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Two peo­ple were arrested over the week­end by Williams County Sher­iffs Deputies. 33-year-old Michael Joyce of Toledo was charged with assault after an inci­dent that occured while Joyce was incar­cer­ated at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. 26-year-old David Pollino II of Lima was charged with oper­at­ing a vehi­cle while under …

Folks trav­el­ing this Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day are strongly encour­aged to buckle up. That’s the word from the Ohio State High­way Patrol, say­ing that we“aring a safety belt is the sin­gle most effec­tive thing you can do to pro­tect your­self in a crash.” In Ohio last year dur­ing the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day week­end, 23 …

The Henry County Bank, 110 N. Turkey­foot Ave. in Mal­inta was robbed Mon­day morning. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office is seek­ing infor­ma­tion on the robbers. Accord­ing to Chief Deputy Arlen Cohrs, two black male sus­pects report­edly entered the bank and ordered bank employ­ees and one cus­tomer down to the floor …

It’s the time of year for tra­di­tions, and at Defi­ance Col­lege, the annual Thanks­giv­ing cel­e­bra­tion was held last week for over 400 stu­dents. Because most of the stu­dent body goes home for the hol­i­day, the col­lege fixes the meal for the entire stu­dent body the week before Thanks­giv­ing. This is …

Thanks­giv­ing week is here, and the hol­i­days are just around the cor­ner. Napoleon will have the Christ­mas parade tonight from 6–7 pm down­town. Thurs­day, the 18th annual Turkey Trot will be held begin­ning at 8:30 a.m. at Inde­pen­dence Dam State Park. It’s a four-mile run or fun walk. You can …

A woman miss­ing from Hicksville for sev­eral hours was even­tu­ally located more than 10 miles away in Har­lan, Indi­ana. The 66-year-old woman left home on foot. The Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office said police depart­ment has not released any more information.

In news that affects your wal­let, the local econ­omy is improv­ing. The Ohio Treasurer’s Office reports that sales tax dis­tri­b­u­tions are up more than a half mil­lion dol­lars from March to August this year. July was the biggest sales month, March was the slow­est. Accord­ing to the Depart­ment of Labor, …

The E. coli out­break at Chipo­tle restau­rants has now hit Ohio. The CDC says new cases have been reported in Cal­i­for­nia, New York and Ohio. The affected Ohio loca­tion is report­edly in Akron. TheCDC is try­ing to deter­mine the spe­cific food that is linked to the ill­ness. So far, the …

New info this morn­ing about Bradly Gilbert. He’s charged with the mur­der of Jonathon Hofner of Wauseon. Last week, Gilbert entered a “not guilty by rea­son of insan­ity” plea in Williams County Court of Com­mon Pleas. After Hofner’s body was found on a hik­ing trail in Mont­pe­lier on Octo­ber 26th, …

Bryan Mid­dle School was evac­u­ated Thurs­day after­noon after a bomb threat was found in one of the school’s bath­rooms. Bryan Police, Ohio State Patrol, Williams County Sheriff’s and Bryan Fire depart­ments responded. They would not com­ment on any pos­si­ble sus­pects, or motives. A press release from Bryan City Schools stated …