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Police are inves­ti­gat­ing after a bomb threat Tues­day after­noon caused the evac­u­a­tion of Hol­gate Local Schools. Accord­ing to Kelly Mey­ers, Hol­gate Schools Super­in­ten­dent, the threat was dis­cov­ered just after 1 yes­ter­day after­noon iin the form of a note left in a boy’s bath­room, say­ing that the school would be blown …

A big power out­age on Mon­day affected about 7,000 First Energy cus­tomers in Williams and Ful­ton coun­ties, and now we know what caused it. Accord­ing to the util­ity, the out­age was caused by a fail­ure at the Stryker sub­sta­tion. Repairs have been made, and all affected cus­tomers are now with …

The future is look­ing a bit brighter for Quadco… Improv­ing finan­cial con­di­tions are con­tin­u­ing accord­ing to Quadco lead­ers. At the reg­u­lar monthly meet­ing of the Quadco Admin­is­tra­tive and Non-Profit Boards on Tues­day, board mem­bers were shown fig­ures that show a growth in their finances, just as they had in the …

Sev­eral blood dri­ves are upcom­ing in Ful­ton County. The Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Wednes­day, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Pet­tisville High School. Another drive will be held at Ruih­ley Park Pavil­ion in Arch­bold on Tues­day, Nov. 11 from 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. A third …

An OVI arrest in Bryan on Mon­day evening sent a local man to jail. Bryan Police report that around 6:12 last evening, they nabbed 35 year old Edward T. Allen II of 600 S. Union St., Lot 17 in Bryan, and arrested him for OVI. Allen was taken to CCNO.

Sig­nal­ing the inevitable arrival soon of much colder weather, the new foun­tain on the down­town square in Bryan will be shut down for the win­ter on Thurs­day morn­ing. Although it seems like only yes­ter­day we were all com­plain­ing about the heat, the National Weather Ser­vice is fore­cast­ing sub-freezing tem­per­a­tures overnight …

A young child is being hailed as a hero after his quick think­ing likely saved his mother’s life. 4 year old Tris­ton Schilt told his bus dri­ver, Mike Mer­i­cle, who had just picked him up for preschool one day in Sep­tem­ber, that his mother was lying on the floor and …

A man was treated at a hos­pi­tal for injuries after he crashed his moped early Mon­day morn­ing. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Depart­ment reports that 54 year old Ronald Rod­man of Auburn was south­bound on County Road 23, just south of County Road 48 just after 6 yes­ter­day morn­ing, when he …

The Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office con­tin­ues to inves­ti­gate an armed rob­bery that occured last week at Gen­Fed Credit Union. It hap­pened just before 9 Wednes­day morn­ing, and involved at least two sus­pects accord­ing to inves­ti­ga­tors. One of the sus­pects pulled a gun dur­ing the holdup. Police say the two got …

Patrick Henry School Dis­trict vot­ers are among many local vot­ers fac­ing ques­tions about whether to renew an oper­at­ing levy. On the Nov. 4 bal­lot is a 5.47-mill, three-year levy, which accord­ing to county offi­cials, gen­er­ates $746,765 annu­ally. A per­son own­ing a house appraised at $100,000 pays $167.51 a year. If …