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Napoleon Police say an attempted abduc­tion involv­ing a female juve­nile hap­pened on Tues­day after­noon. The girl told police she was walk­ing in the 900 block of Haley Avenue at 3:30 in the after­noon, when a black Chevy Trail­blazer pulled up next to her, and the dri­ver asked her to get …

The fund rais­ing cam­paign of United Way of Williams County is close to the halfway point. As of Wednes­day, the Bryan Times reported that the cam­paign stood at 44.8 per­cent of this year’s $320,000 goal, with $143,361 counted so far. The money will help fund 28 local orga­ni­za­tions, pro­grams and …

Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers are ask­ing for your help. On Nov. 30, a home owner on Ful­ton County Road E in Swan­ton, reported that some­one broke into an unat­tached garage and stole an Elec­trolux stain­less steel elec­tric range; an Elec­trolux stain­less steel French door refrig­er­a­tor; a Frigidaire white top load …

A Put­nam County woman died in a two-vehicle crash Mon­day after­noon near Grover Hill. The Put­nam County Coroner’s Office says 53 year old Jane Deken of Con­ti­nen­tal, was pro­nounced dead at the scene of the crash , which hap­pened just befor 4pm Mon­day on Ohio 637, north of Town­ship Road …

An expiring income tax caused some con­cern in the Hicksville School Dis­trict. Dur­ing a brief meet­ing of the Hicksville Exempted Vil­lage Board of Edu­ca­tion, a .75 per­cent income tax which the board decided a year ago not to put up for renewal was dis­cussed. The tax expires at the end …

A Bryan woman has filed a law­suit fol­low­ing an acci­dent that left her hus­band dead. It hap­pened back in Novem­ber 2013, when then 19 year old Brock Minor of Mont­pe­lier was north­bound on Markey Avenue, when he hit 82 year old Hugh Lind­sey who was stand­ing on the side of …

Troop­ers at the Defi­ance post of the Ohio High­way Patrol got an unusual phone early Mon­day morn­ing. The caller on the other end of the line told them that a woman was giv­ing birth in their park­ing lot and she needed some help. The call came in just after 4 …

Attor­ney Gen­eral Mike DeWine is offer­ing char­i­ta­ble giv­ing tips for those who plan to donate to this hol­i­day sea­son. DeWine encour­ages Ohioans to deter­mine in advance which char­ity or char­i­ties to sup­port. He says most char­i­ta­ble orga­ni­za­tions that oper­ate in Ohio or here for dona­tions must file with the Ohio …

The Pauld­ing County Sher­iff is inves­ti­gat­ing an acci­den­tal shoot­ing that report­edly hap­pened on Sun­day. It all began when Sheryl Wag­ner called 911 to report that her daugh­ter had been acci­dently shot in the leg with a .22 rif­fle at the family’s home in Brown Town­ship. Accord­ing to deputies, a 15-year-old …

The Hicksville Vil­lage Play­ers will present Charles Dick­ens’ immor­tal “A Christ­mas Carol” this week­end at the Huber Opera House. The show will fea­ture many clas­sic songs of the hol­i­day sea­son too, so you won’t want to miss this one. Show­times are 7:30 p.m. this com­ing Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, Dec. 12–13 …