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A small bot­tle bomb was found near a West Unity home this past week­end. West Unity police say they found the sus­pi­cious item at 107 N. High St. on Sat­ur­day. The North­west Ohio Bomb Squad was called in and after exam­in­ing the object, they deter­mined it did indeed con­tain a …

The Edger­ton Senior Cen­ter will stop using the com­mu­nity build­ing on North Michi­gan Avenue at the end of the month. The Bryan Times reports that home-delivered meals and reg­u­lar ser­vices will con­tinue with­out on-site activ­i­ties. Edger­ton will offer daily trans­porta­tion to the Edon Senior Cen­ter until a new facil­ity is …

Defi­ance Police are warn­ing res­i­dents in that city of a per­son who is claim­ing to be a home health care nurse and enter­ing people’s homes. The depart­ment has received sev­eral reports of elderly res­i­dents being vis­ited by a woman claim­ing to be a home health care nurse over the past …

The Pauld­ing County Fair is almost ready to kick off. This year’s fair will be June 10–15 in Pauld­ing. Admis­sion is free. Each day there will be games and rides from D&D Putting and Amuse­ments from 1–10 p.m. Grenko pony rides and games also will be at the fair. GMH …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Defi­ance County will hold a blood drive on Thurs­day from 1–7 p.m. in Hicksville at the First Church of Christ in the gym­na­sium. To sched­ule an appoint­ment call 800–733-2767

The 135th annual com­mence­ment cer­a­mony at Bryan High School on Sun­day saw 140 seniors grad­u­ate. Class vice pres­i­dents Luke Shaf­fer and Brit­tany Green­ler greeted those in atten­dance and expressed their great appre­ci­a­tion on behalf of their class­mates to fam­ily, friends, admin­is­tra­tion and staff for their sup­port through­out their aca­d­e­mic persuits.

The threat of tor­na­does caused offi­cials of the Relay for Life of Pauld­ing County to sus­pend the relay from mid­night on Fri­day night until 6 a.m. Sat­ur­day morn­ing, when it con­tin­ued until clos­ing cer­e­monies at noon. The relay was held at the Pauld­ing County Fair­grounds. There was a wind-related injury …

ProMed­ica Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal is offer­ing free mam­mo­grams to unin­sured and under insured patients on Wednes­day. The goal is to pro­vide free mam­mo­grams for women or men who have not had one within the last 24 months or per­sons with a per­sonal his­tory of breast can­cer, a close rel­a­tive who …

A for­mer Henry County com­mis­sioner charged with hav­ing an unlaw­ful inter­est in a con­tract will have his case heard by a vis­it­ing judge. 63 year old Richard Myers on Fri­day waived his right to a jury trial in Henry County Com­mon Pleas Court, choos­ing instead to have a bench trial …

Some recent sen­tenc­ings in Henry County Com­mon Pleas Court… Daniel Bet­tis of Hamil­ton, Ohio pled guilty to Impor­tun­ing, and Unlaw­ful Sex­ual Con­duct with a Minor involv­ing ille­gal con­tact with a juve­nile through the inter­net or telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions, to engage in sex­ual activ­ity. Bet­tis was sen­tenced by Judge John Col­lier to a …