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An error in vote count­ing involv­ing early bal­lots in Defi­ance County has reversed the out­come of Defi­ance City Hall’s 0.3-percent income tax request, and has sent one city coun­cil race to an auto­matic recount. On Elec­tion Day the count was 1,430 votes for the tax and 1,445 against. How­ever, the …

The Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers have been told that ODOT has finally approved the pre­lim­i­nary plan for the design of a sec­ond river bridge in Napoleon. Now, a pub­lic meet­ing will be the next step toward get­ting the project under­way. ODOT says con­struc­tion on a new bridge in Napoleon would likely …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says a 25-year-old woman was arrested Wednes­day after she allegedly tried to poi­son her hus­band by switch­ing his med­ica­tion… with rat poi­son. Renee Mans­field of Ash­ley now faces felony charges of aggra­vated bat­tery and pos­ses­sion of a con­trolled sub­stance. Mans­field also faces a mis­de­meanor charge …

Some tax relief may be on the way for Ohio res­i­dents. Sen. Kevin Bacon, a Defi­ance native who now rep­re­sents a Columbus-area dis­trict is mak­ing a pro­posal in which he pro­poses to save peo­ple money on back to school sup­plies begin­ning next year. Bacon said his pro­posal would save con­sumers …

Sylvia Walker Tompkins, 89 years, of Montpelier, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, Bryan, Ohio.  Sylvia was born July 26, 1924 in Salyersville, Kentucky, the daughter of Okra and Cynthia (Spradlin) Hackworth.  Sylvia was employed by Fulton Tubing for 17 years, retiring due to a disability.  She enjoyed making …

Infant Layla Haven Rose Swiger, 2 months, of Bryan, passed away suddenly on Sunday, November 17, 2013 in the emergency room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Layla was born August 21, 2013 in Bryan, the daughter of Joseph M. and April E. (Fullwood) Swiger, Sr. Surviving in addition to …

A Pulaski man has now admit­ted that he’s respon­si­ble for being a part of some bur­glar­ies that were actu­ally com­mit­ted by a friend of his. 55 year old Tommy Yates plead guilty Mon­day in Williams County Court to obstruct­ing jus­tice and receiv­ing stolen prop­erty. It all comes about after Yates’ …

It’s a huge reduc­tion! More than $1 Mil­lion less… Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties’ pro­jected bud­get for 2014 is greater than $1 mil­lion below the 2013 bud­get. The announce­ment came on Tues­day, and it was wel­come news. The utility’s total pro­jected bud­get for 2014 is $28,321,383. The Times reports that works out …

The National Weather Ser­vice now has released more details regard­ing the tor­nado that struck Cloverdale. They now can con­firm that an EF-2 tor­nado struck Pauld­ing and Put­nam coun­ties on Sun­day. The tor­nado had max­i­mum wind speeds of 130 mph and cut an 8-mile path of destruc­tion that was 440 yards …

The Hicksville Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day, dis­cussed water flow meters. Coun­cil dis­cussed the fact that the meters, which mon­i­tor water flow, cost $1,100 a month to keep. As Hicksville con­tin­ues to work to improve its water sys­tem with­out the time-consuming and expen­sive option of a sewer and storm sewer sep­a­ra­tion …