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A woman who vol­un­teered count­less hours to the Humane Soci­ety and was on the board of direc­tors has bequeathed $1.3 mil­lion dol­lars to the Bryan Area Foun­da­tion. The money will go to the Williams County Humane Scoei­thy, the Pub­lic Library’s geneal­ogy depart­ment, and finally cre­ate a music schol­ar­ship for a …

A local man con­victed of child sex­ual abuse was sen­tenced to a long prison term in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court. Tony Camp­bell, 45, Hicksville, was given a 14-year term by Judge Joseph Schmenk on charges of rape, a first-degree felony; and attempted rape, a second-degree felony. He faced life …

An Angola man on pro­ba­tion after a felony con­vic­tion over four years ago is now fac­ing gun charges after a home visit found weapons. 24-year-old Mark Scot John­son is fac­ing a charge of Unlaw­ful Pos­ses­sion of a Firearm. His pro­ba­tion report­edly found a .22 long rifle, six air rifles, bows …

Sauder Man­u­fac­tur­ing is hold­ing a job fair on Sat­ur­day. The 70 year old com­pany will cel­e­brate that anniver­sary and is hop­ing to hire more for the offices and man­u­fac­tur­ing. It’s Sat­ur­day, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take your resume.

The Ney Vil­lage Coun­cil is work­ing with the Wash­ing­ton Town­ship Trustees to deter­mine where to put a new vil­lage fire­house. Coun­cil­man Adam Coy will work on a com­mit­tee to make that deci­sion, and deter­mine how to do it. The Coun­cil is look­ing for a vil­lage res­i­dent to help out, serve …

Look­ing at the cal­en­dar this Fri­day morn­ing, the Fes­ti­val of Trees is com­ing up begin­ning Tues­day Novem­ber 17th through the 21st at Defi­ance Eagles Aerie 372. They’re hop­ing to raise $50,ooo. The fun begins at 5:30 p.m. Tues­day for the annual tree-lighting. Res­i­dents can enjoy the many activ­i­ties, includ­ing a …

Three local ladies will com­pete Sat­ur­day night for the Miss North­west­ern Ohio Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram. This year, Hay­ley Hes­selschwardt from Hicksville, Emily Leg­enza from Wauseon and Tayla Davis from Edger­ton are among eight con­tes­tants. The win­ner receives a $1,000 schol­ar­ship. The first run­ner up wins a $250 dol­lar schol­ar­ship and the …

The Defi­ance Post of the State High­way Patrol has a new post com­man­der. Sgt. Robert Ashen­fel­ter was pro­moted to Lieu­tenant yes­ter­day, and will trans­fer from the Find­lay Dis­trict Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tion office. He’s been a trooper since 1998. He’s worked in Toledo, Bowl­ing Green, and Swanton.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Pro­fes­sor Jo Ann Burkhardt of Defi­ance Col­lege. She’s been rec­og­nized with the first-ever Harold A. McMas­ter Life is Action Award. The pro­fes­sor of edu­ca­tion was hon­ored for her involve­ment with the McMas­ter School for Advanc­ing Human­ity since 2003. Over the last 13 years, Burkardt has guided nearly 120 …

Sev­eral drug arrests this week. 33 year-old Tim­o­thy Stoy was arrested for felony aggra­vated pos­ses­sion of drugs. He’s from Mont­pe­lier. 35 year-old Tyler Richards of Alvord­ton is fac­ing charges of aggra­vated drug pos­ses­sion and hav­ing weapons under dis­abil­ity. Both are felonies. A man from out of state was arrested for …