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The Williams County Sheriff’s Office reports a sin­gle vehi­cle acci­dent hap­pened on State Route 49 when the dri­ver hit a deer. Samuel Steffes of Edon was trav­el­ing north on the road when the deer jumped in front of his vehi­cle. There was no word of any injuries of dam­age. The …

The North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Board of Trustees met in reg­u­lar ses­sion on Fri­day. Dr. Cindy Krueger, vice pres­i­dent for aca­d­e­mics, pre­sented data from her dis­ser­ta­tion on stu­dent suc­cess. The board also Pro­moted Lau­rie Stor­rer to full-time sec­re­tary for infor­ma­tion tech­nolo­gies; Employed John Shrader as full-time systems/network admin­is­tra­tor; Approved mis­cel­la­neous …

Bryan police report a cou­ple of drug related arrests over the week­end. On Sat­ur­day night just before 9pm, Ger­ald Ross III of Bryan was picked up for pos­ses­sion of drug para­pher­na­lia. Ross was released fol­low­ing pro­cess­ing. Also on Sat­ur­day night just before 9pm, Ricky Har­ring­ton of Mont­pe­lier was arrested for …

A pre­trial hear­ing in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court is now set for August 14th for a local man accused of two charges of sex­ual abuse. Thomas But­ler, who is serv­ing a prison sen­tence at the North Cen­tral Cor­rec­tional Insti­tu­tion in Mar­ion on unre­lated charges, pleaded not guilty to rape …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Defi­ance County will hold a blood drive on Tues­day, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Twin Rivers Care and Reha­bil­i­ta­tion on Hard­ing Street in Defi­ance. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, call 800-RED-CROSS.

Police say a 1-year-old boy is dead after he was found unre­spon­sive in an Ohio home. It hap­pened in Hamil­ton Fri­day night. The child was rushed to a hos­pi­tal where he died on Sun­day. Hamil­ton police ini­tially charged 20-year-old Dylan Tomp­kins with child endan­ger­ing. Police say charges against Tomp­kins may …

A man who was sched­uled to die this Wednes­day for fatally stab­bing his neigh­bor was found hanged in his cell Sun­day. Prison offi­cials say 44 year old Billy Sla­gle was found at about 5 a.m. at a Cor­rec­tional Insti­tu­tion south of Colum­bus and was declared dead. They say it was …

If you can’t buy it this week­end along US-127, then you prob­a­bly don’t need it. What’s billed as “The World’s Longest Yard Sale” is being held this week­end along US-127 stretch­ing from Addi­son, Michi­gan all the way south to Gads­den, Alabama, and it passes through our area. West Unity, Pulaski, …

Hicksville Com­mu­nity Vaca­tion Bible School will take place Mon­day through Wednes­day, Aug. 5– 7, at St. John Lutheran Church, 812 E. High St., Hicksville. A free meal will be served at 6 p.m. and dis­missal will be at 8 p.m. each evening. Chil­dren ages 3 through sixth grade are invited. …

The vil­lage of Pio­neer will con­duct its hydrant flush­ing and pres­sure test­ing begin­ning Mon­day. Water hydrants will be flushed on the west side of State Street on Mon­day, those on the east side of State Street north of Lynn Street on Tues­day, and those on the south side of town, …