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Defiance City Council considered legislation making some employee position changes to the finance department during its Tuesday night meeting, and also presided as Mayor Mike McCann recognized the county’s long-time sheriff on his approaching retirement. An ordinance concerning the aforementioned changes was let lie along with an unrelated resolution because …
Read More »Some rules for sites where marijuana would be grown in Ohio being established
The panel working on putting the state’s new medical marijuana law in place has come up with some rules for sites where marijuana would be grown in Ohio. And the number of proposed growing sites has upset activists who’ve had questions about the new law. The Ohio Department of Commerce’s …
Read More »Defiance County man has been charged with rape
A Defiance County man has been charged with rape after an alleged incident at his residence Saturday morning. 36 year old Clint Krill, 36 of The Bend Road in Sherwood, was arrested by the Defiance County Sheriff’s Office and taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, rural Stryker. According …
Read More »Williams County has only one countywide contested race on the ballot
Voters in Williams County have only one countywide contested race on the ballot this election, when they decide between Republican Terry Rummel and Independent Rodney Miller for the open county commissioner seat. Miller or Rummel will replace Alan Word, who decided in June of 2015 not to run for re-election. …
Read More »Post office snafu forces state to re-issue ballots in northwest Ohio
With just days to go before the election, hundreds of absentee ballots are having to be re-issued in northwest Ohio. Secretary of State Jon Husted said there was a problem when the ballots got hung up in a post office in Michigan. Husted described the situation as being completely unacceptable. …
Read More »Defiance man sentenced in Paulding County double murder case
A judge handed 43 year old Bradley Gillespie of Ashpacher Road in Defiance two consecutive 15-year to life sentences Monday morning for two counts of murder, with a gun specification on each charge for the murder of two Paulding County residents. The charges stem from the deaths of Paulding residents …
Read More »Final work being done on South Clinton Street project in Defiance
Commuters who drive on South Clinton Street in Defiance will be getting some good news later today. A construction schedule provided by the city of Defiance notes that traffic on South Clinton Street should be restored by the end of the day. Only northbound travel has been allowed on South …
Read More »Williams County Economic Development Corporation has “four or five” potential projects in its current business development pipeline
The Williams County Economic Development Corporation has “four or five” potential projects in its current business development pipeline, WEDCO Executive Director Matt Davis told county commissioners Thursday. The Bryan Times reports according to Davis, the potential projects represent up to 120 new jobs and $50 million to $60 million in …
Read More »Flu season officially underway in the Buckeye State
Flu season has officially begun in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that everyone six months old and older get the flu vaccine to protect against seasonal flu viruses. In Ohio, flu season begins in October and runs through …
Read More »New flag to be raised on top of the Williams County Courthouse
There will be a new flag on top of the Williams County Courthouse. Appropriately, the flag will be unfurled and raised for the first time during a brief ceremony on Veterans Day, scheduled at the courthouse at 8:30 a.m. on, Nov. 11. According to county commissioner Lew Hilkert, the Bryan …
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