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A nat­ural gas leak in Angola, caused the shut down Thurs­day of the Carnegie Pub­lic Library. Angola offi­cials say they believe the leak began some­time overnight on Wednes­day. When library employ­ees arrived for work yes­ter­day morn­ing, they reported the smell of gas in the build­ing, so the deci­sion was made …

In Bryan, the 6th Annual Walk For Will’s Sake will be held on Sat­ur­day at the Jaycee Pavil­ion in Bryan Recre­ation Park. Reg­is­tra­tion begins at 9 a.m. and the walk will start at 10. William Bur­ton is the 7 year old son of Robert and Angie Bur­ton, who expe­ri­enced com­pli­ca­tions …

The Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion says it plans to improve the U.S. Route 24 cor­ri­dor in Pauld­ing, Defi­ance and Henry coun­ties. The announce­ment yes­ter­day, comes fol­low­ing a num­ber of acci­dents which have occurred at the at-grade inter­sec­tions along the route. Among the planned changes are the place­ment of video cam­eras …

A mur­der trial in Steuben County Court has been delayed for a sec­ond time. The jury trial of 41-year-old Kenny Rogers Fletcher has been re-scheduled from Octo­ber 27th to Jan­u­ary 26th. The new trial date marks the sec­ond delay in the trial. Fletcher is charged with the stab­bing death almost …

Bryan Police report the arrest Wednes­day of 19 year old Chance Davis of Louisiana. Police say Davis was arrested for Assault, Under­age Con­sum­ing and Resist­ing Arrest. Bond was posted and he was released. Also last evening around 8:40, Bryan Police arrested a 19 year old from Texas for Assault and …

In Defi­ance County, vot­ers in four town­ships will see requests on their bal­lots for new taxes. Two will be for fire/EMS ser­vice and two oth­ers will look for money for road and bridge main­te­nance. Defi­ance and Mil­ford town­ships need the money for fire/EMS ser­vice con­tracts with other polit­i­cal sub­di­vi­sions while …

The long­time Mayor of Wauseon, Doug Shaw, says he plans to retire in Novem­ber. Shaw made the announce­ment that he was step­ping down dur­ing a Mon­day evening meet­ing of the Wauseon City Coun­cil. Shaw’s cur­rent term of office began Jan. 1, 2012, and, had he stayed till the end of …

If you have ever dreamed of own­ing your own busi­ness or turn­ing an idea into a prod­uct, the upcom­ing Entre­pre­neur­ship Forum at North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege may be the launch­ing pad you are look­ing for. Atten­dees will have five min­utes to present their ideas to a panel of entre­pre­neur­ship experts …

The Williams County Board Of Elec­tions has asked us to tell you that absen­tee bal­lots are now avail­able at the Board of Elec­tions Office, for the Novem­ber 4th Gen­eral Elec­tion. Reg­is­tered vot­ers who want to vote by absen­tee bal­lot by mail, must make their appli­ca­tion prior to the dead­line of …

Bryan city offi­cials made a large invest­ment toward cre­at­ing jobs in Williams County Mon­day night. At a spe­cial joint meet­ing, the Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs and City Coun­cil approved pur­chas­ing approx­i­mately 80 acres to develop a sec­ond indus­trial park in the city of Bryan. The prop­erty for the new …