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At Monday’s meet­ing of the Lib­erty Cen­ter Local Board of Edu­ca­tion, Super­in­ten­dent Kristi Thomp­son ten­dered her let­ter of res­ig­na­tion, effec­tive Nov. 14th. Board mem­bers then went into exec­u­tive ses­sion to dis­cuss it, and they also talked about the hir­ing of Dr. Mar­cia Rozevink as interim super­in­ten­dent effec­tive imme­di­ately. Then, board …

Seems like old man win­ter is arriv­ing a bit early this year, and accord­ing to the Bryan Times, local offi­cials aren’t tak­ing any chances. They report that the county has pur­chased enough salt, sand and liq­uid heat for any sur­prises that may come along. The local road crews cover up …

A man from Mont­pe­lier will spend five years in prison for the sex­ual abuse of a child. 31 year old Randy Kirk­endall Jr had pre­vi­ously pleaded guilty to 10 crim­i­nal counts related to crimes involv­ing a 6-year-old girl which took place between July 1, 2013 and June 7 of this …

Bryan Police report an arrest Mon­day in a domes­tic case. Police say they took 35 year old Brian Rauch of South Port­land Street in Bryan into cus­tody after he was arrested and charged with domes­tic vio­lence. No other details were made avail­able, but we did find out that Rauch was …

As we enter the win­ter sea­son, the Bryan Water Depart­ment is encour­ag­ing every­one to take the fol­low­ing pre­cau­tions to help pro­tect their water lines from freez­ing: Pro­tect exposed pipes from cold air drafts by clos­ing and seal­ing win­dows and any exposed open­ings in base­ments or crawl­spaces. Pro­vide proper insu­la­tion for …

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 …