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Nearly 10,000 flights canceled over the weekend

Nearly 9,500 flights were can­celed nation­wide over the week­end, while much of the east­ern US and Mid-Atlantic states were buried in up to 3 feet of snow. Travel delays are expected today, so check with your air­line if you’re fly­ing today.

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Gas prices stay low

Gas prices con­tinue to fall or stay low. Check­ing this morn­ing, it’s $1.57 at the Cir­cle K on S. Main at South St. Prices con­tinue to fall, due to great sup­ply. Ohio is in the top five low­est price states, at $1.56 a gal­lon, right along side Indi­ana. Cal­i­for­nia is …

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Former Napoleon Councilman resigned after harassment allegations

New infor­ma­tion released by the City of Napoleon states that for­mer coun­cil­man Jef­frey Mar­i­hugh was being inves­ti­gated for sex­ual harass­ment reported by three city employ­ees in Novem­ber. The com­plaints were inves­ti­gated, accord­ing to the city, and they say Mar­i­hugh admit­ted mak­ing “off color” remarks. He resigned after the coun­cil pres­i­dent …

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Drug deaths highest in 2014

It’s being called the worst drug epi­demic of our life­times. The Ohio Depart­ment of Health has released num­bers for 2014, show­ing it was one of the dead­liest years in the state for unin­ten­tional drug over­doses lead­ing to death. The 2015 data has not been released. The new num­bers show in …

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Flu season hasn’t peaked

Flu shots are still avail­able in Williams County at the Health Depart­ment. Accord­ing to the direc­tor of Nurs­ing, the flu hasn’t peaked yet this sea­son. Becky Sny­der says the vac­cine takes a cou­ple of weeks to become effec­tive, so the sooner the better.

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Bryan Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes new President

The annual Bryan Area Cham­ber of Com­merce ban­quet is this Thurs­day, and a new pres­i­dent will take over. Russ Davies will be intro­duced and speak about what they Chamber’s goals are for 2016. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the pro­gram starts at 7 p.m. It’ll be held in the …

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Renters insurance low in Bryan

Across Ohio, Bryan is one of the top 20 cities with the low­est renters insur­ance costs. The research web­site ValuePenguin.com says ranks Bryan at 14th in the Buck­eye State for renters insur­ance. The annual rate aver­ages at less than $300 a year. The low cost is attrib­ut­able to low crime, …

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No snow for NW Ohio, but travelers need to call ahead

Bliz­zard watches are already in effect along the east­ern seaboard, and places around DC and Bal­ti­more are prepar­ing to be socked with 2 feet of snow in the next day or so. Heavy snow will hit the Philadel­phia area, right now fore­casted for about a foot and a half, and …

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Whitehouse man on trial for death 33 years ago

A White­house man is going on trial for killing a teenager in 1982. Now, 56-year-old Rus­sell Adkins is charged with the death of Dana Rosendale, who was found in a Toledo road­way with severe injuries. She died a few days later. Adkins was charged just last year, after the woman’s …

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School workers comp case filed in Defiance court

A for­mer North­east­ern Local Schools employee hurt on the job in 2003 is suing the Ohio Bureau of Work­ers Com­pen­sa­tion and North­east­ern Local. Cristina Kam­meyer ini­tially received worker’s comp ben­e­fits but was turned down after she amended her claim. She’s ask­ing for a jury trial to get her ben­e­fits. The …

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