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A Bryan man was charged with a firearm vio­la­tion over the week­end. Accord­ing to Bryan Police, 20 year old Jef­frey Cham­pion of 342 South Beech Street in Bryan, was arrested for dis­charg­ing a firearm. No other infor­ma­tion has been released by Bryan Police about his arrest. We do know that …

Sauder Vil­lage has joined Giv­ingTues­day, a first of its kind effort that will har­ness the col­lec­tive power of a unique blend of partners-charities, fam­i­lies, busi­nesses and individuals-to trans­form how peo­ple think about, talk about and par­tic­i­pate in the giv­ing sea­son. Tak­ing place tomor­row, Giv­ingTues­day will use the power of social …

Today marks the open­ing day of the Buck­eye State’s deer-gun sea­son. The sea­son, which runs through next Sun­day, is with­out ques­tion, one that many look for­ward to all year long. Hunters are urged to exer­cise cau­tion while afield.

Quadco is leas­ing addi­tional ware­house space in Arch­bold in order to meet an ever-increasing demand for the card­board pal­lets they pro­duce. The Quadco Admin­is­tra­tive board met on Tues­day, and it was announced that the cen­ter would be leas­ing space in a ware­house near their North­west Prod­ucts divi­sion for the stor­age …

On Wednes­day, a bond request was denied for a Defi­ance man who stands accused of mur­der. 58 year old Steven Noff­singer of Defi­ance was in Pauld­ing County Court on Wednes­day. Noff­singer is charged with mur­der­ing his ex-wife, Alma Noff­singer, who was 29 at the time, way back in 1981. The …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers reviewed plans at their meet­ing yes­ter­day, for a pro­posed $171,000 upgrade to the county’s Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vices build­ing on Ohio 15. The Bryan Times reports that the project as planned, will upgrade the foyer, close off the open garage on the west end of the build­ing, and …

The levy sup­port­ing the Pauld­ing County OSU Exten­sion Office failed in the Nov. 4 elec­tion. How­ever, the ag and nat­ural resources posi­tion will remain, although for how long it’s not cer­tain, as the fund­ing source for that posi­tion is not per­ma­nent. Sarah Nog­gle is the agri­cul­ture and nat­ural resources edu­ca­tor …

It’s windy out there, and those winds are wreak­ing havoc with elec­tric­ity in the area. Accord­ing to Toledo Edi­son, more than 1,500 cus­tomers lost power in the six-county area. The power com­pany is report­ing this morn­ing that it was the high winds, which caused limbs to fall on lines, that …

In antic­i­pa­tion of increased traf­fic dur­ing the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day, the Ohio State High­way Patrol is remind­ing dri­vers to buckle up every trip, every time. Last year dur­ing the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day week­end, 17 peo­ple were killed in 15 fatal crashes on Ohio’s road­ways. Seven of the 17 fatal­i­ties, 41 per­cent, were …

A drug bust in Bryan on Fri­day night. Bryan Police nabbed 18 year old Ali­cia Luke of Edger­ton, charg­ing her with Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana and Pos­ses­sion of Drug Para­pher­nala. Luke was processed and then released. She’ll be back in court at a future time to face those charges. Also on …