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A Defi­ance man has been arrested after being indicted on sev­eral high-level drug traf­fick­ing charges. 40 year old Jesse Sanchez was charged wtih engag­ing in a pat­tern of cor­rupt activ­ity; three counts of traf­fick­ing in cocaine; and per­mit­ting drug abuse, all felonies. Sanchez entered a plea of not guilty in …

It’s been a tense few days, but yes­ter­day things eased up a bit as the City of Toledo announced that it is mak­ing its fourth-quarter pay­ment to the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. Still how­ever, the jail’s long-term via­bil­ity remains uncer­tain. Toledo announced last month that it may not be …

A Williams County man died early Thurs­day morn­ing in a two-vehicle crash.It hap­pened yes­ter­day morn­ing just before 7AM at U.S. 20A and Williams County Road 17 in Jef­fer­son Town­ship, when an east­bound vehi­cle dri­ven by 28 year old Samuel Sierra of West Unity, ran into the rear axle of a …

Indi­ana State Police say the Auburn woman who was the sub­ject of a Sil­ver Alert was con­fused and dis­ori­ented when a trooper pulled her over near Peru. 79-year-old Car­olin Carteaux was then taken to Dukes Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal in Peru for an eval­u­a­tion. State Police say they pulled the car over …

A Hills­dale County woman was flown to a Toledo Hos­pi­tal after she was shot in the chest while her daugh­ter was tar­get shoot­ing at their home. It hap­pened on West Bear Lake Road, as 46-year-old Jen­nifer Nay­back was walk­ing in front of her home, when she was struck by a …

Dorothy A. Semer, 82 of Montpelier, passed away Tuesday afternoon at the Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Montpelier.  She was born on March 9, 1933 in West Unity to Jacob F. and Mary C. (Rutledge) Zuver. A Williams County resident for all of her life.  She graduated from West Unity Schools …

Stu­dents with an associate’s degree from Terra State or North­west State com­mu­nity col­leges will have a new, more flex­i­ble option to achieve a bachelor’s degree, and pos­si­bly earn cred­its toward a master’s degree, thanks to part­ner­ship agree­ments announced with Herz­ing Uni­ver­sity, which has a cam­pus in Toledo. The new Degree …

Auburn Police have issued a Sil­ver Alert for a 79-year-old woman who has been miss­ing since Tues­day morn­ing and is believed to be in dan­ger. Car­o­line Carteaux is five-foot-three and weighs 125 pounds. She has brown eyes and gray hair. Carteaux may be in a White 2002 Toy­ota Prius with …

In Kun­kle and Madi­son Town­ships, com­plaints about truck traf­fic from the Menards Dis­tri­b­u­tion cen­ter is an ongo­ing issue. Res­i­dents there say the hun­dreds of trucks and employee vehi­cles that daily enter and leave the dis­tri­b­u­tion cen­ter in Hol­i­day City each day are a prob­lem. The Bryan Times reports today that …

A Bryan man has been arrested in con­nec­tion with a fire at the home where he lived. 55 year old Ray Ridg­way of Haver Drive, has been charged with felony aggra­vated arson. The charge comes after fire­fight­ers rushed to the home on Fri­day evening, and found the house full of …