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44 year old Tony Camp­bell of Hicksville has been charged wtih two counts of rape, and 39 year old Judd Price, also of Hicksville, is also charged with two counts of rape and two counts of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion. The indict­ment against Camp­bell alleges that he had sex­ual con­duct sev­eral …

Cedar Point opens for the sea­son this Sat­ur­day with a new roller coaster, the park’s first floor­less roller coaster, uti­liz­ing the track of the for­mer Man­tis roller coaster, tow­er­ing 14 sto­ries above the mid­way. The new coaster will flip rid­ers upside down at up to 60 miles per hour, while …

A smoke alarm that went off Sun­day night is being cred­ited with quite pos­si­bly sav­ing the lives of Sandy and Jim Hol­ley of Defi­ance. The Holley’s say neigh­bors were pound­ing on their front door to let them know that the house was on fire just after 11 Sun­day night. The …

Gen­eral Motors Defi­ance Cast­ing Oper­a­tions is hold­ing an open house, and if you go, you will get a chance to view new GM vehi­cles in addi­tion to the fac­tory where they are built. A vehi­cle show­case and open house will be held from 3–6 p.m. May 14 at the plant …

The Williams County Fam­ily YMCA has launched it’s annual sup­port cam­paign, with a goal this year of rais­ing $70,000. The money will be used to sup­port pro­grams for preschool­ers, school-age chil­dren and seniors, and help fund the Peo­ple Help­ing Peo­ple Schol­ar­ship pro­gram, which pro­vides mem­ber­ship assis­tance to low-income fam­i­lies. Y offi­cials say …

The State Fire Mar­shal is now inves­ti­gat­ing two fires that were inten­tion­ally set. Inves­ti­ga­tors have ruled an aban­doned house fire and a barn fire recently, both on Ful­ton County Road 12 in Wauseon, were cases of arson. The fire at the house was reported around 3am on Mon­day. The barn …

In the local elec­tions held yes­ter­day, two pro­pos­als for tax­a­tion in Defi­ance County — one for fire and res­cue ser­vices, the other for a new school — both won sup­port. And a renewal levy for Patrick Henry Local Schools also squeaked by. Mean­while though, vot­ers in Williams County’s Spring­field Town­ship …

Two peo­ple were killed Sun­day evening in a motor­cy­cle crash in Defi­ance. 32 year old Andrew Her­sh­berger was pro­nounced dead at the scene of that acci­dent. His pas­sen­ger, 31 year old Shamenn Moun­sey, was taken by ambu­lance to Mercy Defi­ance Hosp­tial, then air­lifted to Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in …

The inves­ti­ga­tion con­tin­ues today into a fire that destroyed the Flo­rence Town­ship Fire Depart­ment in Williams County on Sun­day. Two fire­fight­ers were taken to the hosp­tial, but no word yet on the nature or extent of their injuries. It hap­pened around 7 Sun­day evening, when flames report­edly broke out in …

It’s not even close to what they were orig­i­nally intended for… Bryan offi­cials are upset that the city’s red recy­cling bins are not being used for the pur­pose they were put there for. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, pet waste, dirty dia­pers and used syringes are just some of the …