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Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers are con­sid­er­ing hir­ing an IT pro­fes­sional to help man­age the county’s data. At the meet­ing on Tues­day, the county recorder told the com­mis­sion that they are run­ning out of stor­age space on the servers and a short term fix is to delete dupli­cate files. The com­mis­sion said …

A per­son of inter­est in an Indi­ana dou­ble mur­der was arrested on the Ohio Turn­pike after his car ran out of gas. 44-year-old James Lohnes is from Crown Point, Indi­ana was arrested for OVI on Sat­ur­day night about 11 p.m. While wait­ing for his arraign­ment, the Williams County Sher­iff got …

Bryan City Coun­cil wants to raise sewer charges by $7.50 per ser­vice unit. Last night they approved the first read­ing for the leg­is­la­tion. The rate increase will help pay for nec­es­sary work at the waste­water treat­ment plant. It’s expected to gen­er­ate nearly $3 mil­lion over the next seven years. Part …

A blood drive is com­ing up in Henry County tomor­row. It’ll be at Camp Wide­wa­ter in Lib­erty Cen­ter from 1 p.m to 6 p.m. and walk-ins are wel­come. Call the Red Cross for more infor­ma­tion or to make an appoint­ment. 800-RED-CROSS.

The risk of Ohioans fac­ing an F5 tor­nado is real, and now Ohioans can apply to get up to 75 per­cent of the cost of a safe room paid for by the state. The pro­gram by the Ohio Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency is now tak­ing appli­ca­tions. The rebate allows for the …

In Ful­ton County, Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices is work­ing to help peo­ple who’ve been released from jail get a sec­ond chance. The pro­gram is Re-Entry Con­nec­tion, now a one-on-one sup­port sys­tem with a trained facil­i­ta­tor to help re-enter soci­ety after release. The pro­gram helps with finan­cial strug­gles, trans­porta­tion issues, edu­ca­tion, …

A man wanted on mul­ti­ple arrest war­rants out of DeKalb County was arrested Fri­day after a traf­fic stop. The man was a pas­sen­ger in the vehi­cle. 24-year-old Bran­don Robert­son of Auburn was arrested for hav­ing a hand­gun with­out a license, and was wanted on drug charges. He was taken into …

A Fre­mont man stabbed on Sat­ur­day is recov­er­ing from the domes­tic assault, and Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says 53-year-old Tim­o­thy Swa­ger was allegedly attacked by his wife, Deb­o­rah. The fight occurred in the 6900 block of North Ray Road. The man was taken to a Fort Wayne hos­pi­tal where he …

Count­ing the home­less in north­west Ohio is hap­pen­ing on Jan­u­ary 26th. Two local orga­ni­za­tions are tak­ing part in the annual point-in-time count. The count is hap­pen­ing across the Buck­eye state to mon­i­tor the num­bers, sup­port efforts to meet their needs and raise aware­ness of home­less­ness. The groups are look­ing for …

Pauld­ing Put­nam Elec­tric is work­ing to raise $70,000 to pay for area vet­er­ans to get a free trip to DC on an upcom­ing Honor Flight. They were cre­ated to honor vet­er­ans for their ser­vice and sac­ri­fices for the nation by fly­ing them to Wash­ing­ton, D.C., to see and reflect at …