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In Liberty Center, some new rules are being implemented to prevent misuse and vandalism of the village’s Memorial Park shelter houses. Village Council is concerned because the shelter house, located at the west end of the park, is frequently targeted by vandals. Council vited to close the park from dusk …

The Williams Metropolitan Housing Authority waiting list will be open at the Williams County community offices at 1425 E. High St., Bryan on Monday, Feb. 23 from 1-3 p.m.; next Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 9-11 a.m.; and on Friday, Feb. 27 from 1-3 p.m. Applicants must bring a piece of …

Bryan Police were busy on Tues­day with sev­eral arrests. 26 year old Ash­ley Mor­gan of East Lawrence Street in Mont­pe­lier was caught and charged with unlaw­ful pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana. After being processed, she was released, to appear in court to face the charge at a later date. 22 year old …

It now looks like Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties cable cus­tomers will soon be pay­ing higher monthly bills. The Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs talked rate increases at Tuesday’s reg­u­lar meet­ing. The Bryan Times reports that the board took no action on the issue, but they did agree that the increases are …

The Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers pro­gram has released some infor­ma­tion that they hope will help catch some peo­ple they say are respon­si­ble for a theft in the area. In Jan­u­ary, a log split­ter was stolen in Meta­mora. The log split­ter is described as red in color, with a 6.5 horse …

A log­ging acci­dent left one Put­nam County log­ger injured. It hap­pened on Mon­day after­noon when a tree fell on the leg of 53 year old William Rayle Jr of Cloverdale. Rayle was taken to St. Rita’s Med­ical Cen­ter in Lima with unspec­i­fied injuries. It hap­pened Mon­day after­noon just before 2. …

The Defi­ance Area Cham­ber of Com­merce has put out the word… they need a new pres­i­dent. The posi­tion will become effec­tive soon, as cur­rent pres­i­dent Isaac Lee plans to step down, effec­tive March 13th in order to accept the posi­tion of vice pres­i­dent of mem­ber­ship for the Toledo Regional Cham­ber …

The Henry County Engineer’s Office has announced plans are under­way to replace four bridges and resur­face about 11 miles of roads at a cost of about $2.3 Mil­lion. On top of that, the county this year will chip and seal about 36 miles of road­way. On the list this year, …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol, along with local law enforce­ment, inves­ti­gated a series of weather-related crashes begin­ning Sat­ur­day morn­ing, all due to the storm that moved through our area. The weather changed quickly Sat­ur­day morn­ing. Snow started to fall, and the wind picked up, caus­ing severe low vis­i­bil­ity and blow­ing …

A semi truck was slammed by a train. It hap­pened Sat­ur­day after­noon in the vil­lage of Leip­sic. The Put­nam County Sheriff’s Office says just before 1 Sat­ur­day after­noon, the truck was trav­el­ing on County Road 5, north of Ohio 613 when it slid on the road­way and ran into the …