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A free Jazz festival is being held next month in Defiance. The fourth annual event will feature four musical acts on June 18th in downtown Defiance.

Here in Ohio, lawmakers are considering a measure that would create what they’re calling an Ohio Wind Corridor encompassing much of the northwestern part of the Buckeye State that could make investing in wind energy a good investment with a reasonable return. The regulations now make new large-scale wind farms …

The Bard Centennial Fountain was vandalized again over the weekend. Vandals carved words into three of the sandstone panels. A volunteer said he believed they used rocks from the landscaping to carve the message then threw them into the fountain. The vandalization is frustrating for residents, who wonder why. Last …

A new health series begins tomorrow called MD & Me: Walk-n-Learn with a doctor from Parkview Physicians Group. The first of five monthly opportunities to listen to a physician presentation on a health-related topic and then join the physician on a walk at Garver Park, located behind Bryan High School …

A member of U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s staff will be in Bryan on Thursday, taking residents thoughts and concerns back to the Senator. The open time is from 10-11 a.m. Thursday in the Bell Room on the second floor of the Williams County Public Library’s main branch, 107 E. High …

Two area residents were indicted this week by a Defiance County grand jury. 22-year-old Daymon Walker of Hicksville was indicted on one count of theft of drugs and one count of possession of drugs. Authorities say that Walker overdosed on April 15th and was found to have Xanax on him …

A new electric substation is in the works in Holiday City. The Village council approved multiple purchase orders for construction and financing of the new electric substation. Construction should begin in early June with site preparation, and will be completed by early November, with a testing phase to follow. The …

The courthouse renovations bill just went up by almost $15,000. Williams County Commissioners ok’d two more changes to the restoration plan. The first is to replace the entire decking in Level B of the clock tower and a quarter of Level C. That’s about $12,500. The second addition is to …

For those on public assistance, the Williams County Job and Family Services representative told the county council they are cracking down on fraud investigations and trafficking. Assistance is expensive in Ohio, last year $3.3 billion dollars were spent on food assistance, cash assistance and child care subsidies. The state is …

The Bryan Board of Education is calling a special meeting to meet in executive session to talk about a personnel matter. The notice we received says the meeting is Tuesday, May 24th at the Mose A. Issac Fiend House conference room at 7 a.m. The meeting is not open to …