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Now for an important public service announcement: If you ordered Girl Scout cookies, they should be coming soon! The Bryan Times is reporting today that 77,000 boxes of Thin Mints and all the other flavors were delivered to Defiance for 60 troops in four area counties.

A long-time Defiance city employee is retiring. Marlene Cripe has worked in the finance department for a quarter of a century. The mother of two and her husband moved to the area in 1989. He is a former pastor in the area. Her last day was Friday.

A 17-year-old driver crashed Wednesday morning into a tree on Buckskin Rd. about 7:45 a.m. in Hicksville Twp. The State Patrol says Briana Steury was taken by her family to be checked out at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville. She was cited for failure to control.

The Defiance man indicted for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the Leipsic Post Office where he worked now has a court date. 20-year-old Douglas Bush is scheduled for a pre-trial conference on April 12th in Toledo. The case is being heard in U.S. District Court in Ohio’s Northern …

The Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man with a warrant for his arrest for violating his probation. Arnold Readon was last known to live on Madison Avenue in Defiance. The other wanted man is Christopher Ayotte. The Hicksville man has a warrant for his arrest from Common Pleas Court …

What’s more fun than eating delicious food and raising money at the same time? That’s what’s happening at St John Lutheran School in Defiance this Saturday evening. The 2nd annual Evening with Friends is hoping to raise $30,000 with over half of that money to go to scholarships. The fundraiser …

Summer feels like a long time away, but park season is right around the corner. And a new park is coming to Paulding County. And there’s more than just a park. Along with it, a new launch for small watercraft will be built to the Maumee River. The Black Swamp …

Changes have been announced in the work on the Clinton Street bridge in Defiance. The soil borings that were scheduled for Tuesday are now set for next week. The work is being done in advance of the bridge replacement that is planned in three years by ODOT. The work will …

Two employees for the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio were honored this week with special recognition. Corrections Officer Tia Whitman was named CCNO Employee of the year for 2015. She has been employed at CCNO since Aug. 20, 2001. The mother of three who lives in Bryan was nominated for …

One arrest by Williams County Sheriffs Deputies… 26 year old Amber Massey of West Unity was arrested on a Bryan Municipal Warrant for failing to appear for a court hearing.The original charge was Theft. She is being held at the Corrections Center of NW Ohio