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A Defi­ance man was arrested after an alleged inci­dent at Stefano’s on Hop­kins St. Fri­day morn­ing. Police arrested 46-year-old Daniel Far­ris for dis­or­derly con­duct. He was report­edly intoxicated.

Gas prices on this Mon­day are well-below $2 a gal­lon. At last check, the low­est was at the Sunoco at County Rd. 15 at U.S. 6. It’s sell­ing for $1.79 for a gal­lon of reg­u­lar unleaded. Triple A says prices have con­tin­u­ally dropped and are expected to remain under $2 …

Bryan police say that a local man was arrested for domes­tic vio­lence. 20-year-old Zachari Hall of Pierce St. was taken into cus­tody Sat­ur­day evening. He’s now at the CCNO.

Ohio’s deer-gun hunt­ing sea­son begins today and ends Sun­day. Weather this week is look­ing at day­time highs in the 40s and the only day we may get rain is Tuesday.

In news that affects your wal­let, the 2016 bud­get is ready in Defi­ance. Spend­ing this year is bud­geted at 1.7 per­cent higher than this year. Some of the changes include two new full-time employ­ees to work in engi­neer­ing and three per­ma­nent part-time posi­tions in the parks, ceme­tery, and build­ing and …

A 75-year-old Defi­ance woman died in a 2-vehicle crash on Wednes­day night on U.S. 24 near Napoleon. Karol Beil­harz was dri­ving just before 7 p.m. on Henry County Road 17D and try­ing to cross the 24 when she pulled in front of a semi. The vio­lent crash ended with both …

We’re look­ing at the job­less num­bers released this week. For Ohio, the unem­ploy­ment rate stood at 4.2 per­cent for Octo­ber, that’s down from September. Job­less num­bers fell in more than half of the state’s 88 counties. Williams County’s unem­ploy­ment rate dropped 3.6 per­cent in Octo­ber, to its low­est point in …

Some changes are com­ing to the Williams County Fair next year. New Fair Board pres­i­dent Dave Page says the board voted to change things up, and move all the rides and games to the front of the fair­grounds, between the East Main St. entrance and the grand­stands. Page explained the …

Santa’s on his way, and the Christ­mas Parade will get things started again this year. The lineup is in the Parkview Physi­cians Group park­ing lot on W. High Street begin­ning 6 p.m. tonight. After the parade, a pho­tog­ra­pher will be in Santa’s house next to the cour­t­house, tak­ing pho­tos with …

The old­est build­ing in Pio­neer, the Joy Hotel, has been saved from the wreck­ing ball. Michael Wor­thing­ton has bought the build­ing with dona­tions from res­i­dents in Williams County. Now Wor­thing­ton will shore up the build­ing built in 1855 and try to ren­o­vate so it can be used as a viable …