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Today is Decem­ber 7th, the 74th anniver­sary of the Japan­ese attack on Pearl Har­bor, which launched the U.S. into World War II. Gov­er­nor John Kasich has ordered all flags to fly at half-staff till sun­down tonight in honor of those we lost.

A fundraiser will be held Sat­ur­day for a brave young woman who has been fight­ing a can­cer­ous brain tumor for 12 years, and any­one who wants to con­tribute items for an auc­tion can help. 23-year-old Chelsie Lam­bert, who lives south of Defi­ance in Con­ti­nen­tal, has suf­fered a stroke and her …

No bids were received for two prop­er­ties up for sale by the Napoleon Area City School Dis­trict last week, and now the school says they will remain for sale. Now, any busi­ness or indi­vid­ual may make an offer to the board of edu­ca­tion to buy the two prop­er­ties being made …

Christ­mas will be a lot brighter for 36 local chil­dren who will receive a new bicy­cle from the Toys for Tots Pro­gram. Mem­bers of the Edon High School FFA put the bikes together and they’ll be given out through Grace Com­mu­nity Church on Decem­ber 21st. The bikes came from dona­tions …

Excit­ing news for col­lege foot­ball fans. Notre Dame will take on the Ohio State Buck­eyes in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day. The matchup at the Uni­ver­sity of Phoenix Sta­dium will be one of the most antic­i­pated games of the bowl sea­son. Unfor­tu­nately, the Buck­eyes won’t be defend­ing their …

Fri­day night, police arrested Allen Mosier for OVI. The 21-year-old was taken into cus­tody about 9:45 p.m. and later released. On Sat­ur­day, police arrested Logan Geesey for mar­i­juana and resist­ing arrest about 3:50 a.m. He was taken to CCNO. Then about an hour and a half later, Bryan Police arrested 25-year-old …

Bryan police arrested a 35-year-old man for mar­i­juana pos­ses­sion on Sun­day. William Ware, Jr. of Defi­ance was arrested about 4 p.m. and then released on his own recognizance.

We received a notice that Santa Claus is com­ing to Defi­ance this Fri­day. His first stop will be at the library at 5 p.m. where he and the misses will be for sto­ry­time with all the good girls and boys. Res­i­dents can grab a free trol­ley ride to see the …

Sheriff’s Deputies were watch­ing closer over the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day and made 54 traf­fic stops, accord­ing to Ful­ton County Sher­iff Roy Miller. Eigh­teen dri­vers were cited, mostly for speed. Thirty-nine dri­vers were lucky enough to get away with a warn­ing. There were no reported drunk dri­ving arrests. The blitz is paid …

Four­teen stu­dents were on a Millcreek-West Unity school bus hit by an SUV yes­ter­day morn­ing on the way to school. Three of the stu­dents were trans­ported for eval­u­a­tion since they were in the back of the bus, where the SUV crashed into on U.S. 20, west of 127. The dri­ver …