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Defi­ance City Coun­cil is con­sid­er­ing leg­is­la­tion that would assist finan­cially dis­tressed per­sons aided by local char­i­ties to pay their util­ity bills. An ordi­nance con­cern­ing deferred pay­ment plans on util­ity bills is sched­uled for a first read­ing by coun­cil tonight. The pro­posed ordi­nance would give the util­i­ties billing office direc­tor lim­ited …

Bryan Police made sev­eral arrests over the week­end… On Sat­ur­day night around 1:15, police arrested 57 year old Robin Grif­fin of Main Street in Bryan. Grif­fin was charged with mar­i­juana pos­ses­sion and pos­ses­sion of drug para­pher­na­lia. In an unre­lated arrest on Sun­day, Bryan Police picked up 65 year old Robert …

The shoot­ing of a top radio per­son­al­ity, the mur­der of a child in Williams County, a man tar­geted by a noto­ri­ous gang and the worst tragedy at a school in America…all sto­ries that were cov­ered by a reporter from the area and all will be fea­tured in a pro­gram this …

Williams County sales tax rev­enue is down for the first quar­ter of 2013. Accord­ing to what County Audi­tor report­edly told the Bryan Times, the county col­lected 0.2% less than it did dur­ing the same period last year. It’s not really a big deal when you look at the actual num­bers. …

Flood­ing was a prob­lem in many areas over the week­end. Crews has to assist sev­eral peo­ple in get­ting out of their homes on Sat­ur­day. Put­nam County Sheriff’s offi­cers assisted res­i­dents located on West Third and West Main streets in Ottawa in get­ting out of their res­i­dences by using a Humvee. …

It’s taken years of plan­ning and lots of hard work, but finally, The Ful­ton County 9–11 Memo­r­ial Com­mit­tee broke ground for a new memo­r­ial at the Ful­ton County Fair­grounds on Sun­day. The 12 foot steel beam from the World Trade Cen­ter will be on dis­play at that memo­r­ial. County offi­cials …

The Williams County Sher­iffs Office is inves­ti­gat­ing sev­eral thefts that were reported last week. Near Edon the Sher­iffs Office says some­one entered a barn stole a mower with a 60 inch deck val­ued at $5,000. Near Pio­neer some­one broke into a barn there and took an A.T.V. worth $1,000. Any­one …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers opened four bids Thurs­day after­noon for the pro­posed East Annex project. The Bryan Times says the job will involve ren­o­va­tion of the for­mer Miller’s New Mar­ket gro­cery store, con­vert­ing it to county office space. Fet­ters Con­struc­tion of Auburn sub­mit­ted a total bid of $4,738,000. Mid­west Con­struc­tion Inc. …

West Unity Police have some new wheels. At Thursday’s West Unity Vil­lage Coun­cil meet­ing, coun­cil mem­bers were told by the police chief that the village’s new police car has been received and will be put into ser­vice right away. It’s a brand new 2013 Dodge Charger police cruiser. The old …

Severe weather moved through our region, send­ing one area man to the hos­pi­tal after a light­ning strike. Three men were work­ing on a vehi­cle in a garage on Ful­ton County Road D when light­ning struck nearby. One of those men was injured and taken to an area hos­pi­tal. Offi­cials are …