News

Williams County Sher­iffs deputies made two arrests over the week­end. 32-year-old Joshua Stall of Bryan was arrested on a Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas War­rant for fail­ure to com­ply with com­mu­nity con­trol. He was taken to the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. 52-year-old Susan Kay Pat­ten of Bryan was arrested for …

The Williams County Fair Foun­da­tion has new offi­cers elected to their posts that begin Jan­u­ary first. John McDon­ald is the new Pres­i­dent, Scott Car­oll is vice-president. Carol Knep­per stays as trea­surer and Carol Goebel remains the secretary.

CCW appli­ca­tions have risen over the hol­i­day sea­son. The Bryan Times reports Williams County is open daily with­out an appoint­ment to process an appli­ca­tion. Accord­ing to one clerk, the fourth quar­ter of this year has been the busiest, with 117 new appli­ca­tions and 42 renewals. Over­all, one clerk, Kelly Hig­gins, …

We have new infor­ma­tion about a util­ity scam in Mont­pe­lier. A res­i­dent called police to say some­one had called from the “elec­tric depart­ment” and told the home­owner they were late on their pay­ment. The home­owner began to ask ques­tions, and the caller hung up. Police Chief Dan McGee warns res­i­dents …

As promised, down­town Bryan Christ­mas dec­o­ra­tions started com­ing down this week, so they could clear the way for the cour­t­house roof and tower repair project that is set to be begin after the first of the year. The nearly $1.5 mil­lion dol­lar restora­tion will repair in exte­rior and inte­rior of …

Freez­ing rains and high winds knocked down power lines yes­ter­day between Antwerp and Payne. Ohio 49 was closed while ODOT crews work to clear the poles. There were power out­ages due to the wind and rain. Some scat­tered out­ages in West Unity in Williams County were reported, and in Hol­gate …

We’re get­ting new infor­ma­tion about a fire on Sun­day that destroyed a Hicksville home. Four fire depart­ments responded to the 200 block of W. Hicks St. about 11:30 Sun­day night. The 1 1/2 story home is unin­hab­it­able, sus­tain­ing up to $75,000 dam­age. The occu­pants were home at the time, and …

Another house fire, this time on Christ­mas Eve, may have started as an elec­tri­cal prob­lem in the wall of the home. A fire broke out in Henry County at din­ner time, about 6 p.m. on County Road J in Elery. The cou­ple and their 10 year old daugh­ter were about …

In Con­ti­nen­tal, there are two empty coun­cil seats, and the Vil­lage Coun­cil will meet tonight to dis­cuss can­di­dates. One coun­cil seat is for a full term, the other is for the remain­der of the term that expires in 2017. The meet­ing is in the vil­lages town hall and begins at …

Defi­ance County Com­mis­sioner Otto Nicely has been selected as trea­surer of the 2016 County Com­mis­sion­ers Asso­ci­a­tion of Ohio. Nicely has served on the board for the past 15 years. He was elected by the annual win­ter con­fer­ence in Colum­bus. He is vice-chairman of the association’s Health and Human Ser­vices committee.