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Three Lucas County men are fac­ing felony charges fol­low­ing a brief chase on Tues­day. Accord­ing to the Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an alarm at the U.S. 20 Main Stop, in Fayette where they saw a vehi­cle leav­ing the scene. The vehi­cle was stopped and three men were …

A Defi­ance man charged with set­ting a num­ber of fires in Defi­ance has entered pleas in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court. 42 year old Rod­ney Zim­mer­man of Hol­gate Ave., pleaded guilty to two counts of aggra­vated arson, each a second-degree felony; and two counts of arson, each a fourth-degree felony. …

The Williams County Engineer’s Office reports that Williams County Road D is sched­uled for clo­sure between County Road 12.50 and SR 34 (Town­line Road, City of Bryan) for the replace­ment of a Bridge Struc­ture located at 12630 CR D, over Lick Creek. The Bridge Con­struc­tion is sched­uled to begin on …

On Sun­day, June 16 Sauder Vil­lage salutes Father’s Day with free admis­sion for all dads vis­it­ing the his­toric vil­lage. Fathers, grand­fa­thers and even great-grandfathers are invited to spend a day expe­ri­enc­ing life in the past while mak­ing spe­cial mem­o­ries with their fam­ily. From noon until 4:00 p.m. fam­i­lies are encour­aged …

The Greater Hills­dale Humane Soci­ety has a cri­sis on their hands and peo­ple there hope that the orga­ni­za­tion which res­cues and shel­ters around 500 dogs and cats every year, will be able to keep its doors open. Due to an admin­is­tra­tive over­sight, the Society’s tax-exempt sta­tus has lapsed and a …

A Bryan man was killed in a one vehi­cle crash Tues­day morn­ing. The Ohio High­way Patrol says 88 year old Robert Kib­ble was south­bound on Ohio 15 near the inter­sec­tion with Ohio 249 just before 9am yes­ter­day morn­ing when he drove off the road and hit a util­ity pole. Kib­ble …

A well known area busi­ness­man is dead. The Bryan Times is report­ing that 62 year old Jim Thomp­son, founder of Thomp­son Con­struc­tion, died Mon­day at Parkview Regional Med­ical Cen­ter in Fort Wayne fol­low­ing a sud­den ill­ness. Thomp­son was born in Wauseon, grew up in West Unity and grad­u­ated from Bryan …

A Napoleon woman is with­out a home after a fire early Tues­day morn­ing, but her life may have been saved by her dog. Flames were vis­i­ble at 12:20am Tues­day when crews from Napoleon Fire Depart­ment arrived at the Erie Street home of Car­olyn Miller. Miller and her dog, Casper, were …

The Pauld­ing County Fair­grounds may soon have some new barns. Work is under­way to replace the barns that house the poul­try, sheep, goats and swine. An anony­mous $100,000 match­ing dona­tion has been given toward the $250,000 project which will really help the efforts. The three build­ings will each be gain­ing …

Take time to cel­e­brate the rich agri­cul­tural his­tory and rural her­itage of North­west Ohio dur­ing the Dairy Days and Trac­tor Event at Sauder Vil­lage. Guests of all ages are invited to enjoy life on the farm dur­ing Dairy Days from June 11–16. Sauder’s Kim Krieger explains…KIM KRIEGER – 2013 DAIRY …