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Tes­ti­mony in the mur­der trial of 46 year old Judith Hawkey con­cluded Thurs­day after­noon in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court. Hawkey is charged with aggra­vated mur­der; four counts of endan­ger­ing chil­dren; and insur­ance fraud in con­nec­tion with the death back in Novem­ber of 2003 of her hus­banc. Her trial began …

The North­west­ern Ohio Com­mu­nity Action Com­mis­sion (NOCAC) is host­ing a hunger ban­quet on Nov. 19 — to raise aware­ness of hunger issues in north­west Ohio. The ban­quet will be from 5:30–8 p.m. at the UAW Hall in Defi­ance. Tick­ets are $10 for adults and $5 for col­lege stu­dents and chil­dren. …

The Henry County com­mis­sion­ers this week, approved an annex­a­tion request from Napoleon Area Schools for the annex­a­tion of 55.062 acres in the city of Napoleon. The city had approved an emer­gency mea­sure on Oct. 9 con­sent­ing to the annex­a­tion and stat­ing that city ser­vices would be pro­vided to the annex­a­tion. …

The Defi­ance Elks Lodge will com­mem­o­rate Vet­er­ans Day with its 12th annual break­fast fundraiser on Sun­day to ben­e­fit local vet­er­ans in assisted liv­ing or nurs­ing homes. The break­fast is open to the pub­lic. This year’s event is Sun­day from 8 a.m.-noon at the local lodge, 1760 S. Jef­fer­son Ave. in …

A man who was pre­vi­ously con­victed on bur­glary charges in Pulaski Town­ship was sen­tenced Tues­day to two years behind bars. 22 year old Travis Hicks moved to the area in August from Texas. He took up res­i­dence at a home with a friend, 55 year old Tommy Yates. It wasn’t …

Jim Eisel has been named West Unity Cit­i­zen of the Year by the Cham­ber of Com­merce at the annual recog­ni­tion ban­quet at the Kissell Com­mu­nity Cen­ter. Eisel grad­u­ated from Hill­top High School in 1979. He has a degree in auto and diesel mechan­ics from North­west­ern Busi­ness Col­lege in Lima. He …

Tes­ti­mony con­tin­ued Wednes­day in the trial of an Oak­wood woman who is accused of arraing­ing the mur­der of her hus­band. 46 year old Judith Hawkey is charged with aggra­vated mur­der; four counts of endan­ger­ing chil­dren; and insur­ance fraud. Her trial began on Oct. 28. The charges allege that she caused …

ProMed­ica, of Toledo, has offered buy­outs to 1,200 of its employ­ees at its 11 med­ical facil­i­ties, includ­ing Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal, Toledo Hos­pi­tal, Flower Hos­pi­tal, Syl­va­nia, and St. Luke’s Hos­pi­tal. ProMed­ica says the vol­un­tary buy­out is only being offered to ProMed­ica employ­ees who fit the “80” for­mula. That means an employee …

Elec­tion results are spon­sored by Bryan Ford Lin­coln.… 1 — In the Bryan City School Dis­trict the Pro­posed Bond Issue for school con­struc­tion for grades 6–12 and the remod­el­ing of the mid­dle school for Pre-K-5 grades, 7.45 mills, for a max­i­mum of 28 years passed with 55% of the votes. 2 …

Elec­tion results are spon­sored by Bryan Ford Lincoln… 1 — In the Bryan City School Dis­trict the Pro­posed Bond Issue for school con­struc­tion for grades 6–12 and the remod­el­ing of the mid­dle school for Pre-K-5 grades, 7.45 mills, for a max­i­mum of 28 years passed with 55% of the votes. 2 …