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A Bryan woman has been arrested and taken into cus­tody. Bryan police report that 55 year old Con­nie Snider of East High Street was arrested and charged with dis­or­derly con­duct after warn­ing, crim­i­nal tres­pass, and resist­ing arrest. Snider was locked up at CCNO.

Parkview Samar­i­tan has announced plans to be at the Bryan Jubilee Parade on Sat­ur­day. They say bar­ring any unfore­seen cir­cum­stances, inclement weather or emer­gen­cies, Samar­i­tan plans to land at the CHWC heli­pad at 3 p.m. and they will take off again at 5 p.m. at the start of the parade.

Bryan police nabbed a man on a bench war­rant. 24 year old Brian Adkins of Wal­nut Street in Fayette, Ohio was arrested on an out­stand­ing bench war­rant issued out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court on Tues­day for fail­ing to appear. Adkins then appeared… he was taken to court.

Bryan High School’s ven­er­a­ble mas­cot, Sure-win was cho­sen as this year’s parade grand mar­shal for the Jubilee Parade. The parade is set to step off at 5:30 Sat­ur­day after­noon. This year’s parade theme is “Some­thing Groovy About Bryan”.

Edon Schools picked a new prin­ci­pal Tues­day night.. Board mem­bers hired Anthony Stevens as the new prin­ci­pal for grades 7–12, to replace David Kennedy who resigned. Anthony will offi­cially begin his two-year con­tract on Aug. 1. Anthony pre­vi­ously taught school for six years in Nashville, Tennessee.

Pio­neer Coun­cil, at their meet­ing Tues­day night, approved demo­li­tion of the old water tower. Coun­cil mem­bers said to have the old tower painted and sealed would cost more than demo­li­tion. The Bryan Times reports that coun­cil approved Rural Water Ser­vices Stor­age LLC of Cam­den, Ohio to demol­ish the tank at …

Williams County Health Com­mis­sioner James Watkins told the County Board of Health on Tues­day that he’s con­sid­er­ing a run for president-elect of the Asso­ci­a­tion of Ohio Health Com­mis­sion­ers, pend­ing approval by the board. Board mem­bers, after a short dis­cus­sion accord­ing to the Bryan Times, encour­aged Watkins to run for the …

A 5-K run/walk, cruise-in and Zumba demon­stra­tions will all be a part of the Relay for Life of Hicksville, which is sched­uled for Fri­day and Sat­ur­day at the Hicksville High School. The Relay for Life is a fundraiser for the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety, with pro­ceeds going to can­cer research and …

Defi­ance County’s 911 direc­tor has now been offi­cially ter­mi­nated over alle­ga­tions con­cern­ing her expenses, how­ever offi­cials now say no case will be pre­sented for pros­e­cu­tion. Carol Armitage was offi­cially ter­mi­nated as the 911 direc­tor, effec­tive May 17. Armitage had been on admin­is­tra­tive leave with­out pay fol­low­ing alle­ga­tions of “pos­si­ble fal­si­fi­ca­tion …

A Williams County Grand Jury on Mon­day released it’s list of indict­ments. All in all, 14 peo­ple were indicted, one remains secret. The oth­ers are: 28 year old Matthew Goebel of Edger­ton; 60 year old Ronald Snider of Bryan; 50 year old Larry McIn­toxh of Bryan; 24 year old Shane …