A Grand Jury in West Virginia this week, indicted two men on murder charges, one of them a local man from our area. Charles Freeman of Archbold was re-arrested Wednesday, along with Joseph Metz, of West Virginia, who was re-arrested in January in connection to the 1999 disappearance of 46 …
Read More »Teachers Union Files Suit
A teachers union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of The Hicksville Education Association in Defiance County Court against the Hicksville Exempted Village Board of Education. The suit, according to the Crescent News, comes following a grievance the union filed last August, and concerns the board’s alleged unfair actions taken …
Read More »Bryan Water Work Underway
The Bryan Water Department has begun replacing the water main on Parkview Avenue. The department is upgrading the existing 4-inch cast iron pipe to 8-inch main in the 600 to 800 blocks of Parkview Ave. They will also replace the existing fire hydrant and add another one. According to the …
Read More »Motorcycle Crash Fatal For Defiance Man
The Ohio Highway Patrol says a Defiance man was killed Tuesday evening in a two-vehicle crash. Police report that 58 year old Gary Saylor was pronounced dead at the scene on Ohio 15, south of Schick Road. According to the Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by 18 year old Brittany …
Read More »Northwest State Plans Meeting Today
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwest State Community College informs us they plan to meet today at 12:00 noon in the McDougle Center. Plans call for discussion and review of agenda items in preparation for their regular Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, August 1st. Interestingly …
Read More »Post Office Decisions Being Felt Locally
Back in 2011, faced with mounting financial pressures, the United States Postal Service identified 3,700 post office locations which they termed “underutilized”, to be studied for possible closure. Locally, those post offices included the Scott and Latty post offices in Paulding County, Pettisville in Fulton County and Ridgeville Corners in …
Read More »More Funding For Williams WIC Program
More money is on the way for the Women, Infants, Children, or WIC program, in Williams County. That was just one of the many announcements made this week at a meeting of The Williams County Board of Health. According to the Bryan Times, at the Williams County Board of Health …
Read More »Drug Indictments Handed Down In Williams County
Two Edon residents were among those indicted Tuesday by a Williams County Grand Jury. 43 year old Alando Smith and 29 year old Jena Thiel were indicted on charges including drug trafficking and child endangerment. The Bryan Times reports that both are now charged with illegal manufacture of drugs within …
Read More »Swanton Man Critical Following Crash
A violent two vehicle crash Monday afternoon has left a Swanton man in critical condition. The Ohio Highway Patrol reports that 34 year old Derek Molina was driving east on Frankfort Road just before 6 Monday evening, as 35 year old Corrie Nijakowski, also of Swanton, was driving north on …
Read More »Bryan Crash
Bryan Police report a two vehicle accident on Monday afternoon in Bryan. Police say 25 year old Brittany Payne of Michigan, and 30 year old Tiffany M. Bauer Bryan were both eastbound on High Street. According to the police report, Bauer stopped for traffic at Buffalo Road. That’s when Payne’s …
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