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Well, here’s some good news for folks liv­ing in Bryan. The Bryan Times today reports that, accord­ing to a Utah based home secu­rity sys­tems com­pany… Safe­wise, Bryan is the safest city in Ohio. The rank­ing comes fol­low­ing a report that shows that Bryan only had one reported vio­lent crime, and …

Ohio Gov­er­nor John Kasich offi­cially announced his pres­i­den­tial run Tues­day. In an speech at Ohio State Uni­ver­sity that described the woes of Amer­i­cans wor­ried about lost jobs, health care costs and crush­ing stu­dent debt, Kasich also tried to strike an opti­mistic note. High­light­ing his expe­ri­ence work­ing with for­mer Pres­i­dent Ronald …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office has been inves­ti­gat­ing what has been termed a dis­crep­ancy over keys and reim­burse­ment between the Williams County Agri­cul­tural Soci­ety and a for­mer fair board mem­ber. The inves­ti­ga­tion involv­ing for­mer board mem­ber John McDon­ald was launched last month at the request of the fair board. That …

A young man who listed no per­ma­nent address when he was arrested by Bryan Police, now has one. 19 year old Kyle Finch was arrested by Bryan Police on Tues­day after­noon, just before 1PM, on a bench war­rant that had been issued by Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. His address, although most …

From antique dolls, teddy bears and doll cloth­ing to mod­ern col­lectibles, doll fur­ni­ture and acces­sories .… Founders Hall At Sauder Vil­lage will be filled with exhibitors and bustling with activ­ity on August 1 and 2 as doll lovers and col­lec­tors gather for the Doll & Teddy Bear Show and Sale. …

A Ontario man was killed in a fiery crash Mon­day morn­ing just east of Napoleon. 63 year old Djordie Miha­jlo of Win­dosor, Ontario, died when his semi went up in flames fol­low­ing a col­li­sion involv­ing four vehi­cles on U.S. 24 in Henry County. The truck dri­ven by Miha­jlo struck the …

The Multi Area Nar­cotics Unit now says sev­eral drug-related arrests were made as a result of an inves­ti­ga­tion of two recent sus­pected heroin over­doses. Last Thurs­day, 37 year old Chad­wick Wise­man of Defi­ance, was found suf­fer­ing from what appeared to be a heroin over­dose. Wise­man was treated at a local …

A woman was hit by a motor­boat while swim­ming on Lake James on Sat­ur­day. 65 year old Ruth Petitti of LaGrange was swim­ming Sat­ur­day after­noon around 2, when she was hit by a motor­boat dri­ven by 38 year old Matthew Gum­bel of Angola. Gum­bel and oth­ers told inves­ti­ga­tors that Petitti …

An agree­ment has been reached between the Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion and Defi­ance prop­erty own­ers Talmer and San­dra Hill­man con­cern­ing land just south of the Defi­ance High School cam­pus. Dur­ing a spe­cial meet­ing held yes­ter­day, a res­o­lu­tion was approved that autho­rizes a set­tle­ment of $265,000 for 4.2 acres at …

2 arrests by Williams County Sher­iffs Deputies on Sunday.….48 year old Brian Cor­mack of Delta was arrested at 1:30am Sun­day for OVI and no turn sig­nal. Cor­mack was released to a friend. In a sep­a­rate inci­dent, 57 year old Ran­dall Gor­don of Hicksville was also arrested for OVI and no …