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For­mer Henry County com­mis­sioner Rich Myers was sen­tenced on Thurs­day in Henry County Court to one year of com­mu­nity con­trol and 100 hours of com­mu­nity ser­vice for his role in hav­ing an unlaw­ful inter­est in a pub­lic con­tract. Myers was found guilty of the felony which stemmed from meet­ings in …

The Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office has pur­chased a Pre­scrip­tion Drug Drop Box to help res­i­dents dis­pose of old or expired pre­scrip­tions, includ­ing nar­cotics. The secured lock box will be stored in the sheriff’s office, but it’s imme­di­ately avail­able to the pub­lic. The sheriff’s office will only accept pill med­ica­tion. No …

Fire­fight­ers were called out to a house fire Thurs­day after­noon near West Otter Lake in Steuben County. The call for help came in just after 4 p.m., and fire crews from four area com­pa­nies were dis­patched to the blaze at 9500 County Road W. Crews quickly doused the flames, but …

Henry County offi­cers are look­ing into sev­eral recent crashes. The sheriff’s office says on U.S. 6 in Har­ri­son Town­ship near state route 110, a pickup dri­ven by 67 year old Ken­neth Meyer of Kansas was east­bound, and turned into the path of a semi dri­ven by 39 year old Jason …

Bryan Police made an arrest on Wednes­day. 47 year old Vicki Wil­son of East Perry Street in Bryan was arrested for dis­or­derly con­duct after warn­ing. Wil­son was also charged with resist­ing arrest. It hap­pened just before 3am yesterday.Wilson was locked up in CCNO.

A man charged with 14 felony counts of sex­ual abuse involv­ing under­age girls pleaded not guilty Wednes­day in Williams County Court. 40 year old Daniel Bignell, Jr of Mont­pe­lier has been held in CCNO since his indict­ment on Sep­tem­ber 17th. Charges against Bignell include four counts of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion, …

A woman from Sher­wood was crit­i­cally injured Tues­day after­noon in a one-vehicle crash. 19 year old Mal­lory Hugg, was north­bound on Ohio 49 in Mil­ford Town­ship when her vehi­cle left the road­way, then rolled sev­eral times into a corn­field, throw­ing Hugg from the car. Ohio High­way Patrol troop­ers reported she …

CPC Women’s Health Resource’s 28th annual Steps for Life Walkathon was held last Sat­ur­day at the Defi­ance High School track. More than 85 peo­ple came out to par­tic­i­pate, and more than $32,000 was raised to help with the expenses of the CPC’s coun­sel­ing cen­ters, ultra­sound clin­ics and STD test­ing sites. …

The Wauseon High School march­ing band per­formed recently at the Colum­bus Grove “Eyes With Pride” band com­pe­ti­tion, and has earned a spot at the state march­ing band finals. Wauseon fin­ished sec­ond out of 13 bands at “Eyes With Pride” last Sat­ure­day, and was one of four bands to receive a …

Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is cel­e­brat­ing Pub­lic Power Week, Oct. 6 — 12, along with more than 2,000 other community-owned elec­tric util­i­ties across the U.S. that pro­vide elec­tric­ity on a not-for-profit basis. To cel­e­brate Pub­lic Power Week, Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is invit­ing com­mu­nity mem­bers to attend an Open House at their …