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No snow for NW Ohio, but travelers need to call ahead

Bliz­zard watches are already in effect along the east­ern seaboard, and places around DC and Bal­ti­more are prepar­ing to be socked with 2 feet of snow in the next day or so. Heavy snow will hit the Philadel­phia area, right now fore­casted for about a foot and a half, and …

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Whitehouse man on trial for death 33 years ago

A White­house man is going on trial for killing a teenager in 1982. Now, 56-year-old Rus­sell Adkins is charged with the death of Dana Rosendale, who was found in a Toledo road­way with severe injuries. She died a few days later. Adkins was charged just last year, after the woman’s …

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School workers comp case filed in Defiance court

A for­mer North­east­ern Local Schools employee hurt on the job in 2003 is suing the Ohio Bureau of Work­ers Com­pen­sa­tion and North­east­ern Local. Cristina Kam­meyer ini­tially received worker’s comp ben­e­fits but was turned down after she amended her claim. She’s ask­ing for a jury trial to get her ben­e­fits. The …

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Crime Stoppers offers reward in Swanton theft

Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers is offer­ing up to a $1,000 reward for help iden­ti­fy­ing whomever broke into a boat and cabin on Ful­ton County Road 1–2 in Swan­ton. The crime occurred some time between Decem­ber first and Decem­ber 19th. The stolen items include a GPS, CD radio, and fish­ing equip­ment …

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Man owes $70,000 in child support

A Williams County grand jury indicted 36-year-old Jeremy Bostic for non-support of depen­dents. Accord­ing to records, he owes nearly $70,000 in back child support.

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Bryan Health Care Center officially open

The new Bryan Health Care Cen­ter is offi­cially open. It’s in the for­mer One Stop Employ­ment Cen­ter build­ing on S. Main St. in Bryan, which has been ren­o­vated to make room for the full-service clinic, med­ical and den­tal ser­vices, along with pedi­atrics, women’s health care, phar­macy, plus sub­stance abuse treat­ment …

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Deadline for “Good Citzen of the Year” award coming

The dead­line for appli­ca­tions for “Good Cit­i­zen of the Year Award” nom­i­na­tions is com­ing up soon, Feb­ru­ary 1. Nom­i­nees must have been a Bryan res­i­dent for 20 years, be active in unpaid posi­tions in orga­ni­za­tions sup­port­ing Bryan, have a lead­er­ship posi­tion in an area non­profit orga­ni­za­tion or be asso­ci­ated with …

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Grants given to local groups fighting human trafficking

Two Ohio groups have pro­vided grants to fight human traf­fick­ing. Nine orga­ni­za­tions will get their share of $90,000. Children’s Lantern serves Defi­ance, Henry, Pauld­ing, Ful­ton, Put­nam and Williams coun­ties. And Sis­ters in Shel­ter reaches 14 coun­ties includ­ing those. The grants are to help iden­tify and help at-risk youth pop­u­la­tions and …

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Fairview Schools Fund tops $100,000

The Fairview Schools Fund has raised more than $100,000 in just two years through dona­tions and pledges. It was started in 2013 to ben­e­fit stu­dents and teach­ers of Cen­tral Local Schools.

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Sherrod Brown pushing bill to expand school lunch program into summer

Sen­a­tor Sher­rod Brown wants to expand school lunch pro­grams dur­ing sum­mer vaca­tion. Brown said yes­ter­day that the mea­sure called the Hunger Free Sum­mer for KIds Act has cleared the Sen­ate Agri­cul­ture Com­mit­tee. He said the bill will increase access to sum­mer fed­eral child nutri­tion pro­grams by mak­ing it eas­ier for …

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