News

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office is look­ing for 27-year-old Jacob Stilt­ner. He’s wanted on drug charges and has a war­rant for his arrest. Any­one with infor­ma­tion on his where­abouts is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office.

A dis­play at the Tut­tle Museum in Defi­ance has won statewide recog­ni­tion. The Sim­plex Air­craft Cor­po­ra­tion exhibit shows the city’s role in avi­a­tion. It received a 2015 His­tory Out­reach Award for pro­mot­ing local his­tory by the Ohio Local His­tory Alliance in Colum­bus. The exhibit will be on dis­play through December.

Hicksville’s Board of Edu­ca­tion is con­sid­er­ing expand­ing school facil­i­ties, after the Super­in­ten­dent brought up the con­cern of hav­ing out­grown the cur­rent accom­mo­da­tions. Super­in­ten­dent Keith Coun­try­man told the board they need more room for a preschool pro­gram and fund­ing is avail­able. There’s a need for more high school rooms and units …

In Defi­ance, City Coun­cil says they are apply­ing for a state grant to help pay for a new path to the reser­voir. The appli­ca­tion is due by Feb­ru­ary 1 to the Ohio Depart­ment of Nat­ural Resources. If ODNR approves the appli­ca­tion, the recre­ational trail pro­gram grant would pro­vide 75 per­cent …

Ten peo­ple were arrested Tues­day after the Multi-Area Nar­cotics Task Force exe­cuted search war­rants stem­ming from drug inves­ti­ga­tions through Ful­ton County. Over 10 area agen­cies assisted in round­ing up the sus­pects, who all were indicted by the grand jury in Ful­ton County after the cases were pre­sented to Ful­ton County …

A Bryan man with a war­rant for fail­ing to appear in court for not fil­ing income taxes has been arrested. 27-year-old Joshua Miller was picked up on Tues­day. He posted bond and was released.

A fire in a mobile home near Orland started near the wood burner chim­ney on Tues­day night just before mid­night. The mobile home is in the 10000 block of West State Road 120. The res­i­dents told the fire depart­ment that their smoke detec­tors didn’t go off. The home sus­tained heavy …

A for­mer Per­rys­burg Exempted Vil­lage Schools accounts receiv­able clerk is going to prison for 10 years for steal­ing money. Eric Whit­son was sen­tenced on Mon­day in Bowl­ing Green. The 31-year-old must repay nearly $800,000 in resti­tu­tion to the school dis­trict and the boost­ers. The man report­edly had a gam­bling problem.

The Bryan Com­mu­nity Health Cen­ter is plan­ning an open house for the com­mu­nity to see the new nearly $2.5 mil­lion dol­lar facilty. It’s located at 228 S. Main St., in the for­mer One Stop Employ­ment Cen­ter. The health cen­ter will serve patients with med­ical, den­tal, women’s health, a full-service phar­macy …

A local High School grad­u­ate has fin­ished basic train­ing in San Anto­nio. Air­man Con­nor Link is a 2006 Mont­pe­lier grad­u­ate and is the son of Tina and Chris Link of Montpelier.