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Com­mis­sion­ers also rezoned three parcels of land from agri­cul­ture to com­mer­cial. The nearly 3 acres are in Pulaski Town­ship. The owner of the prop­er­ties, Tim Car­lin, was at the meet­ing. His real­tor, TJ Zim­mer­man, said there are no imme­di­ate plans to develop the properties.

A Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices employee was fired Fri­day. The Williams County Com­mis­sion approved the dis­missal after a half-hour exec­u­tive ses­sion with County Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices Direc­tor Pam John­son. The employee they say was fired for a vari­ety of rea­sons, includ­ing dis­hon­esty, malfea­sance, vio­lat­ing depart­ment rules and insubordination.

A man who was charged with Mak­ing a False Police report was arrested Fri­day night for fail­ing to appear in Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. Bryan Police caught up with Patrick Oyer at an apart­ment on West Hicks St. in Hicksville. The 27-year-old was arrested about 10:20 p.m. Fri­day and trans­ported to …

Also over the week­end, Bryan Police arrested Joshua Cox, a 21-year-old man from Cold­wa­ter Michi­gan on a war­rant out of the Williams County Court of Com­mon Pleas. The indict­ment was for drug charges, includ­ing ille­gal man­u­fac­ture, pos­ses­sion, and assem­bly. He was turned over to the Williams County Sheriff’s Depart­ment and …

Bryan Police say they arrested an 18-year-old man on theft charges on Sat­ur­day. Ryan Coker was picked up Sat­ur­day night just after 11 p.m. for two counts of theft. He was booked and then released on his own recognizance.

It’s finally here. The annual Defi­ance hol­i­day orna­ment is being sold at the Down­town Defi­ance Vis­i­tors Bureau, Deluxe Clean­ers and at Stam­baugh Jew­el­ers. The orna­ment fea­tures Defi­ance High School and only 500 are avail­able. They are $10 each, and the moneh goes to pay for the city’s hol­i­day dec­o­rat­ing committee.

A Pauld­ing man charged with escape from a med­ical fur­lough in Octo­ber has pleaded not guilty by rea­son of insan­ity in Pauld­ing County Com­mon Pleas Court. He’s 26-year-old J. Tucker Har­man. He was arrested in Cheboy­gan County, Michi­gan last month. He walked away from med­ical fur­lough on Octo­ber 30th. His …

Two Defi­ance High School mem­bers of the National Honor Soci­ety are hop­ing to help the food bank with a canned food drive at the bas­ket­ball game between Defi­ance and Bryan tonight at Defi­ance High School. Lau­ren Howard and Mal­lory Mor­ton are ask­ing for cans, non-perishable food items and cash if …

To honor fallen vet­er­ans, a wreath-laying cer­e­mony is planned for this Sat­ur­day in Defi­ance at River­side Ceme­tery in the vet’s sec­tion. The cer­e­mony orig­i­nated at Arling­ton National Ceme­tery in 1992. The wreaths will arrive Fri­day by truck, and vol­un­teers will lay them begin­ning 11 a.m. Sat­ur­day. A cer­e­mony will wrap …

Hats off to the chil­dren in Bryan City Schools, who worked hard to raise $6,715 to help pro­vide less for­tu­nate area chil­dren with an enjoy­able hol­i­day. The amount raised has bro­ken the dis­trict record for con­tri­bu­tions to the “Christ­mas for Kids” program.