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Christ­mas is right around the cor­ner, and it’s the time of year that folks nat­u­rally come together to help oth­ers who are less for­tu­nate. This year, a com­mu­nity ser­vice project of the Defi­ance County Board of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties and Good Samar­i­tan School, involves a sec­ond­hand Christ­mas store for the free …

It’s offi­cial… the Fourth of July fire­works cel­e­bra­tion in Bryan next year, will once again be held at Recre­ation Park, after hav­ing been moved from the pre­vi­ous loca­tion near Bryan Mid­dle School. Last sum­mer, the dis­play was launched from Recre­ation Park, and it was a suc­cess accord­ing to the Byan …

The exec­u­tive com­mit­tee of the North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Board of Trustees will meet on Wednes­day, tomor­row, at 12 Noon in the McDougle Cen­ter. The meet­ing is planned for dis­cus­sion and review of agenda items in prepa­ra­tion for the reg­u­lar board of trustees meet­ing, which is sched­uled for Fri­day, Decem­ber …

We’re get­ting win­ter weather, and yet, the fall har­vest sea­son is still under­way. Many area farm­ers are way behind this year, after the late start they got last spring. On top of that, there was a lot of rain last month, and the soil became sat­u­rated, which pre­vented farm­ers from …

A man from Mont­pe­lier died in a crash Fri­day evening. The Ohio High­way Patrol say 87 year old Lavon Joice was east­bound on US-20 just west of County Road 15 Fri­day night around 8:30 when he lost con­trol of his vehi­cle, and crossed over into the west­bound lane, slam­ming into …

The National Cen­ter for Miss­ing and Exploited Chil­dren has released new age-progression pho­tos for Andrew, Alexan­der and Tan­ner Skel­ton. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the cen­ter releases new updates every two years when a child is miss­ing, until their 18th birth­day. After that, a new pic­ture is released every five …

Be care­ful out on the roads today. Just after 4 this morn­ing, a spe­cial weather state­ment was issued by the National Weather Ser­vice in north­ern Indi­ana, indi­cat­ing that a light dust­ing of snow fell across the region overnight, caus­ing some some icy spots on roads… espe­cially on bridges and over­passes. …

Bryan Police are inves­ti­gat­ing the sight­ing of some­thing… but they just don’t know what it was. Early Tues­day morn­ing, just after 1am, a per­son liv­ing on South Lebanon Street, reported a strange red ball in the sky. It wasn’t the first time such a report came in. On Sep­tem­ber 4th …

North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege nurs­ing stu­dents are host­ing a Health Fair on Thurs­day. In addi­tion to health tips, the fair will fea­ture a flu shot clinic cour­tesy of the Ful­ton County Health Depart­ment. The entire event will run tomor­row from 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., with flu shots begin­ning at 10:30 a.m. …

A new Ful­ton County pro­gram aimed at help­ing ex-offenders tran­si­tion from incar­cer­a­tion into the work­force has got­ten under­way. It’s a joint effort between Ful­ton County Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices, and a par­tic­i­pat­ing pro­grams and orga­ni­za­tions. At free events tak­ing place each month, offend­ers and their fam­i­lies or sig­nif­i­cant oth­ers can …