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The Edon Village Council will have a special meeting to discuss cutting the police department’s budget. At the meeting, set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, officials will consider the village’s finance committee recommendation to cut $20,000 from the police department’s budget. Councilman Lee Lawrence said the cuts would …

An employee who helped area police solve two break-ins received special recognition during the Feb. 22 meeting of the Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio. Derek Doornbus, Community Corrections Specialist, was named CCNO Employee of the Year for 2016. He has been employed at CCNO since June 9, 2014. Derek was …

An ad hoc committee will be created in an effort to review bed utilization at the regional jail following Wednesday’s meeting of the Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio. Jim Dennis, CCNO Executive Director, said he had discussions with the US Marshalls about holding inmates for them and, new on the …

Nostrum Pharmaceuticals’ formulation plant in Bryan has reduced its workforce to “somewhere around 25 essential workers,” according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. The same source said the company has expressed an interest in eventually bringing back a not-yet-determned number of the cut employees. Bryan’s Nostrum plant …

Ohio parents are likely to get some financial assistance as legislators look to renew a three-day window for tax-free purchases of school supplies with a measure currently working its way through both the House and Senate. While the range of items covered in the new proposal is unclear, it figures …

A Fulton County man was killed in a two-vehicle crash north of Delta early Wednesday morning. The crash also closed down the intersection of two highways in the area for several hours. Killed was 24 year old Naylen Fonseca of Fayette. According to troopers of the Toledo post of the …

A Napoleon man has been sentenced in Henry Court of Common Pleas on charges following a fatal accident that occurred in November 2015. 29 year old Scott Houser of Napoleon, was sentenced to five years of community control on the charge of involuntary manslaughter. On the assault charge, he was …

A Paulding resident said he had no reason why he was drawn to pick the Hit $500 ticket, but was glad he did. Christopher Suffel won $300,000. After mandatory federal and state taxes totaling 29 percent, Suffel will receive $213,000, according to information from the Ohio Lottery Commission. Suffel has …

Moving forward with an estimated $2.3 million Fairview High School building improvement project was approved Monday by the Central Local school board. The project will include upgrades to the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, fire and safety systems, plus replacement of doors and windows. Council voted to authorize Superintendent Vicki …

After discussing the matter a third time and hearing from one of the current residents, the Bryan Board of Public Affairs remains undecided on whether it should continue in the home rental business. The discussion revolves around whether it would be worth it to invest in repairs to the four …