­a­tor of the nuclear plant along the shores of Lake Erie near Toledo, says it has found more cracks in the con­crete build­ing hous­ing the reac­tor. Cracks were first detected in the shield build­ing …

A tractor-trailer car­ry­ing mail crashed in Steuben County Sun­day after­noon. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office reports that it hap­pened on US High­way 20 under the I-80/90 bridge when the trac­tor trailer hit the Indi­ana Toll Road bridge sup­port. The rig was a total loss, but all the mail inside the …