The Bryan police department asks that you save the date of Friday, October 10. That’s when they present a program called Operation Street Smart at the New Era Auditorium on West Mulberry Street in Bryan. They will educate parents and teachers and social workers and anybody with regular contact with …
Read More »Turtlefest Weekend at Henry Fairgrounds
The Henry County Fairgrounds will be home to the annual St. Augustine Turtle Fest Saturday and Sunday. The 16th year. Saturday Mass is at 4:30 and the events start at 5:30 and run through midnight. There will be turtle races and big screens will carry football while the Napoleon band …
Read More »Continental Man Competent for Trial
A man from Continental indicted on scores off sex assault charges has been found competent to stand trial in Henry County. A grand Jury indicted 60 year-old Mark Snuggs on 31 counts of sexual battery, and 13 counts of rape. Thosehappened over a period from 1995 to 2012 and his …
Read More »Heroin Dealer Sentenced in Defiance
A local man was sentenced in Defiance Common Pleas Court to 10 years in prison for selling heroin. 34 year-old Avion Franklin of Harrison Avenue found guilty of three counts by Judge Joseph Schmenk. Prosecutors say heroin has become epidemic in the area and Franklin was one of the reasons. …
Read More »Historian to Speak at Defiance Meeting
The Defiance County Genealogical Society will meet a week from this coming Monday to hear a historian speak about the Civil War Indiana Regiment formed in Fort Wayne but which had members from Defiance County. . Monday the 22nd at St. John United Church of Christ in Defiance.
Read More »Jane Austen Party Fundraiser
Fans of Jane Austen novels can attend a Jane Austen-themed lawn party on September 21, a Sunday, on the Defiance fort grounds. 18th century lawn games and a Regency-era fashion show. Lessons in the card game whist. Sittings for silhouettes. Guests are encouraged to wear Regency-style attire. It is a …
Read More »CCNO Touts Tech
While the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio became alarmed this week at rumors Toledo and Lucas County will withdraw from the regional jail and build their own, the CCNO is now touting a new upgrade to its security system that will make it a state of the art corrections facility. …
Read More »Ohio School Shooter Escapes–is Caught
The convicted Ohio school shooter TJ Lane escaped from state prison in Lima last night and was caught about 5 hours later. The 19 year-old Lane, who killed three students at Chardon High School Cafeteria in 2012, went on the run in western Ohio after escaping with two other inmates …
Read More »Bryan Library Starts Kids Programs
With summer past and older kids in school the Main Library Children’s Department in Bryan will begin the fall programs for small kids. Story times will be Tuesdays starting this coming Tuesday the 16th. It will be a themed story about pirates. Story times will be 11 in the morning …
Read More »Enterovirus Comes to NW Ohio
A respiratory virus that’s hospitalized more than 500 children nationwide may be sickening kids in Northwest Ohio. 795 children were treated in local emergency rooms in the region between September 1st and September 9th, and 224 of those cases were respiratory illnesses. Enterovirus is an uncommon strain of a virus …
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