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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.

The Toledo Air Show is back next year, and the Air Force Thun­der­birds will be there! It’s gonna be held July 16th and 17th at the Toledo Express Air­port. The offi­cial air demon­stra­tion team of the U.S. Air Force has been active since 1953. This is the first year for …

Williams County Sheriff’s deputies made an arrest Wednes­day night. 43-year-old Mark Coblentz of Mont­pe­lier was arrested on a felony war­rant out of the Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court. The orig­i­nal charge was for fail­ing to com­ply with the terms and con­di­tions of the pre trial release pro­gram. He was taken …

If you pro­cras­ti­nate on those out­door hol­i­day lights, you have no excuse this week­end. It is expected to feel more like April than Decem­ber this week­end. National Weather Ser­vice fore­cast­ers say unsea­son­ably mild weather will con­tinue through the week­end. We’ll see record highs in the low six­ties and record warm …

A Bryan man is fac­ing mul­ti­ple counts of theft handed down from the Williams County Grand Jury. 33-year-old Den­nis Pol­ing is accused of tak­ing debit card, a cell phone and other items.

It’s that time of year again! Grad­u­at­ing seniors look­ing for schol­ar­ship money. The Ohio Soy Foun­da­tion is look­ing for appli­cants for 9 schol­ar­ships worth thou­sands of dollars. They include eight schol­ar­ships for $3,000 for under­grad­u­ate stud­ies. One grad­u­ate schol­ar­ship is worth $5,000. Appli­ca­tions are due in lit­tle over a month, …

Here’s news that affects your wal­let: The Defi­ance City Coun­cil had it’s first read­ing of next year’s bud­get and made no changes. How­ever, they post­poned any action for two weeks. The ordi­nance will likely come back on Dec. 22, that’s the council’s next meet­ing, and it’s expected to be passed. …

Dona­tions for Henry County’s Shop with a Deputy pro­gram are still being accepted. The annual event will be held Dec. 12 at the Napoleon Wal­mart. Dona­tions can be dropped off at the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, 123 E. Wash­ing­ton St., Napoleon, or mailed to that address. Deputy Mark Glanz said …

Sue Kehnast was one of 77 employ­ees of Mercy Defi­ance Clinic and affil­i­ates for years of ser­vice. Sue tops the list hav­ing worked 45 year serv­ing the med­ical needs of the com­mu­nity, fol­lowed by Dr. Robert Fold­vary and Lau­rie McCann, both at 40 years of service. The 77, who work …

Friends and fam­ily of a Hicksville high school stu­dent are in mourn­ing today after the 17-year-old lost his fight with bone can­cer. Noah Karac­son died on Tues­day. He was diag­nosed with Ewing sar­coma in 2012. The Hicksville com­mu­nity ral­lied around the well-liked teen, rais­ing money for his expenses and hon­or­ing …